Guilderland

Paarth Sarecha, the student ex-officio board member, raised an issue with the cell-phone ban that had been brought to his attention by art students. “The way these students kind of go through their classes is they take pictures of their art all throughout the process,” he said, adding, “Multiple students came up to me, asking for help.”

“We’ve been notified it’s an issue,” said a school board member. “And so, if we continue to allow usage of these tennis courts, are we leaving ourselves vulnerable?”

“We open the doors every day,” responded the superintendent. “We’re vulnerable every day. So, to a certain degree, the answer is ‘yes’ to that question.”

GUILDERLAND — A Ravena man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 18.

Police responded to a report of the crash at Relyea and Grant Hill Road at about 12:50 p.m. and found the diver, John E. Michaels, 47, on the ground, unconscious and unresponsive, according to a release from the Guilderland Police.