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Tips on maintaining your spa year-round

 

 

Nothing is more relaxing on a cold night than warming up in a spa. To enjoy your spa to the fullest, regular maintenance should be a top priority. Design Pool & Spa offers these five simple steps that will help you keep your spa safe and enjoyable all year round:

Hot Water and Healthy Living

When you step into a hot tub, the calming effects of the warm water are felt almost instantly. Your muscles relax and stress seems to slip away. Many people use hot water immersion as a way to relieve stress and pain, and improve their overall health. A number of doctors and physical therapist recommend water therapy, especially warm water therapy, for their patients. With more than 5 million hot tubs in the United States, many people can enjoy the benefits of hot water therapy, or immersion, from the comfort of their own homes.

If it's a dream market for buyers -- why isn't everybody buying?

If it's a dream market for buyers -- why isn't everybody buying?

The numbers on new home sales are down for the fourth straight month. Sales of new homes fell 2.3-percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000. But on a local level, it’s a different story.

Houses are selling in Rochester but there are still scores more out there to choose from and with such low interest rates, why isn't everyone taking advantage of what some call a "dream buyer’s market?"

First-time homebuyer Tom Brady did the math and decided it was time to buy a house. “I can get equity towards a house instead of just giving away my money. So that's basically what I'm doing. When you're renting you're just giving your money away to someone else.”

With a relatively new job as a registered nurse at Rochester General Hospital, some savings and a VA loan behind him, he says he can't lose. “There's a lot of houses out here and there's still a large price range.

If it's a dream market for buyers -- why isn't everybody buying?

If it's a dream market for buyers -- why isn't everybody buying?

The numbers on new home sales are down for the fourth straight month. Sales of new homes fell 2.3-percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000. But on a local level, it’s a different story.

Houses are selling in Rochester but there are still scores more out there to choose from and with such low interest rates, why isn't everyone taking advantage of what some call a "dream buyer’s market?"

First-time homebuyer Tom Brady did the math and decided it was time to buy a house. “I can get equity towards a house instead of just giving away my money. So that's basically what I'm doing. When you're renting you're just giving your money away to someone else.”

With a relatively new job as a registered nurse at Rochester General Hospital, some savings and a VA loan behind him, he says he can't lose. “There's a lot of houses out here and there's still a large price range.

Recipes for the last days of summer

Labor Day might be the unofficial end to summer, but if you’re like me, you’re not ready to let go just yet. One part of summer I always miss is fresh fruit and vegetables and all the summer time recipes that can come straight out of the garden.

John Freeze, the executive chef of The Erie Grill at the Renaissance Del Monte Lodge, was nice enough to share some of his favorite recipes right out of The Erie Grill cookbook:

Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week

State officials fear millions of NY trees could be in jeopardy. There's a new campaign to save hundreds of thousands of trees in the Rochester area.

You may have heard about the "Emerald Ash Borer" and it's a beetle native to Asia. It's been creating a lot of problems in America in recent years.

There are 900 million ash trees in the state of New York. They're plentiful on city streets and in many neighborhoods. But they're facing a very real threat because of the small, green beetle, "Emerald Ash Borer."

That was the focus of this workshop in Caledonia, Livingston County today. The Department of Environmental Conservation, teamed up with the Cornell Cooperative Extension to explain the best way to get the word out. The "Emerald Ash Borer" has turned up in the southern tier and in Monroe County.