2011 Spring Events (Item posted on 6/01/11) Strawberry Festival: The annual Strawberry Festival will be Sunday, June 12 at the Mayflower-Warrington island from 2-4 p.m. Once again, we will have our festival tent, music, shortcake from Malek's, strawberries and whipped cream, with lively music from The Clarinet Collection. Strawberries and cake: $1.50
Can you help? We need volunteers to prepare and organize. We especially need servers for 30-minute time slots on Sunday, June 12th afternoon – between 2 and 4. For example: 2:00 to 2:30; 2:30 – 3:00; etc. This is a great way to meet your neighbors. Others can help by helping with shopping, preparing the strawberries, etc., a few days before the event. Contact Deborah Hall if you can assist with the festival (contact information is below).
Yard Sale: The Bel-Air bienniel yard sale will be held this year from Friday morning June 10 through Sunday June12 at 5 p.m. As always, there will be a classified ad placed in the Democrat and Chronicle regarding this sale. If you can assist in placing and retrieving signs about the sale on these three days, please contact John Wadsworth at 244-4576. There is no charge to participate.
Directory: The 2010 directory is out, with BANA street reps having delivered it to your home in February or March. If you have not received a copy (the new version is ORANGE) please contact your street representative or Deborah Hall. We are developing a group of neighbors to help with future updates. If you can assist in maintaining this important communication tool, please contact Debroah Hall at 271-6972 or Kathryn Jensen at 244-5651. Please also let them know about changes, new neighbor information, or other directory information such as teenagers willing to babysit or do yard work. Completing the dues slips below also provides us with the most up to date information for your family.
Annual Dues for 2011: $5 (Still!)
Dues cover spring activities, directory, newsletters, fliers, and neighborhood website. We can keep dues low only if a number of families contribute! Please give information below for dues recording and directory information. Your e-mail address helps us contact you quickly about emergency situations, town notices, etc.
Name: _____________________________________ E-mail address (if you want to receive e-mail notices from the town and emergency information, please print:) ___________________________________________
Street Address: ___________________________________ Phone: ____________________________________
Circle one: Please include my family in updated BANA directories (published every two years)
YES NO
Optional directory information (e.g., special services your family offers, such as teen babysitting or your own business services):
Return dues and information slip to Deborah Hall at 122 Chadbourne, or our treasurer, Rochelle Bell at 311 Rhinecliff. Please mail dues and slip to Rochelle by US mail. For Deborah, slip dues and information sheet through the mail slot at her home.
Please note below ways you could volunteer to support BANA activities. You may have some skills that would be useful in organizing social activities, website changes, directory support, etc. We have 440 families in this neighborhood--one of the largest subdivisions in Brighton. Your help can make BANA more useful to you and our neighbors!
Strawberry Festival 2009 Photos! (Item posted on 7/25/09) Here are some photos from the 2009 Strawberry Festival on July 7th. (Click here if you are unable to view the slideshow.)
Crime Prevention Bulletin regarding Thefts from Vehicles (Item posted on 9/18/07) The Brighton Police Department has received an increase in reported thefts of items from vehicles. Vehicles have been entered and larcenies have occurred in driveways of residences as well as in parking lots.
1. Lock your vehicle at all times. 2. Do not leave packages where they are visible. 3. Put packages out of sight in the trunk. 4. Leave a light on in your driveway. 5. Do not leave valuables in your vehicle (i.e., cameras, cell phones, computers, briefcases, purses, or wallets). 6. Report any suspicious persons or noises immediately to the Brighton Police by calling 911.
The thefts from vehicles are not concentrated in one neighborhood, but are scattered about the Town.
Any questions or concerns please contact Sgt. David Molisani at 784-5187
Fun Link: Vintage Topographic Maps of Brighton (Item posted on 5/12/03) We've put up some sections of interesting topographic maps from 1893 and 1920, centered around the Bel-Air Neighborhood here. (Links to other area maps are on the page too.)
