By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Second place in the Suburban Council is a lucky place to be when a team’s roster isn’t full.

Illustrations by Forest Byrd

We love looking at old pastoral paintings of towns, back when church steeples dominated the scene. This was before the blocky skyscrapers, symbols of corporate-based economy, defined our skylines.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Dutchmen hockey has found its rhythm after consecutive wins over LaSalle and Burnt Hills/Scotia-Glenville. The team is right on schedule.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — Pearson Road is finally getting a new culvert pipe.

Farnsworth engineers design winning city — again

GUILDERLAND — Cibola, the legendary city of gold that eluded Spanish explorers in the New World, has been discovered at last — built by a dozen creative middle school students.

Two Rensselaer men were caught inside a Berne home last Thursday in the midst of a burglary, police say, and they are suspected of upwards of 40 burglaries throughout three counties.

By Jordan J. Michael

BERNE –– The BKW girls’ basketball team hosted a familiar rival Friday on its home floor.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The Dutchmen varsity basketball team lost a close game to Saratoga in the early stages of the season. Guilderland returned the favor on Tuesday.

Illustration by Forest Byrd

New York’s plan for the Empire State Games — athletes will have to pay if they want to play — undermines the purpose of amateur athletic competition.