BERNE — The art of gift-wrapping — complete with ribbon flowers — is blossoming in Berne.

A handful of women gathered on Saturday to prepare for an upcoming fund-raiser for the Berne library.

HILLTOWNS — An annual Christmas program serving Hilltown families in need is celebrating its 17th year.

Closing its doors



WESTERLO — As St. Peter’s Hospital announced last Thursday that it will close the Perkins Center in February, residents speculate about their future health care.

VOORHEESVILLE — Nell Pritchard has a new piece of jewelry designed just for her. The Clayton A. Bouton senior has cystic fibrosis, and sales of pendants like the one she sports will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

GUILDERLAND — It was a tough way to open the season, but the Guilderland boys’ basketball team came out of it okay.

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo wrestling team has gotten off to a great start this season.

GCSD leaders sayProfessional development builds a "shared vision"



GUILDERLAND — Farnsworth seventh-graders shuffled their feet as they walked rhythmically in a circle on the green grass next to the school parking lot.

WESTERLO — A group of citizens is fighting to keep the Perkins Clinic in Westerlo open.