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The last association meeting was a success and we would like to thank all of those who attended.
Items that were discussed, as well as topics that are currently in the works are summarized in this month’s newsletter..
Volunteerism
Our neighborhood is responding to the needs of our community with a renewed sense of spirit.
The Executive Board is proud to announce that we have 19 new volunteers who are willing to help
out with approximately 30 tasks/projects. In addition, we have a list of 11 people who, although
not committed to a specific project, have expressed an interest in being contacted in the event
we need any help. This is great news for our community. At the rate that interest is growing,
soon we will have enough volunteers to begin a variety of community projects.
Entranceways
Plans for renovating the entranceways are progressing and volunteers have come forward to offer
their assistance in demolition, electrical and landscaping work. The Advisory Board will meet
shortly to discuss this project and make the final decision as to the project’s viability.
Zone Leaders
Currently, we have leaders for three of our seven zones. These people will be delivering newsletters
and may also be looking for volunteers for the neighborhood watch. The leaders are:
Gerard Cereola (716-2251), Zone 1;
Steve Amato (428-8299), Zone 2; and
Ted Nienburg (917-685-4452), Zone 7.
A map of the zones is printed on page 2 for your reference.
Zone leaders serve as a conduit for the executive board to learn the concerns of all
of the areas of our community. They are responsible to help in delivering newsletters,
and can also decide to do things like create a neighborhood watch, bowling team, softball team, etc.
Newsletter Delivery
We now have nine volunteers who have offered to help deliver the newsletters.
With nearly 700 homes in our community, it takes a single individual between four and
six hours to deliver all of the newsletters. Hand delivering, as opposed to mailing,
the newsletters saves the association approximately $250 each issue.
With so much more help now, delivery will take no time at all.
Thanks to all of the new volunteers for making the delivery a much less daunting task.
As Seen Here...
The addition of advertisements has gone a long way in paying for the cost of printing
the newsletters. More and more of the advertisers are coming from within the community.
Please support the advertisers who are supporting our association.
Young Entrepreneurs
Keep a look out for babysitting, light yard work, and snow-removal services offered
by our young neighbors. The cost of advertising is $1 and will be paid for by the
Executive Board. In order to be eligible for the free advertising, you must be in either
Junior High or High School and a resident of South Setauket Park. As with our regular ads,
the Homeowner’s Association and Executive Board are not responsible for any of the services
advertised.
Our first young servicepeople are:
Greg Segelken 696-6939 Snow Removal/Yard Work
James Baranello 736-9589 Snow Removal/Yard Work
Neighborhood Watch
Eight neighbors have already stepped forward and volunteered for the neighborhood watch.
This is an excellent start. However, we are short about six volunteers for this to be a truly
viable effort. If your are interested in taking part in a community watch program, please
contact your zone leader, a member of the executive board, or volunteer to become a zone leader
if you live in a zone that currently has no leader.
Beginning a neighborhood watch is becoming increasingly important.
Over the last several months there has, unfortunately, been an increase in vandalism
and malicious mischief in our community. In speaking with neighbors we have learned of
the following recent incidents:
An attempted burglary
Damage to the split rail fences in the greenbelts
Extensive damage to the irrigation system and control box
Paintball damage to a home
Drunken driving accident that caused property damage
Broken window at a neighbor’s home during Halloween
Vandalism to a street light
Last year, damage to the irrigation system and fencing cost the association nearly $2,000 to fix.
That’s money that could have been spent on community-improvement projects.
At any time if you see something in your area that has been damaged, or see vandalism in progress,
please do not hesitate to call the Community Oriented Police Enforcement (COPE) Department. The phone number is 854-8600 and complaints can be made anonymously.
Welcome to the World Wide Web
Gerard Cereola has donated countless hours designing a brand new website for our community.
The results are amazing! South Setauket Park residents can now visit www.southsetauketpark.com
to keep in touch with everything going on in our community.
On our new website you will find the newsletter, minutes from the meetings,
contact information, pictures from past events, upcoming events, and much more.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU goes out to Gerard, our community’s Web Master,
for offering to create and maintain this wonderful new site.
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| First Annual Pumpkin Patch |
The pumpkin patch that was held in the fall was a huge success.
Many neighbors came down to buy and decorate over 200 pumpkins.
A great time was had by all as children painted, had snacks and listened to Halloween music.
The executive board would like to thank everyone who attended the pumpkin patch and who
helped make the event such a success.
A special thank you goes to Kathleen Brown and Tara Grant from Coach Realtors.
Kathleen (a South Setauket Park resident) and Tara not only donated the award ribbons that
were handed out to all of our participants, they also stayed for the entire event and helped
make it such a success.
Look for the event to take place again next October!
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