Neighborhood Notes

A few tidbits from the North End Neighborhood Association meeting tonight:

• Everybody loves the city's new street sweeper and wood chipper
• Firehouse construction should start back up again next week
• Progress on the county jail expansion is good and on time
• Rensselaer County is submitting projects for stimulus funding
• Much info on the county web site: services, events, energy tips
  
• Electronics Recycling is April 25, call DPW (462-9617) for coupons
• The new court room at City Hall is nearly done - Open House soon
• Friends of the Rensselaer Library will be having a book sale in May
• Bids are due in May for renovating Dollar Store/future new library
  
• Census workers have been walking the streets verifying addresses
• The shopping dev't at Rts. 4 & 43 should break ground this spring
• 12-year-olds arrested for throwing rocks through windows at homeowners - be aware
  
• Lock your car, even in your driveway
  
• The guest speaker at next month's meeting will be school superintendent Gordon Reynolds, just in time for the budget vote