Ray Carucci, Westerlo

The Berne Highway Department has corrected the seven safety violations uncovered by the New York State Department of Labor in the wake of a fatal workplace accident at the town highway garage last year, newly obtained investigation documents show.

Joel Willsey, 
Berne Town Board

Tim Lippert, Berne

Ray Carucci, the owner of Westerlo antiques store Chipped, Tarnished, and Torn, said that Instagram helped him stay in business during the COVID-19 shutdown, cementing, for Carucci, the idea that even a business that deals in antiquities needs to adapt to the modern world. 

All 10 of Congressman Paul Tonko’s requests for local capital-project funding through the federal budget have been accepted, meaning that the budget draft that just advanced through the United States House of Representatives needs only to be approved by the Senate. 

Knox will soon build a kitchen and a bathroom accessible to people with handicaps at its town park, which has already had recent upgrades. 

RENSSELAERVILLE — Roswell Eldridge, M.D., was a Renaissance man who left deep impressions both in and beyond the Hilltowns. His knowledge drew from the fields of art, medicine, nature, automobiles, and more. Dr. Eldridge died peacefully at his home on Thursday, June 3, 2021, five days before his 53rd wedding anniversary.

Nancy L. Diederich, Naples, Florida