A fistful of footballs or a boatload of Barbies won’t do — the gift must fit...
Late on Sunday night, I checked my phone for the next morning’s weather, and saw white pixels gently floating down my screen. I looked outside and saw that the view outside my window matched my phone’s...
View ArticleJudge rules: open two ballots, Willsey wins by one vote
A decision by the Albany County Supreme court was made to count two absentee ballots in the election in Berne, leading to a win by Democratic candidate Joel Willsey by one vote.
View ArticleGet into the ACT on Dec. 10, and Come to the Altamont Holiday Celebration
Nancy Murphy, Altamont , Community Tradition
View ArticleEat, dance, and visit vintage homes at the Victorian Holiday
Jaya Connors, board member, Altamont Community Traditions
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Portrait of a rescuer who never stopped caring
Phyllis Johnson and I were both diagnosed with cancer this past spring. She died on Friday. I am still here, and wishing she were, too. It’s not fair.
View ArticleWesterlo reviews three solar projects in one night
Three applications for solar arrays in varying steps of the application process were reviewed at Westerlo’s planning board meeting Tuesday night, including one community solar project and two larger...
View ArticleHilltown women charged with animal abuse have cases resolved
Two women who were accused of abusing their animals this summer have had their cases resolved. A Berne resident who had been arrested for eight counts of abuse pleaded to one count. A dog breeder from...
View ArticleWater-main break closes Voorheesville library
National Grid workers, working on their own gas line, accidentally hit a village water line, causing it to crack and forcing the library to close early on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
View ArticleFarnsworth Middle School helps Google Earth and National Geographic test...
In Keir Aspin’s Farnsworth Middle School classroom, the old game of spinning a globe, placing your finger on a random spot when it stops, and then dreaming of traveling there has been replaced by a...
View ArticleAnalysis: No quick fix for growing student poverty
Students who come from poverty have a more difficult time learning, and local schools are tackling the problem at home and in the classroom.
View ArticleBKW soccer coach inducted into state hall of fame
BERNE — A long-time soccer coach for Berne-Knox-Westerlo is the newest member of the New York State Boys’ Soccer Coaches’ Hall of Fame. He was named on Nov. 11.The inductee, Jim Gillis, coached boys’...
View ArticleAn unstated allegation leads to an unexplained resignation
The public deserves to know the reason for a coach’s resignation
View ArticleAltamont Enterprise Nov. 30, 1917
EAST BERNE, SUNNYSIDE.The East Berne Red Cross branch is busy sewing and knitting. They will give a “night cap” social in the Lutheran church hall on Dec. 8. Each lady must make two caps, one to be...
View ArticleWhy don’t we strive for accuracy in the eulogy?
I think perhaps I’ll do a draft of my own obituary. After all, who knows me better than me?It also seems rather thoughtless to make those close to me, at one of the worst times of their lives, try to...
View ArticleGuard promotes
These local members of the New York Army National Guard have been promoted in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership:— Tyler Kelafant from Voorheesville, assigned...
View ArticleDuanesburg Church welcomes rector from Ireland
Father Alistair J. Morrison will be instituted as the 40th rector of historic Christ Episcopal Church in Duanesburg by the Right Reverend William Love, bishop of the Albany Episcopal Diocese, at a...
View ArticleDepot Lane Singers to perform traditional and modern Christmas songs
The theme of The Depot Lane Singers’ 39th Annual Christmas Concert is “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
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