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CONSERVATIVE ROW C FOR MAYOR CITY OF ALBANY NY November 5, 2013 Election U S Navy Veteran BS Geography, U Wisconsin (Korean GI Bill) MA Geography, U Minnesota (National Fellowship) 30 years as founder and president, Buckingham Pond/ Crestwood Neighborhood Assoc. maintaining/improving neighborhood residential integrity and quality of life. Leadership resulted in creation of Buckingham Pond Park in 1993-94, as well as many other open spaces. See bpcnanews.blogspot.com for list of leadership results. Neighborhood website: bpcnanews.blogspot.com/ see also: albanycityconservative.blogspot.com

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

BUCKINGHAM POND PARK, June 25,2014

As the weather warms  the algae blooms in shallow water
fueled by lawn chemical run off from the pond watershed.
and strong sunlight.

Homeowners have to be weaned off their lawn chemical 
dependency. Learn how to have a healthy lawn naturally.
Save money, their health, that of their family members
pets and neighbors.

Knotweed has reappeared on Berkshire South, about 50
feet East of foot of Lenox Ave.  If  not eradicated, now, it
will spread throughout the pond park and adjacent 
residential properties.

The City has begun to fill in pathways with bluestone 
gravel flour, once again. Easy to apply, but it becomes 
slippery when wet, because the rock flour compacts and
does not drain well .

It will simply wash away on sloping pathways, with next
heavy rains forming gulleys.

The red ribbons marking dangerous dead tree
 limbs/branches are obscured by vegetative growth or 
have been removed by vandals who also destroy the
 nylon ropes on the Milner Ave footbridge.

The dead branches/trees still present a hazard to
pedestrians below, particularly on windy days. 
Does the City want more law suits from
injuries?

No large rocks or a guard rail have been installed
at the foot of Lenox-Berkshire South. Will we have
to wait until an out of control speeding vehicle fails
to make the turn in the road and drops down on some
people walking their children and pets on the path below?.

Jack and Carl are doing a fine job grooming the
pond shore the North side.

The  edges of the wooded pathway between Lenox
and Rafts Way need to be mowed to reduce chances
of passersby and pets picking up ticks.

The pathway along Rafts Way is well mowed, and a 
nice border of yellow wildflowers is about to bloom 
along the pond side of the path. The City has installed
some hanging flower baskets on the poles. 

The basket ball hoop at the foot of Holmes Dale
is gone. Good.  Some neighbors are still dumping
yard wastes on the wooded side of the path. 
Compost these in their own yards.

Nature has it's own woodland rejuvenation plan 
for the park.
Observe sugar maple and other native seedlings
springing up here and there along Rafts Way and
the wooded pathway Holmes Dale-Lenox.

Care should be taken, not to cut them down as
 brush. Clear around the seedlings and make 
sure that vines do not attach and strangle them.

Watch your eyes when walking along the pathways
North and East side of the pond. Careless fisherman
fly casting give little consideration to passersby,

Avoid duck/geese droppings on the pathway 
between the children's play area and the picnic grove.
These droppings carry disease. The droppings are 
more numerous because people still insist upon
feeding the birds. 

Bird welfare. Like their human counterparts, the birds
become dependent. When Winter arrives they hang
around , instead of migrating, and starve, because no
one feeds them then.

                                                        Joe Sullivan

                                                    

Thursday, June 05, 2014

Thursday, June 5, 2014

ALBANY CITY/COUNTY
BEG, GROVEL OR SQUEEZE?

Read: http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/

                                   Joe Sullivan

Wednesday, June 04, 2014



BUCKINGHAM CRESTWOOD               Copy/Share 
Neighborhood News  Spring 2014  (2)        with neighbors
 


We live in one of the nicest remaining residential
 neighborhoods in the City of Albany.

One reason for this is that we have had an 

active neighborhood association with
 strong leadership for the past 29 years.

Spring is a time of renewal. A time to renew your

 involvement in your neighborhood association.

Long time homeowners, and new residents have a stake

 in making sure
our neighborhood remains a good place to live.

There are plenty of issues of concern.

Read neighborhood website:      http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

Neighborhood Watch. All residents are part of it. See something?
Say and do something.

Call APD, Center Square Station 458 5660 or 438 4000.
Anti- Terror Hotline: 1 866 SAFE NYS  (723 3697)

Call me at 438 5230 and we can discuss what role(s) you can

play in maintaining /improving the residential integrity and 
quality of life in our neighborhood.

Be at sure to read the full neighborhood newsletter on line
at   http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/ 


Neighborhood Agenda for 2014  includes:

1. Improvement of Buckingham Pond Park
2. strict enforcement of speed limits, all traffic laws 

    in our neighborhood
3. improved snow plowing with reductions in road salt

   applications
4. completion of Daniel P O Connell Memorial Pocket Park 
    Whitehall at  New Scotland Ave  and

    Greenway  Crescent Dr/ Krum Kill Rd
5. Improvement of Crestwood Shopping Plaza
6. Planting trees at curbsides and on front lawns
                                                                          

                                                                 Joe Sullivan