Last Updated on May 17, 2025
IRS Imposters Don’t Take Summer Break
Security and Emergency Services offers suggestions from AARP on identifying IRS imposters.
Speed Enforcement Notice
Guess where "Speedy" is now? IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE: Security and Emergency Services has installed a speed sign on our property to educate, document, and enforce our community-wide 15 MPH speed limit. As Ryan Truitt says, “Drive One-Five and...
Zika Virus
Zika Virus: Review this posting from the Erickson administration and an OSHA FactSheet, which provides further information on the virus.
Nature Trail Committee Update
Our last Nature Trail Committee blog input was in April, just prior to our Wildflower Day celebration on April 20, which went off very nicely. Mother Nature again graced us with her ephemeral presence. Since then a lot has been happening. Our specialty gardens are all...
Fire Safety in the Kitchen
– A safety message from the Security and Emergency Services team-
Don’t leave your cooking unattended – stay in the kitchen.
Don’t store items in the oven or microwave.
Going Away? Suggested Rules to Follow
A safety message from the Security and Emergency Services team- Suggested Rules to Follow
Please plan early and please fill out a “Resident Away Form” anytime you’ll be away overnight.
Forms can be picked up at any front desk.
Please Be Courteous in Our Hallways
Everyone in our community has a mode of transportation in the hallways; whether it’s walking, using an assistance device, such as a wheelchair, EMV, or rollator. Please treat everyone how you would want to be treated. It’s the Charlestown thing to do
Celebrate National EMS Week May 21 – 27
In 1973, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation’s communities. Back then, EMS was a new profession, and EMS practitioners had only just started to be recognized as a critical component of emergency medicine and the public health safety net.
Scholars’ Fund Success
Are You Using Your Garbage Disposal?
Because of continuing problems that occur from the misuse of garbage disposals, it was felt that rerunning a previous Sunburst article on the topic is warranted. Our maintenance staff would really appreciate your cooperation, as well as your neighbors on...