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Slatterly Park I&I Study Update

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:58:21 -0600

Below is a note from the City of Rochester in regard to the Sewer Infrastructure Study being done in the Slatterly Park Neighborhood:

FYI: We are continuing to gather data for the sanitary sewer I&I study…. The latest activity is we’ll have WHKS & Co., surveyors gathering elevation data from the outside of several homes. They hope to begin this survey work yet this week. They have about 120 homes in which basement inspections were accomplished (within the last one to 3 months) and inside measurements taken. We are now gathering the outside elevations of these homes to help determine the actual floor drainage elevation and compare that to the hydraulic grade line from the August 2007 event.

Our new lobby is open!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:51:17 -0600

Our new lobby is open at the Rochester Area Family Y!

It's spacious, bright, and beautiful!

It will enhance our ability to serve both our current and future members.

Come check it out and check out the below photo files!!!

AAUW Celebrates 125th Anniversary on Tuesday Nov. 28

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:29:58 -0600

On Tuesday November 28, the American Association of University Women, one of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to advocating women's rights, celebrates its 125th anniversary! AAUW was founded in 1881 by 17 female college graduates and today has more than 100,000 members including more than 150 members in Rochester!

At 10:00AM Tuesday at Rochester City Hall, Rochester Mayor Ardell F. Brede will declare Tuesday "AAUW day".

Some of the accomplishments of AAUW include:

-- Provided Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie $156,413 toward the purchase of one gram of radium

-- Lobbied for the passage of Title IX, the law that prohibits sex descrimination in schools receiving federal funds. Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI), an AAUW member, co-authored the law.

Democrats WILL Raise Your Taxes

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:07:17 -0600

Democrats want you to believe that they "love" tax cuts:

Rep. Pelosi (D-CA): "Democrats have supported middle-income tax cuts. We love tax cuts, because when they are geared to the middle class, inject demand into the economy, create jobs, and also increase savings in our country. We've always been for them, whether it's the R&D tax credit, whether it's the child tax credit in a refundable way. I have told you in the speech what our priorities were."

FACT: 1993, 217 House and 50 Senate Democrates voted for Bill Clinton's tax hike, which raised taxes $241 billion.

John H. Cushman, Jr., The Budge Struggle, The New York Times 8/8/93 "Many people who are not wealthy will be affected by the tax increases, some in ways that have been widely heralded, but others in ways that may come as a surprise. Gasoline taxes are going up; so are taxes on many people's social security benefits."

Carbon Monoxide Alarm Mandate Signed Today

Thu, 25 May 2006 17:47:20 -0500

Ten years ago we lost two grandchildren to Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning – a loss that changed our family forever, made even more tragic because of the ease in which this tragedy could have been prevented. A simple CO detection device costing around $40 would have prevented this loss.

The governor just signed into effect a Carbon Monoxide Alarm mandate bill (HF1337 and SF1003) that would require CO detectors in newly constructed single family and multifamily dwelling units effective January 1,2007 and August 1,2008 for all existing single family and multifamily dwelling units.

Don’t wait until then to have them installed in your home. Do it TODAY!

Half-Mast Flags

Mon, 15 May 2006 13:44:12 -0500

During my morning walk, I noticed that flags were flying at half-mast. I didn't know the reason, and neither did anyone else I asked. Curiosity overcame me, so I called up someone sure to know what was going on-- Donna Bussell in the Mayor's office.

Donna explained that this week has been proclaimed as Police Week and flags are being flown half-mast statewide in memory of Law Enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty. In fact,she said in ten minutes a special memorial service was being held in the City Hall rotunda. I decided I could get there just in time...

Great Blogs of Fire! Retired PB Publisher is heating up Rochester's civic blogosphere

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:50:31 -0600

That familiar face you see pictured above is none other than Bill Boyne, the Post Bulletin's retired publisher and editor, who's been busy putting his eloquent voice and prolific pen back to work as one of RVoices charter bloggers.

Boyne, who served as the PB's main editorial writer for over two decades, was one of about twenty civic leaders who attended a hands-on blog training session that RVoices sponsored back in late November. Though Bill, myself and almost everyone else who attended the training session are still mere rookies as bloggers, Bill is a veteran journalist with over fifty years of experience as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher under his belt.