Developer Jack Guttman says he wants to build a beautiful mixed-use apartment building on the western slope of University Heights that will become a catalyst for improvement in a neighborhood crying out for just that.

The Parks Department will begin replacing the track and field in Williamsbridge Oval Park this month. The work kicks off a $13.5 million dollar renovation plan fueled by monies generated by the political deal that allowed the city to build a controversial water filtration plant in nearby Van Cortlandt Park.

Following the resignation of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Bronx congressmen Eliot Engel and Jose Serrano took the opportunity to throw out a few parting shots.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz recently announced that Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed his bill, co-sponsored by State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens) that will help keep guns away from convicted felons.

With several Bronx political offices possibly up for grabs come next year’s election season, The League of Women Voters is offering to educate potential candidates with a 12-hour seminar course that starts on Sept. 6 at Bronx Community College.

Speaking of open City Council seats: with Maria Baez leaving her job in 2009 thanks to term limits, her Council spot is already drawing interest.

Yet another potential candidate, Randi Martos, who has expressed interest in Council Member Oliver Koppell’s seat, is now Jeff Dinowitz’s new chief of staff, the assemblyman announced last week.

While there may have been some confusion about the upcoming primary, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has released a statement explaining that there will be no primary in the Bronx on Sept. 18.

The trail leading to the heart of the biggest story in New York City over the past two weeks – the death of two firefighters at the former Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero and the mysterious company hired to do the demolition work there – can be traced all the way up to the northwest Bronx.