Long overdue improvements at Tracey Towers seem to be finally in the works after an elevator catastrophe earlier this year spurred management into action.

We have no idea what was responsible for the death of construction worker Mohammad Nadeem at 2985 Botanical Square last week. What concerns us is that no one seems that concerned with finding out.

Scott Rimm-Hewitt, 29, and his fiancée, Amanda Peterson, 23, have much in common. For starters, they are both talented musicians – Rimm-Hewitt plays the tuba and Peterson the trombone – and both teach music at city public schools. They also share a passion for travel and the great outdoors. And in July went on the trip of a lifetime.

Marta Montilla is just like everyone else – and she takes pride in that. Her goal this holiday season is to have what many people take for granted: a place for her kids to play and unwrap presents. A place called home.

The dangerous ringleader of a group of thugs that robbed and killed local merchant Juan Madera in 2002 is off the streets.

It may no longer be a house of Jewish prayer, but there were many expressions of thanks and appreciation during the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new child education center and medical facility in Norwood last week. Elected officials and other community leaders gathered at the old Nathan Straus Jewish Center last month for its reopening as an auxiliary site for the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) and Montefiore Medical Center.

A range of serious issues affecting Bronx residents since their buildings were bought seem to reflect the company’s practices in Manhattan, too. And while tenants say that the Pinnacle organization has stuck them with inflated repair costs, lawsuits and threatening notices, the group’s president denies any wrongdoing.

A civic drama that may rival the local filtration plant saga in emotion, if not the number of meetings and rallies, is unfolding in the south Bronx.

World class boxing now has a Bronx venue. Promoter Cedric Kushner joined former champions Roberto Duran and Iran Barkley at the recently restored Loew’s Paradise Theater on the Grand Concourse, to announce boxing matches lined up for Dec. 9.