Rensselaer...Online!

According to http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=842747, President Obama will be visiting HVCC this Monday. More details will be available soon.

I'm in the process of actually doing something with this site, but as a result of this the registration process has failed, and all the pending registrations were lost. Sorry about that, but I should be significantly more responsive to registration requests now.

Some of the things that I am doing are:

improving the blog engine
improving the registration engine
changing the theming
reaching out to the community in several ways. For example, any city employee just has to ask and I will give them their own email account here.

Attached are 2 pdf files of the annual water quality report for 2008 for the city of Rensselaer. No serious issues to report. This should be in your next bill from the city.

http://rcsd.k12.ny.us/District%20Calendar.pdf

Amtrak has issued their all-clear.

Amtrak travel between Rensselaer and NYS (Penn Station) is cancelled today until at least noon.

Metro North is not cancelled - so you can go to/from Poughkeepsie/Grand Central as needed.

Amtrak is cancelled in all directions subject to inspection. Amtrak is announcing "Until Further Notice" so give them a call.

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=822531

By KENNETH C. CROWE II, Staff writer
Last updated: 2:04 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009
NORTH GREENBUSH - The Rensselaer County Health Department lifted the boil water order this morning for four communities that faced the loss of water after a main broke on Monday.

Residences on Glenmore Road must continue to boil water until further notice, the county said.

The boil water order was issued after a break in the main on Glenmore Road. The 45-year-old main links the town to the water supply from Troy.

Updated 4:40 PM 21 July
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=822067
Boil water advisory still on

By BOB GARDINIER, Staff writer
Last updated: 1:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2009
NORTH GREENBUSH - With help from the city of Albany, workers repaired the 36-inch water pipe that ruptured Monday, threatening water service to four Rensselaer County communities.

A mandatory boil water order remains in effect for residents along Glenmore Road where the break in the 45-year-old water main that routes water from Troy to the other communities happened about 3 p.m.

Today the School confirmed that at least 1 case of H1N1 has been at the school. They are urging precautions. What I haven't seen in the news is that most of the 4th grade is reportedly sick as well with Strep Throat. This may have been spread widely on a class trip to the The Great Escape. The School's web page has their h1n1 notice up - http://www.rcsd.k12.ny.us/documents/H1N1LettertoParents.pdf.

Update - Times union reports that there are actually only "2" cases of strep throat. What?
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=813244

Rensselaer City Hall www.rensselaeronline.com
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Rensselaer, NY 12144
(518) 462-9511 phone
(518) 462-9895 fax
518-462-9616
MAYOR 462-9511
Daniel J. Dwyer

PRESIDENT, COMMON COUNCIL 465-2539
Charles Hall

CITY CLERK 462-4266
Maureen G. Nardacci

COMMON COUNCIL
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2 Albertine M. Felts 465-0726
3 William Lithgow 463-8634
4 Kimberli Conger 463-0954
5 Dominick Tagliento 465-0043
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