Hello New Windsor. Congratulations to the men and woman of the New Windsor Fire Department!

New Windsor’s Bravest participated in the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association Parade this past Saturday in Wallkill and came home with the trophy for Best Overall in the Line of March.

New Windsor’s brave and talented first responders continue to make us all proud.

The Town of New Windsor Recreation Department is pleased to once again team up with Quickstrike FC, one of the country’s most successful soccer programs, to offer an exciting top notch coed Recreational Summer Soccer Program.

The professional coaches from Quickstrike FC, along with some of their high school players, will work together to provide and mentor our recreational soccer players with a dash of soccer fundamentals mixed in with a lot of fun drills and games. The program is broken down into three age groups which will allow the level of training and competition to be appropriately adjusted based on a participant’s age. This is an all new summer session for players that want to continue soccer in summer. The program will take place on Wednesday nights for four weeks starting on June 22 and going through July 13. The program is $40 for a New Windsor resident and $50 for non-New Windsor residents.

The Born to Strike program is Open for 2 – 4 year old children and meets from 5:15 to 6 p.m. The LittleStrikers program for ages 5 to 6 year-old children meets from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., and the Quickstrikers program for 7 to 12 year-old children and meets from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. (Quickstrikers get broken into two age groups 7-8 and 9-12 to play games) To register please visit nwrecisfun.com.

The Town of New Windsor Nancy Pullar Summer Concert Series will begin on Wednesday night June 29 at 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the New Windsor Town Hall Lawn with the band Lucky House opening up the series. Lucky House plays Roots Rock N Roll and hits of today. For the full summer schedule please visit the Town of New Windsor Recreation Department Website at nwrecisfun.com.

Parents the school year is almost over and if you are looking for something for your kids to do all summer please consider sending them to the Town of New Windsor Summer Camp Programs. We have camps from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages 3-5, and full day camps for ages 6-12, as well as a Counselor in Training Program from ages 13-15 years old. The two locations for summer camp are Ruscitti Park and Kristi Babcock Memorial Park. For information on all of our camps programs or to register please visit nwrecisfun.com or call the Recreation Department at 845-565-7750. We are also hiring summer camp counselors as well as camp directors so please email me at mveronesi@newwindsor-ny.gov.

The Town of New Windsor is extremely pleased to, for the first time, offer a National Night Out which will be held on Tuesday August 2 at Kristi Babcock Memorial Park from 5 - 8 p.m. Join the New Windsor Police Department and other New Windsor First Responders for a fun filled family night with your friends and neighbors of New Windsor as we build a police-community partnership and make our town a safer, better place to live. Family fun includes a Rock Climbing Wall, Bounce Houses, First Responders Field Games, Police K-9 Demonstration, Fire Trucks, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Ice Cream and More! For more information please call the Town of New Windsor Recreation Department at 845-565-7750.

Town of New Windsor Community Day is scheduled for Saturday August 20 from 12 to 9 p.m. We have begun taking registrations for Vendors. Vendor booths are $100 (early bird $75 if signing up before July 1) and Food Vendors are $350. Information can be found on the Community Day Website at newwindsorcommunityday.com.

Birthday shout outs this week go to Ian Barnes whose birthday is on June 23, to Liam Martyn whose birthday is on June 25, to Sebi Ledkovsky whose birthday is on June 28, to Ellie Spreer, Gary Magner, and Tyler Veronesi whose birthdays are all on June 29, and to anyone else out there celebrating birthdays this week Happy Birthday! Happy 16 year Wedding Anniversary to Ron and Barbara Albrechtsen who are celebrating on June 24.

If anyone has a birthday or other special event you want mentioned in my column, or have anything going on in New Windsor that you want the world to know about you can reach me at mveronesi@optimum.net or by calling 845-629-1260. Have a great week.