City Water Customer about to get Hosed Again

NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — Property owners are about to get a nasty New Year’s surprise from the city – a water rate hike of up to 18 percent.

Acting at the behest of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd, a gloomy Water Board voted unanimously yesterday to set the process in motion that would hike rates by 12 to 18 percent on Jan. 1, the middle of the fiscal year.

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Thanksgiving Rocks at the Hard Rock Thanks to Volunteers’ Generosity

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

More than 600 hungry people enjoyed a free hot Thanksgiving meal at the Hard Rock CafÈ at Universal Studios in California underwritten by Chabad-Lubavitch.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Chabad-Lubavitch of California’s Mobile Kitchen Program took over the Hard Rock CafÈ at Universal Studios Thursday afternoon so that 600 people who otherwise wouldn’t have one could enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

Maccabees in Montreal!

Canadian Jewish News

MONTREAL, Canada — Maccabees!, an interactive performance about Chanukah for children, which drew 15,000 when it premiered at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y., last year is coming to Montreal.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Lighting the Way of Tradition

St. Petersburg Times

Zelda, left, and Chana Eber, twin 3-year-olds, recently celebrated their birthday by lighting the traditional Shabbat candles.

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — With gifts wrapped in Tinkerbell paper, an array of cakes and cookies, and lollipop centerpieces, it looked like a birthday party for a little princess.

It was that and much more. Yet this party didn’t have pin the tail on the donkey or clowns or inflatable houses to bounce around in.

Alternate Side Parking Rules are In Effect Friday

Friday, November 24th, is not a holiday, and alternate side parking regulations and all other parking regulations will be in effect.

Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar and here for the 2008 Calendar.