GUILDERLAND — Houses owned by Pyramid Companies in a neighborhood between Crossgates Mall and Route 20 are being quietly boarded up, causing concern for homeowners.

GUILDERLAND — The high school was deemed safe last Friday morning after a bomb threat was found written on the wall of a boys’ bathroom.

Paving the way for creative play

GUILDERLAND — Sometimes kids like to invent their own ways to play.

So says Beth Bini the principal of Westmere Elementary School, explaining the impetus behind the brand new Farley Field.

Playground funds may be just a mouse-click away

GUILDERLAND — Building a playground can be hard work.

Just ask Mike Schaffer. A physical education teacher at Lynnwood Elementary, he’s beating the drums for a new playground.

BERNE — In the process of expanding the high school gym, workers discovered a void under the floor that is now being filled, using a process called mudjacking.

Ceremony has worth when work is done

KNOX — “I walk the halls alone. No one will talk to me now. I don’t blame them. Who would want to talk to a slut like me?”

School board pushes technology, looks to public for innovation

GUILDERLAND — Faced with a 2-percent tax-levy cap, school board members here gave their budget priorities Tuesday night as they gear up for a community forum next week.

NEW SCOTLAND — The dragon’s teeth are back on top of the church.

Or, in restoration parlance, the damaged crenellated parapet on the bell tower has been replaced.

Stolzenburg gets advanced credentials in environmental planning

Nan Stolzenburg is an optimist and says, in her profession, she has to be.

She is one of 33 people nationwide to become certified as an environmental planner.