By city of las cruces
• May 2, 2021
Residents have until May 26, 2021 to provide input on new Las Cruces Utilities Natural Gas Rate Review options. Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) is a department of the City of Las Cruces but is not funded by tax dollars. It has been 10 years since LCU last reviewed natural gas rate charges. The current gas rate review reflects cost increases in wages and benefits, gas system maintenance and safety compliance, and vehicle and equipment maintenance and replacement.
The three options are:
1). A full cost implementation of new rates in one year;
2). A limited phased-in cost increase for the two most impacted customer classes (small and large commercial) over three years;
The programs are meant as a networking, collaboration and engagement effort to give residents a space to inquire and learn more about both the city and what s new in their community.
ROCHESTER This is the design chosen by area artists to beautify the concrete barriers used for outdoor dining in the Lilac City. Volunteers are welcome to help paint the many barriers.
And a brand new way to order food and support local restaurants is coming within the next few weeks, enhancing the city s efforts to keep dining vital and easy.
By now, most people are familiar with the concrete barriers being used to help protect people taking advantage of dining in the streets, a tradition started last season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many people still feel safer dining outdoors, but let s face it - while they help to keep people safe, those Jersey barriers are ugly. Restaurant owners have done their best to beautify the inside, creating a welcoming dining experience and next weekend the outside will get a facelift.
David Shifren carries a chess set in his car.
It’s more than a childhood game that his late father Leonard, who died in October, taught him to play.
“Chess puts everyone on an utterly equal playing field,” said Shifren, a Pittsburgh Police Community Resource Officer for Zone 4 in Squirrel Hill, on Tuesday after a chess match in Market Square. “It doesn’t matter if you are big or small, old or young, male or female. Your race or ethnicity doesn’t matter when you sit down at a chess board.
“Your skill improves with time. There is no chance involved. It’s great for kids because it helps them develop thinking skills and problem-solving skills. They learn things off the board such as patience and good sportsmanship and gracious winning. So all in all, it’s a good win.”