SULPHUR SPRING NEWS New Windsor, MD  Volume 17 Issue 4  October, November, December 2022  MAYOR ROOP'S MESSAGE  MAYOR Neal C. Roop Kevin Cornick Dave Hoffman, William Holl, Kimberlee Schultz, Vice President TOWN OFFICE Gary Dye, Jr., Town Manager Clerk/Treasurer Danal Mangus Kalena Bartoszak, PUBLIC WORKS Josh Small Alan Tobery ZONING ADMIN. William Schneeman PLANNING COMM. Glenn Monroe, Vice Chairman Kevin Shaughness Drew Strine Ryan Christensen MEETINGS: Town Council First Wednesday of Month Work Session Fourth Monday of Month, as needed. TOWN OFFICE 410-635-6575 www.newwandsommagoy  MD: 31 Streetscape Project is finally moving along. The Town's responsibility is to replace the ag- ing waterline on High Street and Main Street. Besides replacing the waterline, new meter vaults ters inside homes will be removed. Four million dollars has been appropriated by the State of funding for this overdue project. We hope to advertise for bids in October 2022. The projected time for the replacement of the waterline is 18 months. With a construction of this nature, there will be interruptions in traffic, noise, and inconveniences. I ask that you be patient and understanding during the construction period. Before the beginning of the project which will probably be in the Spring of 2023, there will be an informational meeting. Representa- tives from the Town, State Highway Administration (SHA), and the contractor will be in attend- ance to explain the process and answer questions. As with the College Avenue and Blue Ridge Avenue project, we will have weekly updates on what was completed and what properties willl be Once the waterline is replaced, the plan is for SHA to complete the Streetscape Project. The and new paving. We met with SHA on August 17 to discuss the project. At this time, there are some differences between SHA and the Town in the scope of work to be included. I will continue advocating for SHA to include retaining walls as I feel this is a very important safety component of the project. The difference in the scope of work also means more funding is needed by SHA. I've been communicating. with Maryland Secretary of Budget and Management David Brinkley trying to get additional funding for SHA. With the recent announcement of a $2B surplus from Fiscal Year 2022, I plan on requesting Governor Hogan put a funding recommendation in next year's The Dielman Inn Foundation Stabilization project is nearing completion. There is some remaining down soon. Lewis Contractors will be demobilizing the remainder of the construction items on the site and cleaning up. The project overall has come in under the anticipated budget. This has al- lowed the Town to perform some elective work on the project and still not use the entire amount My annual Mayor on the Square Food Drive is tentatively set for Friday, November 18 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. All food, coats, personal hygiene products, and monetary donations will go to the  COUNCIL MEMBERS will be installed. This entails a new line from the water main to the property's meter vault. All me- Sharon Gribbin-Lindemon, Maryland for this project. I want to thank our State Delegation for their assistance in providing  project  Admin. &WIS Clerk affected in the upcoming week.  Wayne Myers, Director Town is requesting new ADA-compliant sidewalks, ramps,  walls, traffic  retaining  calming designs,  Mark Schultz, Chairman state budget. Hopefully, the new Governor will support that recommendation.  Town Dave Council Hoffman, Liaison contract work to grade, seed, and stabilize the back lawn. The remainder of the fencing will come  of the grants.  Third Monday of Month New Windsor Food Bank at St. Paul United Methodist Church. I will post a definite date on the  Planning Commission Town's Facebook pagei in late October.  You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering, and complaining.  You make progress by implementing ideas.  -Shirley Chisholm    Happl ThANIgVINg  TOWN CALENDAR  October 5 6 8  Yard Waste Collection Reminders: Yard waste can be put in born paper yard waste bags. Bags can be pur- chased at Walmart, Lowes or Home Yard waste can be put into cans. Please make sure the lidsf fit and holes are drilled int the bottom of the cans for drainage. Please NO cans that arel bro- ken and/or have sharp edges. Tree limbs can not exceed more than 4 foot long and 4i inches in diameter. Tree limbs must be tiedi into bundles. Please NOI DOG WASTE!! Yard waste starts the first Thursday in April and endst the first Thursday in November. Callt the Town Office to see ifa dumpster is available during flooding/nclement weather. Please DOI NOT mix trash into yard waste, or ity willl NOTI be picked up. Eclectic Motor Company 103 Church Street New Windsor, MD Ph: (443)-671-6536 We accept clean waste oil! Don'tforget to fall back Sunday, November 6th.  Town Council-7:00 PM Yard Waste Bulk Trash - 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 10 Columbus Day, Office Closed 17 Work Session - 7:00 PM 20 Yard Waste 24 Planning Commission - TBA 29 Shred Day - 9:00 AM- -1 12:00 PM  Depot.  November 2 7  Town Council - 7:00 PM 11 Veteran's Day, Office Closed 21 Work Session 7:00 PM 24-25 Thanksgiving, Office Closed 28 Planning Commission - TBA Town Council - 7:00 PM 19 Work Session - 7:00 PM 26 Christmas, Office Closed 29. Trash/recycle pick-up, due to Holiday  Leaf pick-up starts, please see next page for notes*  December 7  January 2 5 5  New Year's, Office Closed Trash/recycle pick-up, due to Holiday Christmas tree pick-up 12 Christmas tree pick-up 19 Christmas tree pick-up  **Meeting dates and times are subject to changes. Please confirm dates and times at the Town website www.NewWindsorMD.gov"*  TRICK OR TREAT!!  FY 2023 Water/Sewer Rates Effective July 1st, 2022 water and sewer the adjustment beginning with the October 2022 quarterly billing. The new rates for sewer will be $135.00 for the base rate and $8.88 per thousand gallons for usage. The new rates for water will be $137.00 for the base rate and $4.35 per thousand gallons for usage. As always, you may find this information on the Town website at wownewwindsormdgow  Time/Date: October 31st from 6:00 PM - until you run out of candy! Make sure  you leave your porch light on if you wish billing rates will be adjusted. You will see  to participate!  LIONS CLUB HALLOWEEN PARTY Location: New Windsor Fire Date: Friday, October 28th Registration starts at 6:00 PM, parade begins at 6:30 PM. There will be a magic show, pizza, drinks, dessert and treat bags!  Department    LEAF PICK-UP STARTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.  Public Works ask residents to BAG LEAVES in yard waste bags and/or put in bins with drainage and lid. The leaf pick-up schedule will remain the same. For the safety of our equipment and employees, NO LEAVES WILL BE PICKED UP ON MAIN STREET between the 200  Block and 500 Block of Main Street. WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF LEAF PICK-UP  MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY  Church Street, Lambert. Avenue, Maple. Avenue, Hillside Drive and High Street College Avenue, Blue Ridge Avenue, North side of Main Street in the rear on  Manning Drive, South side of Main Street in the rear of Spoerlein Drive, properties facing Route 75, Atlee Ridge Road, Jo Apter Place, Kaylan Court, Kelsey, Court, Overleigh Way and' Vista Court Blue Ridge - Graybill Court, Murhpy Court, Miles Court, Clauser Court, Gullo Road, 103-113  Main Street from 100 Block to Church Street  Springdale Avenue corporate limits.  Public Works needs your cooperation in order to continue providing this service to New Windsor residents  PLEASE NO DIRT, STONES, STICKS, TRASH, OR PET WASTE!  St. Paul United Methodist Church and Johnsville United Methodist Church Pastor: Rev. Shari M. McCourt-s sharimccourt@ao.com Blue Christmas Service available 12/18/2022 at 3:00F PM at St. Paul Church This will be a community worship service that willi include area churches.  Christmas Eve Service 12/24/2022 5:00 PM, St. Paul Church, New' Windsor 7:00 PM, Johnsville United Methodist, Union Bridge  The Shepherd's Staff has al Blessings Closet location at St. Paul United Methodist Church 200 Main Street, New' Windsor We offer free assistance to all with Non-food Essentials and Personal Carei items The Blessings Closeti is open the 2"Wednesday of each month from 5:15-6:30pm  New Windsor Food Bank  Making a Difference! New Windsor Food Bank opens their food pantry doors every Wednesday night from 5:15, pm- 6:30pm. Ally your need to bring along with youi is ai form of picture ID. Come in on the side doors on High Street. We will provide a variety oft fresh, frozen, and  canned food items for you andy your family. Hours: Wednesdays 5:15-6:30 pm  Located: St. Paul United Methodist Church, 200 Main Street, New Windsor, MD: 21776 Must Livei in New' Windsor or Union Bridge Zip Codes 21776 or 21791  Johnsville United Methodist Church Holiday Bazaar and Bake Shop Location: 11106 Green Valley Road (Route 75) Between Union Bridge and Libertytown Cakes, candies, pies, cookie trays, mystery gifts, silent auction, crafts and food served from thel kitchen!  Date: Saturday, November 19th Time: 8:00 AM- -2:00 PM Come and stock up on Holiday goodies!    Snow Emergency Routes  The Town Code states parking is prohibited on designated Town Snow Emergency Routes whenever a Snow Emergency has been declared by the State Highway Administration or the Maryland State Police. Parking is prohibited until the Snow Emergency is lifted and the streets are cleared of snow. The parking prohibition applies to all vehicles including towed vehicles such as trailers and campers. Having the streets clear of parked vehicles during snow events allows the Town Please be advised that Maryland Transportation Article 21-1119 authorizes law enforcement officers to ticket and tow vehicles parked on snow emergency routes when a snow emergency is declared. Violators of this transportation article could be fined $70. Violator's will also be responsible for thet tow bill, ift the vehicle is in fact towed. When a snow emergency is declared by the State Highway Administration, the Town of New Windsor will post the declaration on the Town's Website and Facebook page. Please remember to stay educated during snow events. Whenever you hear the weatherman call for snow, play it safe and just remove your vehicle from the street so you are not  crews to clear the snow more quickly andi is safe for the Town residents and staff.  burdened later with cost associated with violations.  New Windsor Snow Emergency Routes  Old Town  Atlee Ridge  Blue Ridge Graybill Court Gullo Road Miles Court Murphy Court  Blue Ridge Ave Atlee Ridge Road Clauser Court Church Street Jo Apter Place College Ave Lambert Ave Kelsey Court Hillside Drive Overleigh Way  Kaylan Court  Main Street Maple Ave Water Street  Vista Court  Additional information and updates will be provided on the Town' Website and Facebook Page. What is the best way to clean snow from the sidewalks? Remove snow along the sidewalk adjacent toy your property. Do not push snow from the sidewalk into the street. Clear the snow from around the fire hydrant ift there is one ini front of your property. You should move the snow to you front yard, behind the stoop line, or the grass strip between the curb and sidewalk ifc one exists. Where possible try to cleara a path at least three feet wide along the sidewalk. Corner property own- We understand it can be frustrating when our plows push snow back over an area you already shoveled however, please Why do snow plows leave a ridge at the end of my driveway? Who is responsible for clearing the ridge? Snow ridges are an unavoidable after-effect of plowing streets, particularly in larger or heavier: snow: storms. Public Works must plow to create a passable driving lane. While this clears a path for traffic, it may leave a snow ridge. We appreciate this concern. However, residents are responsible for clearing any ridge ini front oft their driveway. We suggest driveways be cleared after street. snow clearing operations are conducted, this means when the full road is free of snow back to the curb. Cul-De-Sacs are extremely difficult to plow and time consuming. THANK YOU to residents who live on Cul-De-Sacs for Park cars in driveways: Parking cars in the driveway will allow snow plows to clear the snow more quickly, get streets responsibility of the property owner. Town code requires the sidewalks to be cleared within 24 hours of the end oft the  ers: should clear a path for bus stops.  read below to understand why this happens and how to resolve it.  your continued patience and understanding  plowed as wide as possible and avoid the possibility of damaging cars.  Clear sidewalks within 24 hours of the end of the snow: Clearing the sidewalks is the  snow.    Didy you! knowt that September was the National Suicide and Substance Abuse Awareness month? Granted Sep- tember is now over, butl Iwanted tot take the time to discuss twoi important hotlines thatj justr recently came about Thef first one is the new 9-8-8 hotline, which is the national phone number for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which was formerly thel National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. According to statistics, for every one person who completes suicide, there are 316 others that seriously consider suicide, but do not complete it. Statistics shown from: 2020, the 9-8-8 hotline has received approximately 2.4r million calls to their 184 independent call centers,  within the past few years, thaty your might not know about.  across ther nation and 23 million sincei its inception in 2005. Out of those 2.4 million calls, 42,934 were from Marylanders, which were handled within the state or local region. With the new 9-8-81 hotline, itis av vital entry point for coordinating care and providing Mary- landers critical services for Maryland residents ats serious risk. As a result, this new 9-8-8 hotline is helping reduce the! burden on emergency medical services and law enforcement resources, sot that they can better respond to other public safety needs, all the while saving thousands oft taxpayers' dollars, one call at a time. So, ify you are inr need or know someone that isi in need, please realize The second onei is the 2-1-1 hotline, which connects Marylanders to several services including the following: Aging and disabilities, family services, domestic violence, employment, health care, food assistance, housing, immigration, legal services, mental health, discrimination, substance abuse, tax services, utility assistance, and veteran services. Granted the 2-1-1 hotline has been around Maryland since 2018, after it took over the 1-800 crisis hotline. For faster service, regarding suicide prevention, mental health ser- vices, and substance abusei interventions, callers should dial 2-1-1 then press 11 to be connected to resources. So, ify you are ever in ac crisis or need financial assistance, please contact either hotline for help. Lastly, to assist with the opioid drug epidemic, on October 29, 2022, the Drug Enforcement Agency holds annual prescription drug takeback of unneeded and expired prescription drugs, sot these drugs don't end up getting in the wrong hands or into our locall land- fills. With that being said, will be collecting unwanted or expired medications (pills only) at the New Windsor NWSB parking loti from 9AM until 12 Noon on October 29, 2022. Iwillt then move to Union Bridge Town Square (Main Street @ Broadway Street) where Iwill collect medications from 1PM1 to 3PM, on October 29, 2022. Unfortunately, will not be collecting hypodermic needles (sharps) or liquidr medications during thatt time. So, please clean out your medication cabinets and! bring those unwanted or expired medications  that) you are not alone and please reach out or sharet the 9-8-8 hotline for those in need.  to be disposed of on October 29, 2022.  As always, please stay calm, be kind to one another and stay safe out there.  New Windsor Heritage Celebrates the Quasquibicentennial. atr newwindsomentageorg is up and running! Check it out!  Happy 225th anniversary, New Windsor! As part of our anniversary celebration, New Windsor Heritage has exciting news! Our new webpage Ina addition, the Second Edition of Times Crossroads written by Frank Batavick is hot offt the press andi is available for sale at thel New Windsor Heritage Museum. This edition contains 30% more pages, 40% more photos, and an index all about the history of New Windsor! We also have new merchandise for sale including t-shirts with our town name and the slogan, "Small Town with al Big History". The New Windsor Heritage  Museum is open most Saturdays. Stop by andi immerse yourself in the big history of our small town!  TIMESCROSSROADS  225  OCTOBERFEST ST. LUKE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Location: 701 Green Valley Road Time: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM When: Saturday, October 22"d, 2022 Beer and more.....  Good food!!! Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Ribs, Apple Dumplings, Strudel, Authentic Black Forrest Cake,    Troop582 St. Luke's (Winters) Lutheran Church 701 Green Valley Road New Windsor, MD Meets Mondays from 7-8:30PM  Sample of Recent Trips: Bikedt the GAPTrail (PitbughtoCmbatano) and C&OCanal Backpacking ont the! A.T. Rifle Shotguns shooting weekends (severall leaders arel NRA-certified Instructors) Canoeing the] James River ANDI NorthernT Tier  WlyioinTroop5827 Verya active Troop Scoutl led but 7active Scoutmasters! toc coacha and guide Our Scouts and Leaders have won numerous cook-offs Wel like to camp, hike,! bike, canoe &s shoot, but wealso know how tol relax and enjoy au weekendi int thes woods!!  ATTENTION WEBELOS (ANDI PARENTSI) Come visit' Troop 582 Meet the Scouts and Leaders We'rel looking forward tos seeing. you!! Tol learn more, contact: Jennifer Sumers 410-897-7547 sumers/@rmal-.com  WEST CARROLL REC COUNCIL NEWS  West Carroll serves New Windsor, Union Bridge, Taneytown and surrounding areas. Anyone interested in Rec Council programs or events is welcome to attend our meetings, which are held the 2nd Monday each month at  7:00pm at the New Windsor Community Meeting Room. Next Meeting Dates: Oct 10th/Nov 14th/Dec' TBD Visit our website: www.gowcrc.com Facebook: tp/www.facebook.com/gOWCRC  For general information about West Carroll programs contact Community Coordinator  Penny Rockwood at 410-775-1506 Upcoming Winter Sports  Basketball - FSK Jr Eagles Basketball is now open for registrations ntps/www.Skreagespasketpal.com,  Wrestling - Contact Kent Kallay at wreslefsk@gmal.com or pkalay@hotmal.com Adult Drop-In Volleyball - Contact Steve Keeney at snkeeney@gmal.com    NEW WINDSOR FIRE DEPARTMENT  Reminder for weekly bingo:  The Holidays are quickly approaching! Bingo will be on Tuesday, December 20th, but NO games on December 27th. Bingo will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. New Windsor Fire Dept. Aux.  101 Highs St New Windsor, MD: 21776  November 12, 2022  Big Money Bingo  No kids under the age of 10 (Please understand seats aret for paying customers) We Reserve The Right to Reduce Payouts If Less Than 150 Players  Large Jackpot $1,500.00 Specials Pay $300.00  Small Jackpot $600.00 Regular Pays $200.00  Cost $60.00 in Advance $70.00 At The Door Fried Chicken Dinner And Drinks Included/Doors Open at 4:30pm  Call ahead and add your name to the list First Game Starts At 6:45pm  For Information Contact Or Text: Angie Toop 443-677-2166  Tressa Kolk 443-487-1278  If you would like your w/s bill and newsletter emailed to you, please contact Kalena at Kbartoszak@newwindsormd.org or 410-635-6575.  Emaill    Town of New' Windsor 209 High Street P.O. Box 609 New Windsor, MD 21776  Current resident or:  New Windsor Town Office Hours Monday Friday 9:00 am 3:00 pm Phone: 410-635-6575 Fax: 410-635-2995 AMANeww.mSOMD.gON Return not requested  OF-NEW IN DA MARYL ND  844  Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start havingpositive results.  -Willie Nelson