This week, as 23-year-old Erick Westervelt was locked up at Albany Countys jail, waiting to be sentenced for second-degree murder, Bethlehem Police seized many of his personal belongings from his cell.
Much of the news that matters in our everyday lives is local. This is often forgotten as we read wire-service reports or listen to network newscasts on national issues.
KNOXAfter several years of little or no business, a new owner has re-opened the Fox Creek Flea Market. The flea market in the southwest corner of Knox, just north of the hamlet of West Berne, has been open since Memorial Day.
BERNESixty years after the end of World War II, the era will be recreated and commemorated at Berne Heritage Days this weekend. lt will be the first time the annual event will have a theme.