GUILDERLAND — Two Guilderland High School students, Elca Hubbard and Angelica Sofia Parker, will soon be competing against each other in the Miss Teen New York pageant — and yet they are supporting one another as friends.

GUILDERLAND — Athletes from Pil Sung Taekwondo brought home 84 national medals after competing this month in the AAU Taekwondo National Championships held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“It’s fascinating to see how cycling has evolved over the years,” said Matt Devlin, owner of Mad Dog Bikes.

VOORHEESVILLE — Dianne Luci believes in the power of bringing people together.

“I so strongly believe if people traveled more and got to know different cultures that we wouldn’t have so much divisiveness in this country and hate,” she says in this week’s Enterprise podcast.

“This is the new unprecedented,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “It’s fueled by climate change.” He noted the extreme heat in the southern United States and the high temperatures of ocean waters, calling it “a difficult year, not just here in New York but nationally.”

While the inmate says he was beaten and his free-speech rights were denied, the responding sergeant says the assault claims aren’t true and free speech doesn’t apply in jail.

Guilderland’s Project S.A.V.E. Plan, which the state requires the district to update and approve annually, was presented to the board on July 5. A copy of the 50-page plan is posted on the district’s website, said Superintendent Marie Wiles, and the public has 30 days to comment before the board gives its formal approval when it next meets, on Aug. 15.

ALBANY COUNTY — The long-awaited rail-trail bridge was put into place in late June but buckled on July 12.

GUILDERLAND — The town’s chamber of commerce will move on Aug. 1 to Hone Coworks in Great Oaks Office Park, and on July 17 will start selling the office furniture from its current location in Star Plaza.

ALBANY — The Underground Railroad Education Center has received $2 million through the New York State Capital Assistance Program to build an interpretive center.