2007 News and Notes (including Village Crier articles):

• December PDF
• November PDF
  • Proposed 2008 VOMCA Budget
  • Thank You for Fall Festival Help from Tom Stag
• October PDF
• September PDF
• September 7: Read a note from VOMCA President Tom Stag regarding the delayed completion of road resurfacing in Olde Mill.
• Pool Town Hall Meeting held Friday September 7th.
• August 29: There will be a "Fence Painting" party at the Pool starting at 8:00 a.m. this Saturday September 1. Come in old clothes!
• August 19: VOMCA dinner at the Pool has been rescheduled to Sunday August 26th due to inclement weather.
• August 14: Tom Stag reports that the Fall Festival dates have been set for October 18 through 21, with Shaw and Sons again providing the rides. POP advance ticket sales will be announced soon--stay tuned!
• August PDF
• July PDF
• Anne Arundel County Web site Launches My Anne Arundel Annapolis, MD (July 17, 2007)-County Executive John R. Leopold announced today that the award-winning Anne Arundel County Web site (www.aacounty.org) will now feature My Anne Arundel, a new Web application that allows county residents to find out what county facilities are available in their community.

  "This is just another way that Anne Arundel County is using our Web site to provide the best possible customer service to county residents," said County Executive Leopold.

  My Anne Arundel can be accessed directly from the homepage of the Anne Arundel County Web site. Web users can simply type in their address and the My Anne Arundel feature provides residents with on-the-spot information such as their council district, road district, public safety information, and waste management services.

  In addition to getting information about the closest police and fire stations, residents can also get a crime report with their community's crime statistics spanning the last three years.

• June PDF
• May PDF
• April PDF
• A Thank You from Chief of Police James Teare, Sr. for our Donation.
• March PDF
• February PDF
• January PDF

2006 News and Notes:

• The 2007 budget was approved at the December meeting and is available online for reference.
• Charlene Connery has made available the Old Mill Neighbors website for community use.
• See some pictures from our successful Fall Festival linked here.
• Tickets for the Olde Mill Fall Festival featuring Shaw & Sons carnival rides will be on sale at the WaWa between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. on October 9th and 10th. They are $10 a person, which is a $5 savings over the door price. Call Tom Stag at 410-729-8558 or Sarah Hakulin at 410-987-1239 if you can't make it to the WaWa to buy your tickets. The festival is Thursday 10/12 through Sunday 10/15.
• The Bylaws revisions passed except for one section. The VOMCA Bylaws have been updated accordingly.
• For those interested in voting for Officers but who cannot be at the October meeting:
  The dates for absentee voting are September 27 to October 4. Absentee ballots will be available at 8240 Ahearn Rd. Please call 410-987-1239 prior to coming to vote to make sure someone will be there. Ballots will be generally available from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Absentee voting closes at 6:00 PM on the day of election, October 4.
  The ballot will have space for write-in-candidates, however, people can be nominated or nominate themselves from the floor on the day of election.
• Proposed bylaws changes can be viewed here. These changes will be discussed and voted upon at the October 4th meeting.
• Delegate Sophocleus sent us information about the MD Sex Offender Movement Alert Express System. You can learn more about it via the link.
• We added a new link to Family Watchdog, a site tracking registered offenders of violent crimes. It's a nationwide site, so please pass it on to your friends and relatives in other parts of the country.
• Our website moved to vomca.org on 3/2/06.

2005 News and Notes:

• Note: for the '05-'06 school year we are meeting in the Guidance Office of OMHS. Should be easier to hear!
• Thanks to all our volunteers and attendees of the Olde Mill Community Swim Day at the Pool held July 9th! Even though it wasn't a huge turnout, we raised some money for the playground equipment fund and a great time was had by all. Thanks to the members of the Millersville Business to Business group for the donated prizes that were raffled off.
• VOMCA is going to try and get money from the Aviation Zone Transportation fund to pay for sidewalk repairs in the same way as we got the speed humps on Chalet Drive paid for last year.
• We are also going to use Councilman Middlebrooks to get resurfacing of roads in Olde Mill done this year. Again, your specific suggestions would be appreciated.
• At our January meeting, we had a informative visit from Corporal Meyer of the County Police, Eastern District. He reminded us that for any problem in the County that requires police assistance, residents should call 911. There is no longer any "non-emergency" number. The more that residents call in suspicious activity or vandalism, the easier it is for our police to serve us better.

2004 News and Notes:

• The FOOM team collected enough Wisk Points to get a "Second Prize" which should be $1000 worth of sporting equipment. We have not yet officially received word of the prize.

• From John Tilden via email:
  The Friends of Olde Mill have entered the "Win a Dream Ballfield" contest from Wisk.  
  I have created a 'team' called "Friends of Olde Mill". People that get the special stickers can tell me the program
  label code, preferably by contacting me.  
  If people want to collect them and drop them off they can leave an envelope for me at home.  
  I will enter them on the website for the Olde Mill team.  If we win, we get stuff for Barlowe Field.  
  The grand prize is a major field makeover and a visit from Cal Ripken.  Other prizes are money or 
  sporting goods.  Given the slow start of the teams entered so far, we have a great chance for 
  at least a third prize!
  
  I don't expect people to go crazy buying detergent but if you use Wisk and are out there needing a new bottle please remember the Olde Mill team.  And tell your friends and neighbors about the Olde Mill team!
  Thanks for indulging me.  Wouldn't it be great to meet Cal?
  
  John Tilden
  Friends of Olde Mill President
  

• Thanks to all who made the 2004 Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Bunny visit a success--especially Charlene & the whole Stammer-Connery family!
  

2003 News and Notes:

• County Neighborhood Traffic Control Project:
  More information is available in the Village Crier, or you can use our links to email us about the Safe Roads subcommittee meetings.
  (You may wish to save the .jpgs linked below to your hard drive, so you may view locally at full size, some browsers will automatically size them and they can be hard to read)
  • Speed Studies for Olde Mill
  • Proposed Speed Controls for Chalet Dr
  • Proposed Changes to Old Mill Blvd
• Two More Fundraisers sponsored by Friends of Olde Mill:
  • Poinsettia Sale--call 410-729-1017 for more information, choices between $6 and $16. Flowers must be ordered by December 1st.
  • District 32 Democratic Club Basket Bingo November 15th at Bingo World. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and a portion of the proceeds will go to FOOM. Contact Charlene Stammer Connery at 410-729-1643 to buy tickets!
• Our Safe Roads survey is archived from August. Thanks to all who participated.
• See the flier about the Barlowe BBQ here. A good time was had by all.
• Olde Mill now has an ongoing project to improve the Barlowe Field playground. We are interested in donations of time, money, brains, and brawn. One way to help is to buy Tupperware! Contact Lisa England (410-987-1855), by e-mail at LENG1855@aol.com, or through her Tuppercouple site and tell her you are interested in the Barlowe Field fundraiser.
• On April 12, the Easter Bunny visited Olde Mill! Our thanks to Charlene Stammer Connery for organizing.

2002 News and Notes:

• The corporation that owns the local 7-Eleven wants to erect a permanent 14-foot sign advertising 7-Eleven and the other businesses of the shopping center. The Board is opposed to this sign and has written to 7-Eleven expressing their opposition. Residents are encouraged to call 7-Eleven's Market Manager, Nancy Wade, at 1-800-442-0711, ext. 104 and individually express your displeasure.
• Due to burglaries in the Olde Mill area, we encourage everyone to lock your doors and windows at night and to call 911 if you suspect something out-of-the-ordinary. The Police Department will schedule a home safety inspection upon request--call 410-222-7233 for more details.
• Having problems with pets in the neighborhood? Call Animal Control, 410-222-6690. If you're willing to say you saw it, they'll make your neighbor clean up after their pet.