The overall complexity of Lyme disease as well as the absurdities of the political compliance has led to an ongoing nightmare.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Rock Adventure Barn is re-opening to the public during select hours, after being used only for Tawasentha Park summer camps for the past several years.

Fire Departments have long been a keystone of community involvement but to members in Guilderland they’re even more than that — they’re family.

Peter Letko, chief operator of the town’s water plant, located in the Northeastern Industrial Park, attributes Guilderland’s water quality to the way the town treats it at the plant.

“We use anthracite coal and different sizes of garnet stone to filter out the impurities,” he said. “We also use enhanced coagulation to take as much total organic carbon — the funky, swampy-tasting stuff — out of the water.”

Ally Burdgick is making her third appearance at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. She wants to be a winner this time. 

The Guilderland Babe Ruth All Stars were accustomed to scoring runs, but couldn't get any across home plate during the Eastern New York tournament finals.  

Rebecca Gleason combines things she likes — such as teaching sports lit. The former English teacher and athlete has broadened her reach as a school administrator and in August will begin a new job as an assistant principal at Guilderland High School.

Freedompalooza, a country music concert on Aug. 24, will raise funds for the Freedom Coalition’s voter education and registration drive for the 2014 election.

The 10U and 12U teams will have tryouts from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The 14U and 16U teams will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.