Eighty-two Brooksiders had a ball on Dec. 14 at the annual Brookside holiday party, held at the Pocasset Golf Club. The Moonlighters had everyone dancing, and the club provided a delicious buffet. Maria LeFort won the raffle, and graciously donated it back to the social committee.
Brookside Updates
Please see below for some additional important updates for the Brookside community:
- Tool Sharpening is tomorrow at the pool.
- The golf course has requested again that if you are walking your dogs, please stay on the paths. Also, please do not go onto the grass if there is frost, as it is damaging to the grass.
- On Friday, November 17th, John’s Sewer and Drain will be cleaning out the catch basins throughout the property.
- The gutters will be cleaned out in the first week of December.
- The Brookside Board of Trustees has announced that effective immediately, Ann Marie Couture has resigned from the Board due to health reasons. We wish her all the best!
- Due to the open position, the Board of Trustees will schedule a special meeting within the next 60 days to fill the open position.
November Updates at Brookside
Below you will find the November Community Updates for The Villages at Brookside:
- New Trustees Elected at Brookside Annual Meeting. It was well attended with 170 unit owners appearing in person or via proxy.
- Michele Caposella has been appointed to the Landscape Committee, Joe Messina to the Vendor Selection and Evaluation Guidelines Committee, and Vik Mani to the Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) Upgrade Committee. Anne Couture will be Board Liason to the Social Committee and Ludwih Heil will be Board Liason to the CAAS Committee.
- The Trustees appreciate and continue to rely on the work of the community comittees. The minutes for the monthly board meetings can be found on the Barkan portal.
Brookside Community Updates
Below you will find the Community Updates for The Villages at Brookside:
- Enter your pet into the Halloween Pet Parade! Saturday 10/28 @ 1pm. Rain Date, Sunday.
- Need any tools sharpened? Brookside is hosting another event on 11/4 – 8 to 11am.
- Fall Cleanup is underway – involves cutting back perennials, raking leaves, etc.
- Reminder, keep all dogs on a leash.
- The irrigation system is shut down for now due to the rains we have been having. They will continue to replace valves and sprinkler heads as needed.
- The Social Committee will be collecting donations for the Food Pantry soon.
October Community Updates
The last installment of the $7500 special assessment was due in September.
Two Trustee positions are open and will be voted for at the October meeting.
Cranberry harvest is approaching, and Brookside has the good fortune to have a working cranberry bog adjacent to the property. Don’t miss seeing the harvest, largely unchanged from decades past!