Berne Planning Board member Lawrence Zimmerman resigned in November over frustrations that the town is not following the guidance of its own comprehensive plan. Former town board member Dawn Jordan says that ideology and partisanship got in the way, along with some more prosaic — and even healthy — obstacles.

Helen M. Lounsbury Galicki, East Berne

With absentee ballots counted, Berne Republicans are still victorious, now by an even wider margin; Democrat Russell Pokorny is still the supervisor-elect in Knox; and Westerlo incumbent justice Ken Mackey has kept his seat.

The company hopes to build a 5-megawatt solar facility at 1953 Thompsons Lake Road, a 66-acre parcel.

During a rare, impromptu phone conversation with The Enterprise, outgoing Knox Supervisor Vasilios Lefkaditis explained why he didn’t seek re-election, why he was so bad about filing obligatory annual financial reports, and how he thinks he did as supervisor despite, as he put it, opponents turning everything he did “into a mass murder.”

Will Aubrey, Helderberg Escarpment Hawk Watch 

Jean Guarino, Peggy Christman, Berne

Sue Hawkes-Teeter, Berne

Helen M. Lounsbury Galicki, Berne