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Friends to Preserve Normanside to Speak at Bethlehem Town Board Meeting Tonight

A newly formed grassroots group called "Friends to Preserve Normanside" has grown to well over 650 members in one week and continues to grow by the hour. They will be speaking at the Bethlehem Town Board Public meeting tonight at 7pm.

To learn more about the group, visit http://www.facebook.com/preservenormanside.

Friends of Normanside Needs 500 Signatures by 2/14/11

With Bank of America quickly working to foreclose on and auction off Normanside Country Club, there is a fast growing group of concerned Bethlehem residents who would like to see the land preserved.

If you share this sentiment, please do the following:

1) Sign the Petition and email all your friends to do the same

Copy and paste the language below and email it, with your name and address, to friendstopreservenormanside@gmail.com

"We, the undersigned residents of the Town of Bethlehem, request that the town take an active role to ensure the Normanside Country Club property remains either an operating golf course or a public natural recreational space to benefit the residents of the Town of Bethlehem."

2) Like Friends of Normanside on Facebook

3) Help spread the word on Facebook, Twitter and email

4) Download Friends to Preserve Normanside Petition and gather signatures. Send an email for instructions on getting the petition to us.

5) Download Friends to Preserve Normanside Letter to Attach, Sam Messina.

Elsmere School Garage Sale 9/24 & 9/25

With traditional catalog fundraising sales declining year after year, Elsmere Elementary School's PTA decided it was time to change things up a bit.

"Parents were telling us they were getting tired of pushing gift wrap and household items on their friends, co-workers and families," said Patty Michaelson, Elsmere School PTA President. "Instead, we're holding a huge garage sale for our fall fundraiser this year. It also aligns with our ongoing quest at Elsmere School to become greener and more environmentally-friendly."

Donations are being accepted today until 4pm. A pre-sale will begin tonight from 6-8pm. $3 admission.
The sale is tomorrow, September 25, 2010 from 8-2pm with a bag sale beginning at 1pm.

There are clothes, children's toys, baby items, household good, books, sports equipment, holiday items, and more. Proceeds of sale will help fund programs and events at the school.

 

Delmar Florist Goes Green: Give a Vase, Get a Rose

Every Sunday now through the end of September, Delmar Florist is having a vase recycling program to kick  off their "Going Green" Program.  For each vase you bring them, you will receive a rose in return (6 roses max).

Delmar Florist has also "gone green" by signing up for GreenUp, an alternative energy company; composting flower stems and other plant and flower waste; and continuing their patronage of only green label, socially responsible farms.

Way to go Barb & Jeff Ostroff (owners)!

Bethlehem Cell Tower Public Hearing Wed July 21 2010

The Town of Bethlehem Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 21, at town hall on an application to build a cell tower on district property along Elm Avenue.
 
The public hearing is scheduled to take place at 7:15 p.m. For more detail about the project and the process, please visit http://bcsd.k12.ny.us/News/201011/100720_towerupdate.html.

The district also wants to make residents aware at this time that a "balloon float" will also be part of the town's process for evaluating the district cell tower application as well as a cell tower project proposed by a nearby private landowner.This balloon test - essentially floating a balloon at the proposed tower height at each of the two sites - will allow members of the town planning bodies and residents to get a better idea of the visual impact of each potential project.
 
When the town announces the dates of the balloon test, the district will make residents aware of them through its website and School News Notifier e-mail system.

Bethlehem Central School District
http://bethlehemschools.org