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- Emory Grove Hotel
- Glyndon Community Association
- Glyndon Station Park
- Glyndon United Methodist Church
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- Valentine's Day
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Edgar Allan Poe Comes Alive!
Come meet Edgar Allan Poe in a one-man show at the Historic Emory Grove Hotel on Wednesday, May 15, 7:30 – 9 p.m. Sponsored by Historic Glyndon, Inc., entertainer Scott Craig Jones of Shanandoah, Va., becomes Poe and humorously reminices about his life and death while performing various Poe masterworks.
The program is free to HGI members and their children. Donations for non-members are $10 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under. Includes light refreshments.
Information:
HGI: Ann O’Niell, annboneill @ gmail.com
Scott Craig Jones / travelingjonestheater.com
“Weed & Feed” at Glyndon Station Park Saturday, May 18
Spring is in full bloom, which means it’s time to prepare our park, Glyndon Station Park, for the summer season. Please join the GCA Park Committee and your neighbors for a “weed and feed” next Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. at the park on Railroad Avenue.
Thanks in advance to Leo Ottey, who has agreed to prepare his special egg-and-biscuit sandwiches and other breakfast goodies for us. Some will be pleased to hear that there may also be scrapple.
This will be a heavy park cleanup. If you have pruners, loppers and and other garden tools, please bring them. the committee will provide lawn and leaf bags.
See you in the park next Saturday,
Elise Armacost & Barbara Whitman,Park Committee Co-Chairs
Happy Easter and Blessed Passover
I wish you and your families a very blessed Easter and Passover. May this time remind us of the gift of our family and our neighbors. I hope you find this break a time of spring a time of renewal and peace. I look forward to the flowers blooming and all of us getting out of our houses to spend time with each other. Rose
Trash Walk – Saturday May 11, 2013
Sponsored by the Glyndon’s United Methodist Church Men’s Group on Saturday May 11 at 9:30am – noon. Start at Dew Hall with coffee and refreshments to choose your locations and meet your neighbors. We will then proceed to “Clean up Glyndon” in the beautiful spring air. Children welcome with parents. See you there.
Glyndon Easter Egg Hunt *** Saturday March 23, 2013
When: Sat, March 23, 10am – 11am
Where: Glyndon Station Park (map)
Description: Join the Glyndon Community Association for the annual Easter Egg Hunt for friends and families of Glyndon. Two categories: five and under as well as six and up. Prize eggs included. Refreshments available. Donations of juice boxes and cookies appreciated. To help hide eggs, join us at 9 a.m.
Dinner in the Park – June 9th, 2013
Please join us on Sunday June 9th from 4 – 8 pm in Glyndon Station Park to meet your neighbors. Enjoy a spring evening dinner and get to know whats going on in Glyndon If you know of a new family in Glyndon please email us at GCA_pres@yahoo.com with their name and address. You bring a picnic lunch and we will provide refreshments and desert. Bring checkers or your chess set and challenge some of your neighbors. We will send them a personal invitation to join us for this great event. Rain Date – TBD
Community Meets February 8, 2012
The general membership of the Glyndon Community Association will meet for its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, at the Glyndon Volunteer Fire Department.
The agenda will include election of officers and the board, a discussion about the Glyndon Post Office, and an update on the special Love & Diamonds in the Valley event at Sagamore Farm.
Don’t forget to pay your annual dues: $25 per family or $15 an individual. Send your dues to
Glyndon Community Association, No. 2 Railroad Avenue PO Box 86 Glyndon, MD 21071-4200Agenda
- Welcome / Pledge
- Secretary’s Report: Minutes and membership
- Treasurer’s Report
- Committee Reports
- Special Events
- Dance: Love & Diamonds Over Valley Update
- Safety
- Park
- ROG
- Post Office
- Old Business
- Post office
- Park Expenditures
- New Business
- Elections
- Thank Yous
- Other Community Announcements
- Adjourn
Slate of Officers and Board Members
A nominating committee, led by Gary Lenz, has recommended the following slate of officers and board members for 2012:
- President: Nick St Amant
- First Vice President: Sean Kriebel
- Second Vice President: Lynn Maher
- Secretary: Karen Cervino
- Treasurer: Gary Lenz
- Board of Directors: Heather Donatelli
- Board of Directors: Christy Garman
- Board of Directors: Barbara MacLellan
- Board of Directors: David Hughes
Continuing on the board are
- Immediate Past President: John Morris
- Board of Directors: Gale DeHaven
- Board of Directors: Bill Ziese
Post Office Reverses Decision
The U.S. Post Office has reversed the decision to suspend General Delivery at the Glyndon Post Office.
John Cordell, manager of USPS Operation, initially announced that USPS would reverse the decision at a public meeting organized by Historic Glyndon Inc. on January 6, 2012. About 100 Glyndon residents attended the meeting at the Forbush School off Central Avenue.
William L. Ridenour, re-stated the decision in a January 18, 2012 letter to the Glyndon Community Association. ”After careful consideration, it has been decided to rescind the January 30, 2012 cut-off date for General Delivery at this time,” Ridenour said in the letter. “This will enable management officials to investigate the ability to install sufficient P. O. Boxes for the affected residents. This action should allow all concerned a rightful resolution.”
About 70 Glyndon households received notices in late December that their General Delivery service would end January 30, 2012. Residents were instructed to either purchase a Post Office Box or request home delivery from the Reisterstown Post Office. Residents requesting home delivery would switch from the 21071 zip code to the 21136 zip code.
In addition to concern about General Delivery, many residents already using Post Office Boxes at the Glyndon Post Office expressed concerns at the January 6 meeting about the deteriorating quality of service to P.O. Box owners in the past two years.
The GCA is forming a committee, including a number of residents who signed up at the meeting, to follow up on the General Delivery and other Post Office concerns.
Post Office Cancels General Delivery
Historic Glyndon, Inc. has organized a community input meeting with Postal Service officials on Monday at the Forsbush School. Per the HGI president, Kathy Ziese, the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Post Office representatives have agreed to come for one hour from 8 – 9 p.m. to hear community concerns.
HGI and the Glyndon Community Association (GCA) encourage all Glyndon residents to attend the January 9 meeting to learn more and share their concerns and support for the neighborhood.
The Glyndon Post Office sent a letter to about 70 households on December 30 informing them that they no longer qualified for General Delivery, and informing them that they needed to either obtain a post office box or contact the Reisterstown Post Office (21136) about receiving home delivery. The letter provided residents only 30 days to make the changes.
At the time of the letter, the Glyndon Post Office did not have enough post boxes for all of the General Delivery customers. Glyndon has no individual mail boxes and has used General Delivery since the community was founded in 1873.
Along with HGI and many individual residents, the GCA has and continues to investigate and object to the sudden decision to stop General Delivery service with only 30-days notice.
GCA sent a formal letter to the head of the Baltimore Region for the U.S Postal Service Friday, January 6, asking for this decision by a local postal official to be reversed. Barring a reversal we are asking for an extension of the 30-day deadline so we can better understand the decision, its ramifications and how to respond. A separate letter is being sent to our congressional representatives asking them to intervene on our behalf.
Related Contacts
William RidenourDistrict Manager, Baltimore District
United States Postal Service
401 East Fayette Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 United States Postal Service Office of the Consumer Advocate 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Room 4012 Washington, DC 20260-0004 United States Postal Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs & Government Regulations 901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20268-0001 Bryan, Deborah
Glyndon Post Office Congressman John Sarbanes
600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 303
Towson, MD 21204 Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger 375 West Padonia Road, Suite 200 Timonium, MD 21093 U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski U.S. Senator Ben Cardin