<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Jt2lV_0wOz2eV100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Jt2lV_0wOz2eV100" width="375" height="250" ></figure>Holiday Meals: Disposing Cooking Oil &amp; GreasePouring grease, fats, and oils down your drain can block your sewer lateral, the pipe that connects your home to Roselle’s sanitary sewer system, over time and cause potentially costly repairs. Protect your pipes by pouring cooled grease, fats, and oils into a container and tossing the container in your garbage can instead of washing grease down your kitchen sink.8 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Winter<ol><li>Disconnect hoses from exteriorfaucets to avoid freeze damage.</li><li>Clean leaves and debris out of gutters so melting snow can drain properly.</li><li>Remove dead or damaged tree branches that could fall during a winter storm.</li><li>Make sure mailboxes are securely installed. Mailboxes should be six to twelve inches behind the curb to allow space for snow plows.</li><li>Inspect and clean your fireplace.</li><li>Check your furnace and install a clean filter.</li><li>Seal cracks in doors, windows, foundations, etc. to keep your home warm.</li><li>Make sure pipes are properly insulated. To help keep pipes warm, allow water to trickle through faucets at the highest point in the house, and open cabinet and closet doors to help warm air circulate.</li></ol>Keep Fire Hydrants ClearRemove snow and ice around the hydrant and clear a path from the hydrant to the street to help firefighters locate hydrants and respond to emergencies.Other Snow Reminders<ul><li>Parking is prohibited on ALL streets when there is a snowfall of 2 inches or more.</li><li>Please clear snow and ice from sidewalks on your property.</li><li>Do not shovel or blow snow onto streets and sidewalks.</li><li>Shovel snow with the direction of traffic and try to make a pocket on the opposite side of the driveway. By doing so, snow that is plowed by trucks will be dumped into that pocket and is less likely to be plowed back onto driveway aprons.</li></ul></div></body>

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Property Maintenance 101: Fall & Winter Reminders

Pouring grease, fats, and oils down your drain can block your sewer lateral, the pipe that connects your home to Roselle’s sanitary sewer system, over time and cause potentially costly repairs. Protect your pipes by pouring cooled grease, fats, and oils into a container and tossing the container in your garbage can instead of washing grease down your kitchen sink.