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To all residents of The Fells at Amherst,

It was recently announced that the condo association here at The Fells will begin transition from a Stabile controlled organization to a community controlled organization starting in January 2012 with an anticipated completion in June of 2012. During this time we will also select a new property management company.

Read more: New Forum for Condo Association Transition

The Fells budget committee met yesterday to review and approve the budget for 2012. You'll be happy to know that we were able to keep the Condo Fees $320.00 for 2012.

Here's how we did it:

One item which has impacted decisions on the budget this year is the transition and turnover which will happen on or about June 1, 2012. At a January Board meeting, we will be discussing the details of transition/turnover and will share more details with you then.

Read more: 2012 Final Budget

The 2012 Holiday Trash pickup schedule from Allied Waste has been published. You can download and print a copy of the schedule here:  2012 Fells Trash Schedule (9.77 kB 2011-12-15 12:57:14)

I recently published the following article on my own website (www.amherst-partners.com) and thought I should also publish it here.

Every year around the holidays as both brick & mortar and online sales increase so does the occurrence of various online scams. I've probably received at least 2 dozen scam email messages over the past few weeks informing me about my winning free items of all sorts - all I have to do is "click here" to receive my prize. Have you ever heard the saying - if it sounds too good to be true it usually is? Well this is most certainly the case here - DON'T click on any of those links - 99.9% of the time they are scams.

Read more: Email Scams on the Rise

I received the following email from a neighbor of mine. I don't know if it is completely accurate but it is worth checking out.

Byron

To all my "senior" friends, and those getting "close" to being "seniors". (No offense intended to anyone !).... A rather long list, which is unconfirmed for accuracy.

Since many senior discounts are not advertised to the public, our advice to men and women over 55 is to ALWAYS ask a sales associate if that store provides a senior discount.

Read more: Senior Discounts - Maybe Worth Checking Out