Berne News

Carl Berner at home in Middle Village, Queens. Seventy-two years ago, a 36-year-old German immigrant named Carl Berner moved into a modest single-family house in Middle Village, Queens.

How do you know the sender of an e-mail that has landed in your inbox is trying to steal your money or your identity? The message comes right out and asks for it.

The badly mauled body of teacher Candice Berner, 32, was found near a small Inuit village in Alaska on Monday.

Many people are familiar with the vistas of the picnic and pavilion sites of Thacher Park , as well as the cool waters of Thompson Lake.

Seven people were arrested during an undercover alcohol sales sting operation across the county Friday evening, the Albany County Sheriff's Office has announced.

It has long been said that dog is "man's best friend." Although it is uncertain how the relationship between the two ever evolved, this is for certain: Humans and dogs have a connection that has been lasted for many generations.

At its site Data.Seattle.Gov the city of Seattle last week took a modest but promising next step into the high-transparency world of what's called "Government 2.0" by adding dozens of data sets on a wide variety of public assets, as the Seattle PI.com reported .

The heavy snow during the night of Thursday, Feb. 25, caused the collapse of the roofs of two barns, one in the Town of Knox on Bozenkill Road, and the other in the Town of Berne on Rock Road.

Thomas Gavin, left, assists homeowner Pat Gardineer, right, remove a wall of snow left at the mouth of his Berne driveway after snowplows passed through.

Heavy snow in parts of Albany County are being blamed for two separate barn collapses Friday.

Depending on where you live, you're either got hit by rain or snow Thursday. It was heavy snow that caused treacherous conditions Thursday afternoon in Berne.

NEW YORK, NY, February 19, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Maryland based shapewear company Shapeez, a leader in the intimates industry, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent for their Unbelievabra.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly leaving his dogs outdoors and starving them for a period of several days.

Staff writer Carol DeMare reports on the 24-year-old Berne man charged under Buster's Law with leaving two dogs in an outdoor kennel without food, water or adequate shelter: Wendall F. Smith of 14 Pine Knoll Lane in this hilltown community lived in an apartment on the property but had not been seen for some time, Undersheriff Craig D. Apple said.

CHANCES ARE, YOU DIDN'T FEEL A THING. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THERE HAVE BEEN 8 EARTHQUAKES IN ALBANY COUNTY SINCE SATURDAY! THE QUAKES HAVE BEEN SMALL, AND WELL BELOW THE SURFACE IN THE BERNE AREA.

An environmental group has lost its lawsuit seeking to block the planned $41 million expansion of the city dump into the Pine Bush.

Donald Black offers an apple to a horse in the Fulton County town of Caroga. Don Black, 87, on his bike near his home in Latham, NY, on Tuesday, Feb.

First Barack Obama dived in. Today sees Gordon Brown's turn to open up government information to the public with the launch of a new website: data.gov.uk Brown brought in the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, last June as an adviser for the launch of data.gov.uk "so that government information is accessible and useful for the widest ...

European transport was hindered by heavy snow while China curbed power use today because of coal shortages.

The Bernese Mountain Dog is a large and lovable dog breed that thrives upon the companionship of people.