Vote for your favorite places to take kids in the Rochester area! If you need help choosing: "My local library" would be a good choice :) …

Nice coverage of the 19th Ward Square Fair from the Democrat & Chronicle.

Celebrating the neighborhood in the 19th Ward…

The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning (CPLP) and the Rochester Healthy Homes Partnership are pleased to announce the publication of the newly revised “Healthy Homes, Healthy Families: A Guide to Protecting your Family’s Health By Making Your Home A Safer Environment.” The full-color 32-page booklet includes practical tips for reducing environmental…

The summer is fast approaching in Rochester, and kids around town will be busy.  Whether playing sports, getting ahead with summer classes, or hanging with friends at a Rec Center, eating a nutritious meal is often the last thing on their minds.  And with the constant availability of junk foods everywhere, it is increasingly tough for children to make healthy…

Note the "Local Calendars..." Box under the Events Box. 

19WCA Calendar,  Dan's May 25th…

Vote for your favorite places to take kids in the Rochester area!  If you need help choosing: "My local library" would be a good choice :)

http://rochester.kidsoutandabout.com/content/vote-kidsoutandabouts-2014-survey-top-20-places-take-kids-rochester

This warning is not new, but just in case you thought that China may have cleaned up its act regarding poison pet treats - THEY HAVEN'T!   Read the labels and if you even suspect a product may be associated with China, pass it by.

Toxic Jerky Treats Responsible For More Than 1,000 Dog Deaths, FDA Says

Do you about know all those fun kids activities the Arnett Branch Library does all summer long?  We will be doing them again this year of course!  We, like may other Rochester Branch Libraries, are also adding a reading camp!  Call 428-8214…

If you have a bike that needs to be fixed or that could be donated to a kid, or know someone in the neighborhood who does, come out to our annual Spring Bike Clinic today, Saturday May 17, at 350 Arnett Boulevard from 1-4 pm where volunteers from R Community Bikes will be there to help!

<- Missing Person - UPDATE Tuesday, 9 p.m.: A police spokesperson said the missing teen  Amber Goolsby has been located    …

I'm sure many of you knew or remember Debra Storrs from 89 Inglewood Drive.
Her Memorial Service is Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 6:00 PM Millard E. Latimer & Son Funeral Directors Inc. For more information, go to: http://melatimerfuneralhome.com/obituary_view/2014-04-debra-a-storrs/10081850

Do you have any old grocery bags you are looking to get rid of?  The Arnett Branch Library will gratefully take them!  We give them out to patrons for carrying borrowed books and DVDs.

The Good Food Collective is looking to use the Arnett Branch Library as a drop off again site this year:
http://goodfoodcollective.createsend4.com/t/ViewEmail/y/C55D442C7C1FBE6A

The Rochester Regional Library Council is sponsoring a library of the year contest again this year in honor of National Library Week.  There are a lot of great school, college, public and little free libraries in the Southwest portion of the City.  Do you want to vote for any of them?  If so, click on this link:

http://rrlc.org/services/advocacy/rrlc-library-of-the-year-2014/

The Good Food Collective is planning on using the Arnett Branch Library as pick up location again this year if enough people sign up.  To learn more please visit their website at

http://www.thegoodfoodcollective.com/

From Crime Prevention Officer Kris Runyon:

Hi there.

(In case you didn’t know, BOLO stands for “Be On the Look Out”) 

As is the season again, yesterday afternoon we had a call for door to door IDT energy sales on Aldine Ave near Woodbine.  We caught up with them on Post.  They, of course had no solicitors permit.  More importantly, when I got a chance later to run record checks on the fellows we stopped, both have arrest/convictions- one for larceny and…

At 6:45a this morning, I accompanied my daughter to the Westside Division RPD Roll Call. Shea Baker-Washing was so moved by the compassion Officer Phillips displayed at the recent triple homicide that she just had to let him know. Her phone calls started immediately after seeing the picture posted by one of the news stations of Officer Phillips with a family member of one of the victims. The compassion was genuine and striking. Her phone calls started at 311 and she didn't stop until she was…

Due to weather conditions the Arnett Branch Library will be closed today. If you need a book for today, remember the Monroe County Library System has a nice ebook collection at http://www3.libraryweb.org/download.aspx

The first sign of Spring appeared today - the dog came in dripping with mud!



Speaking of Spring, the I. S. Hunt hardware store at 390 Thurston Road has EVERYTHING you need, including knowledge, for your Spring garden or for fixing up your classic 19th Ward house. 2014 is their 100th anniversary of doing business in the neighborhood. Why…