Melanie laCour will be the newest board member in the Town of Berne when she’s sworn in. She has been living in the area for ...

Melanie laCour, an attorney, will serve alongside Town Supervisor Dennis Palow and board member Thomas Doolin.

The unwieldiness of the body, of course, works just fine for more unitary county leaders who tend to call the shots and count ...

Melanie laCour, who had been one of the Berne Democratic Committee’s recommended appointees to the governor, is an attorney with experience in municipal law, according to a spokesperson for the ...

Normally, a town’s reorganizational meeting is when it affirms salary schedules and other important town business for the year, but without a quorum on its town board, it’s unclear how the town of ...