Hi Neighbors!<br><br>There are times when it seems that there is a train 'parked' on the tracks and blowing it's horn regularly every few ?? minutes for hours on end. In the middle of the night. I've often visualized myself getting into the car dressed in bathrobe and slippers, hunting down the offender, stomping up waving a flashlight and shouting "WHAT DO YOU WANT???" I usually then imagine that their response to a crazy woman with a flashlight would involve a firearm, so I've never followed through. I would love to just KNOW why they do this; surely it is not for the engineer's amusement. Do any of our train buffs know what I'm taking about and what it all means? A train blowing it's horn going through the crossing, I can understand. But it is easy to tell by the way the sound travels that they are sometimes blowing the horn while standing still.<br><br>Thanks for letting me ask this question! <br><br>Nancy, Oglethorpe
St.<br><br><b><i>towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Send TownTalk mailing list submissions to<br> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> towntalk-owner@riverdale-park.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of TownTalk digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. campaign website (Alice Ewen Walker)<br> 2. Invitation to Riverdale Park Mayoral and Ward Representative<br> Candidates (Marc Molino)<br> 3. Re: Candidates' Forums before election? (ABragg7393@aol.com)<br> 4. Reception for Doug Duncan May 1
(Vernon Archer)<br> 5. Trains and Horns (Brian D. Boettger)<br> 6. Re: Candidates' Forums before election? (Dwight Holmes)<br> 7. Re: Trains and Horns (Lou King)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:30:23 -0400<br>From: "Alice Ewen Walker" <alice.ewen.walker@gmail.com><br>Subject: [RP TownTalk] campaign website<br>To: TownTalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <4cd5126c0704140730w4948788clb16cdff094d298f4@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>For those that are interested, my Ward 1 campaign website is already<br>available at<br><br> http://alice.ewenwalker.com<br><br>Cheers!<br><br>Alice<br><br>On 4/14/07, Alan Thompson and Sarah Wayland<br><webmaster@ci.riverdale-park.md.us> wrote:<br>><br>> From: webmaster@ci.riverdale-park.md.us<br>> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Candidates' Forums before
election?<br>> Date: April 13, 2007 11:59:10 PM EDT<br>> To: elsiegoh@rcn.com<br>><br>> Hi Iris,<br>><br>> To my knowledge, there are no candidates' forums planned.<br>><br>> I have received a draft list of candidates who filed petitions on April 12,<br>> to be posted to the town web site according to the policy passed by the<br>> council (see<br>> http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/2007-April/001549.html<br>> for details of that). HOWEVER, contact information is apparently not fully<br>> confirmed for some candidates, so I will not be posting that until Monday<br>> (at the request of town staff). I apologize for the delay.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Alan Thompson<br>> Listmaster and Acting Webmaster, Town of RIverdale Park<br>><br>> On Apr 13, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Iris McLaurin wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>> Alan, Rob, Alice --or anyone with the answer:<br>><br>> I have been out of
the loop for the past month on our Town Meetings and the<br>> Town Talk. Has there been/Will there be any candidates' forums before the<br>> election? I truly have been out of the loop--I had no idea so much change<br>> would be occurring on the council; nor that there would be a challenger to<br>> the Mayor's seat.<br>><br>> This is probably already in the works...so if I'm the only one "in the dark"<br>> I can do my own research; but if others also need to hear from and converse<br>> with the candidates, I would be willing to help (I said help) put together a<br>> forum.<br>><br>> Can someone please advise? Thank you so much.<br>><br>> (text removed for brevity)<br>><br>><br>><br>> Iris<br>> Ward One<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TownTalk mailing list<br>> To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>>
TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated<br>> subscription processing only<br>> http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<br>><br>> For more information about Riverdale Park, visit<br>> http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<br>><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:23:15 -0400<br>From: "Marc Molino" <mmolino54@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Invitation to Riverdale Park Mayoral and Ward<br> Representative Candidates<br>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>Message-ID: <BAY140-F116D1C6A3429071DC13019A5530@phx.gbl><br>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed<br><br>I suppose on some level that I understand the electioneering policy, but it <br>seems really odd that with no candidate's forum in the works and none <br>planned for the Town Crier, that the council's only action on this matter <br>before the election, would be to make sure no electronic
<br>discussion/propaganda/advertisements/etc. were allowed on the Town e-mail <br>lists. Is that an accurate summary? It's probably not completely fair to the <br>council. I suppose all this is irrelevant for the present in Wards where <br>there are uncontested elections, but we'll have to wait to see who is <br>running for office.<br><br>While it's mainly focussed on the local arts, I would be happy to do a post <br>on my blog (we'll call it "The Art of the Local Political Campaign")--any <br>candidate for office is welcome to submit up to 800 words of their choice <br>(ideally, the submissions might follow the following form: outline the <br>issues most important to you, evaluate the current state of things, and look <br>to the future and where you'd like to take Riverdale Park). You can submit <br>these to either mmolino54@hotmail.com or therpmuse@yahoo.com. No text will <br>be edited or censored--screen appearance (width and font size) may be <br>changed to better fit
the computer screen). I'll post these as I get them <br>at:<br>http://therpmuse.blogspot.com<br><br>Comments can be made by anyone online by clicking on the word "Comments" <br>under the blog posts.<br><br>Make sure you do NOT accidentally copy the TownTalk list if you use the <br>"reply" function and submit by responding to this e-mail. Again, you can <br>submit to either mmolino54@hotmail.com or therpmuse@yahoo.com<br><br>If anyone know of candidates running for election who are not on this list, <br>please pass this invitation their way.<br><br>Kindly,<br>Marc W. Molino<br>4801 Queensbury Rd.<br><br><br>From: Rob Oppenheim <rob.oppenheim@comcast.net><br>Reply-To: rob.oppenheim@comcast.net<br>To: TownTalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Candidates' Forums before election?<br>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:23:35 -0400<br><br>On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Iris McLaurin wrote:<br> >Has there been/Will there be any candidates' forums before
the election?<br> <br>There are no candidate forums planned.<br> <br>Dwight also asked me about this. He is willing to help make one happen.<br>If there are others who would be willing to work with Iris and Dwight, it <br>might<br>still happen.<br> <br>A forum could be held at the Calvert House or other location. (It is too <br>late<br>to have it at Town Hall, as that would require approval by the Council and<br>that could not happen before the election.)<br> <br>Arrangements would have to be made quickly to get an announcement in the<br>next Crier (the deadline is the 15th but sometimes it gets stretched a <br>little later),<br>and it would have to be held in the beginning of May - after the Crier comes <br>out.<br>On or after Wednesday May 2 and before the election on Monday, May 7.<br> <br>On a similar topic, there will be no written Candidate Forum in the Town <br>Crier.<br>The legislation I put forward to authorize such a forum was voted down
by <br>the<br>council, so there will be no information there either.<br> <br>Rob Oppenheim<br> <br>Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park<br>5902 Cleveland Ave<br>Riverdale Park, Md 20737-1930<br> <br>Home Office: 301 779 1745<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription processing <br>only<br>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <br>http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>Interest Rates Fall Again! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new <br>payment <br>http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-18679&moid=7581<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:56:42 EDT<br>From:
ABragg7393@aol.com<br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Candidates' Forums before election?<br>To: rob.oppenheim@comcast.net<br>Cc: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>Message-ID: <bfe.12fe6e27.3353972a@aol.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>I am really surprised that there are no Candidate Forums. We have been <br>having them for several years. I remember having one at the Bookshop and then the <br>Town Hall. This is the best way to hear what the candidates have to say and <br>they are very informative for the voters. I cannot help out with a forum at <br>this time, but I am sure with 5000 people in town someone will take a turn and <br>do this very important community service. I don't understand why the Council <br>voted not to have the forum in the Town Crier. We should be able to read about <br>the candidates and what they have in mind for the town if they are elected. <br>How can we make a decision without that? One of the major questions I would
<br>put to a candidate is "What about Town Center? What are your plans and how <br>will you implement them? The major owner has not done anything to revive the <br>center in years and when are we going to call him on that?" If any candidates <br>read this and have an answer or a plan, I would like to hear it. You could win <br>my vote!<br><br>Audrey Bragg<br><br><br>**************************************<br> See what's free at <br>http://www.aol.com.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/attachments/20070415/028414f0/attachment-0001.html <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:22:33 -0400<br>From: "Vernon Archer" <varcher@gmail.com><br>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Reception for Doug Duncan May 1<br>To: TownTalk <TownTalk@riverdale-park.org>, "Rob Oppenheim"<br> <oppenheim@email.com>, "Alice Ewen Walker"<br>
<alice.ewen.walker@gmail.com>, "Kate Sharpe" <kez5@cornell.edu>,<br> "David Lingua" <djlingua@gmail.com>, chenry3240@comcast.net, "Gerard<br> Kiernan" <gerardkiernan@earthlink.net>, "Keelah Allen-Smith"<br> <allensmith4ward6councilmember@yahoo.com><br>Message-ID:<br> <f86ada2a0704150922t42646eddkc45ce967bdd67983@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Dear friends and neighbors,<br><br>On Tuesday May 1 at 7:30 there will be a reception at Town Hall for Doug<br>Duncan the newly appointed University of Maryland Vice President for<br>Administrative Affairs. Among the matters that he will have charge over is<br>Facilities Management and therefore control over the Old Air Coup/NOAA<br>facility, the 4 new buildings that are already slated for construction north<br>of River Road, and substantial other property holdings. Because of<br>its ambitious plans for the M Square Enterprise Campus the University is an<br>increasingly important stake
holder in our community.<br><br>It is important that the Town welcome Doug and take the earliest opportunity<br>to foster the same good relations we had with his predecessor John Porcari<br>(now Maryland Secretary of Transportation). Please come out and join me in<br>showing him the warm hospitality of our town, and find out a bit about his<br>view of the university's future.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Vern<br><br>-- <br>Vernon Archer, Mayor<br>Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/attachments/20070415/7ae511d7/attachment-0001.html <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:01:20 -0400<br>From: "Brian D. Boettger" <Brian_Boettger@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Trains and Horns<br>To: <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>Message-ID: <BAY144-DAV4CC4B8BFA59B3D58D23E2FE530@phx.gbl><br>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Does anyone know what the regulations are on trains, train crossings, and the use of the horn? Some days/weeks go by and I seemingly don't hear a train. This past Friday night between the hours of 11:30pm to 2am, I think I heard a train horn every 15 minutes. Just as I would fall asleep a train horn would wake me up. <br>I grew up near a similar train crossing and don't remember this type of disturbances. <br>Is there something that can be done at the crossing to eliminate the late night horns? <br>Thanks<br>Brian, Ravenswood<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/attachments/20070415/609a465b/attachment-0001.html <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:50:36 -0400<br>From: "Dwight Holmes" <dwightrholmes@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Candidates' Forums before election?<br>To: TownTalk
<towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <8123da3c0704151450t6bea7f61h2007abfb2eb52af7@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>I couldn't agree more, Audrey. What single more important act is there<br>for us residents than voting in our town elections? and on what are we<br>to base our decision as to who to vote for? Is it not in the vital<br>interest of the town (collectively, and as individual residents) that<br>each citizen have as much information as possible prior to deciding<br>who to vote for? what *better* use would there be of the town's<br>virtual and physical facilities than to provide a forum for candidates<br>to explain what it is they would like to do for our town?<br><br>On 4/15/07, ABragg7393@aol.com <ABragg7393@aol.com> wrote:<br>> I am really surprised that there are no Candidate Forums. We have been<br>> having them for several years. I remember having one at the Bookshop and<br>>
then the Town Hall. This is the best way to hear what the candidates have<br>> to say and they are very informative for the voters. I cannot help out with<br>> a forum at this time, but I am sure with 5000 people in town someone will<br>> take a turn and do this very important community service. I don't<br>> understand why the Council voted not to have the forum in the Town Crier.<br>> We should be able to read about the candidates and what they have in mind<br>> for the town if they are elected. How can we make a decision without that?<br>> One of the major questions I would put to a candidate is "What about Town<br>> Center? What are your plans and how will you implement them? The major<br>> owner has not done anything to revive the center in years and when are we<br>> going to call him on that?" If any candidates read this and have an answer<br>> or a plan, I would like to hear it. You could win my vote!<br>><br>> Audrey
Bragg<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 7<br>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:11:11 -0400<br>From: Lou King <lking@knob.com><br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Trains and Horns<br>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>Message-ID: <4622A2FF.4040707@knob.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Brian,<br>The trains have been addressed here before. There are plans afoot to <br>change the crossing gates so that they meet the traffic safety <br>requirements to allow the trains to pass through town without blowing <br>their horns when approaching the Queensbury Road crossing. The survey <br>team has been seen at the crossing checking road and sidewalk widths, <br>etc. I don't remember the timing, but it is soon as apposed to some ten <br>year plan like fixing East-West Hwy/Rt #1 "crossing".<br><br>As an aside, there are those that have spoken up in favor of the train <br>horns. It seem it puts them to sleep.<br><br>Lou
King<br><br>Brian D. Boettger wrote:<br>> Is there something that can be done at the crossing to eliminate the <br>> late night horns?<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<br><br>End of TownTalk Digest, Vol 9, Issue
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