Last year, it was high water that kept Durand Eastman Beach closed to swimmers. This year, it will be money.
Durand Eastman Beach
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Testing the waters
Monroe County public health officials may have found a better way to determine if and when the county’s beaches should be closed to swimming. The county has long used a model that considers several factors, including recent rainfall, algae levels, the Genesee River’s flow into Lake Ontario, and water cloudiness. The model has been refined […]
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Citizen budget ideas include closing Durand beach, cutting Mounted Patrol
The suggestions made during the City of Rochester’s Voice of the Citizen budget meetings aren’t really surprising. It’s also not clear how these relatively small adjustments would help the city close its $28 million gap. City officials offered four opportunities — one in each quadrant — for the public to provide input on the upcoming […]
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Metro ink – 6.28.06
CLASSES ON THE ROAD The appeal of rivers, lakes, and canals has turned some communities into robust tourist destinations. But the same can’t be said of Rochester, and a group of sixth graders from the GeneseeCommunityCharterSchool wanted to know why. So they went on an extended field trip in search of answers. “The entire project […]
