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City of Rochester IT Services to be Temporarily Unavailable Monday Afternoon

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  City of Rochester
Blaine Cox, City Manager
31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Aug. 16, 2019

Media Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

City of Rochester IT Services to be Temporarily Unavailable Monday Afternoon

ROCHESTER — City Manager Blaine Cox reports that Rochester’s IT services will be down for a period of time on Monday afternoon.

On Aug. 19, from 3-7 p.m., all city IT services will be unavailable to residents as Rochester moves several pieces of equipment in its data center.

Services that will be unavailable include:

  • Telephones
  • Email
  • Internet access
  • Customer Self Service
  • Access to ANY network shares / files / programs

Additionally, the work will affect the city’s ability to provide many services to customers, including auto registration, tax payments, and utility billing (water/sewer) payments.

The City of Rochester apologizes in advance for any inconvenience this may cause to residents and thanks the community for its understanding and patience as it works to improve services.

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*Media Advisory* City of Rochester to Host Annual Art Awards

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  City of Rochester
Blaine Cox, City Manager
31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, Aug. 5, 2019

Media Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

*Media Advisory*

City of Rochester to Host Annual Art Awards

ROCHESTER — City Manager Blaine Cox is pleased to announce that the City of Rochester will host its annual Art Awards next week.

WHEN: 

Monday, Aug. 12, from 6-7 p.m.

WHERE: 

Governor’s Inn Courtyard, 78 Wakefield St.

WHAT: 

The seventh annual Rochester Art Awards will recognize community organizations and businesses for their wide-ranging contributions to the city’s arts scene.

Nine awards will be distributed at the event, celebrating diverse artistic endeavors throughout Rochester. The honorees include Bernier Insurance, Rochester Recreation, the Rochester Performance and Arts Center, Granite State Choral Society, Spaulding High School, Rochester Opera House, the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts and the Homeschool Theatre Guild.

Bernier Insurance is being recognized for its overall support of the arts, including its sponsorship of the Bernier Room at the MFA and Rochester’s Wings and Wheels event. Rochester Rec will be honored for its Concert on the Common music series, while the Rochester Performance and Arts Center will be recognized for Rochester Porch Fest.

The Granite State Choral Society will be honored for its presentation of “Rochester: Your Town, Your Story, Your Song,” while SHS and the Opera House earn recognition for their Art Fest and “Mamma Mia” production, respectively.

The MFA will be honored for multiple efforts over the last year, including its overall work cultivating and sustaining the arts in the city. It will also be recognized alongside partners from the Rochester Economic Development Department and Rochester Main Street — as well as artist Adam Pearson — for their shared roles in developing the Sculpture Walk.

The Homeschool Theatre Guild will be recognized for its production of “Arabian Nights.”

“Each of these organizations has made tremendous contributions to the thriving arts scene in our community,” City Manager Cox said. “They’re all very much deserving of this recognition, and I’m grateful for their continued efforts to make Rochester a more vibrant and artistically rich place.”

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City of Rochester Welcomes New Deputy Assessor

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  City of Rochester
Blaine Cox, City Manager
31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, Aug. 1 2019

Media Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

City of Rochester Welcomes New Deputy Assessor

Christian Kuhn began his new role as the City of Rochester’s deputy assessor on Monday. (Courtesy Photo City of Rochester)

ROCHESTER — City Manager Blaine Cox is pleased to announce that the City of Rochester welcomed Christian Kuhn to his new role as deputy assessor earlier this week.

Kuhn began on Monday, July 29, and will work under the City’s Chief Assessor, supervising the general management and administration of the assessing department. In this supervisory role, Kuhn will also assist in establishing and maintaining the assessed values of all residential, commercial and industrial properties for tax purposes.

In the coming months, Kuhn will assume a significant role with the 2019 municipal-wide assessment revaluation.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Christian to our team,” City Manager Blaine Cox said. “He is highly experienced and skilled, and I’m confident he will be a great asset to the City moving forward.”

For the past year, Kuhn worked as the assistant city assessor for the City of Everett, Massachusetts. He has also previously worked as an assistant assessor at Cumberland County Regional Assessing in Portland, Maine, and for the Town of Kittery, Maine as a development staff clerk and later an associate assessor.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics and statistics from the University of New Hampshire, and attended Southern Maine Community College’s Leadership Academy in 2017. He has also taken part in various courses, workshops and conferences on topics including Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), assessment administration, residential modeling concepts and tax increment finance.

Kuhn is also a certified assessor evaluator candidate, certified Maine assessor and Massachusetts DOR certified assessor.

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Rochester Library Announces Featured Artist for the Month of July

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  City of Rochester
Blaine Cox, City Manager
31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Media Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Rochester Library Announces Featured Artist for the Month of July

ROCHESTER — Library Director Brian Sylvester is pleased to announce that the Rochester Public Library will display the work of local artist Suzanne Pretty throughout the month of July. 

Pretty draws on the everyday world around her for artistic inspiration and emphasizes the impact technology and development have on the natural world. Her work eschews a simple landscape depiction and instead includes the heavy machinery and modern elements that she believes has an impact on our daily lives. 

Pretty is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has received numerous awards for her work, including two artist fellowships from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. She’s also a member of the League of N.H. Craftsmen and has exhibited her work locally and throughout the country. 

Her work is already on display, and members of the community are invited to explore it throughout the month.  

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