Ellen Taussig, the new assistant superintendent of Buildings and Grounds for the Guilderland schools, says she’s a big sports fan and will enjoy rooting for the Dutchmen.

GUILDERLAND — A lawsuit brought last May in federal court against Timothy Horan — a retired teacher turned school board member — and the Guilderland School District has been settled with a payment of $117,500, court documents show.

Flickering lights were the first sign that something was wrong, said Superintendent Marie Wiles.

GUILDERLAND — Community Caregivers announces its first Spring Open House, “Meet Community Caregivers,” on Thursday, March 22, from 4 to 6 p.m.

The open house will take place at the Community Caregivers’ office at 2021 Western Ave, Suite 104, in Guilderland.

While security measures in Guilderland schools are extensive, Assistant Superintendent Neil Sanders says, “The majority of our efforts focus on building a stronger school community through communication, respect, and responsibility,”

Guilderland’s $100.7 million school budget proposal closes a $1.6 million gap partly by using $930,000 from the district’s fund balance.

Representatives from myFace, a not-for-profit organization in New York City that helps people with craniofacial conditions, spoke to Westmere Elementary’s fifth-graders recently, after the students had read the novel and watched the movie “Wonder,” about a fifth-grade boy who feels isolated by his craniofacial condition.

The Albany County Auction website lists these Guilderland properties as being “delinquent” although many have actually paid their back taxes:

— 1717 Western Ave., Albany Diamond Center: Owned by Lisa O’Brien, paid in full on Feb. 28, 2018;

The Governor’s Motor Inn is one of 11 properties in Guilderland that has — or had until recently — liens dating back to 2012.

Crossgates Mall asked for and got variances from the zoning board on Feb. 21 to put up signs on its Western Avenue hotel that, combined, are seven times bigger than normally allowed. The signs are needed, the board decided, to identify the five-story, 121,000-square-foot hotel.