Fall/Winter Volume 2010
The Funkstown Mayor and Council and Staff would like to extend to all families a warm, safe, and happy holiday season.
FUNKSTOWN RESIDENTS – PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE TO THE WASTE COLLECTION SCHEDULE:
Household trash collection is ONLY picked up on THURSDAYS. Normal household trash items shall be set at the curbside no earlier than 4:00 p.m. before collection. Collection time for the company will begin between 2:00 – 4:00 a.m.
Yard waste collection is picked up on Tuesdays, and will continue until the last Tuesday in November. Yard waste shall be set at the curbside no earlier than 4:00 p.m. before collection. Collection time for the company will begin between 2:00 – 4:00 a.m.
Christmas trees will be collected on two prescheduled days set for Tuesday, January 4, 2011, and Tuesday, January 11, 2011.
October 28, 2010 – Funkstown Parade starts at 6:00 p.m. (lineup 5:30 p.m.) on Chestnut Street (rear of Town Hall). Following the parade, a Halloween Costume Contest will take place at the Funkstown American Legion. All Funkstown children are invited to attend.
October 29, 2010 – Funkstown Trick or Treat is scheduled from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Funkstown residents who wish to participate, please turn your porch light on. Trick or Treaters should remember the following safety tips: Never go out alone. Stay in well lighted areas. Parents should check the treats, and HAVE FUN! Trick or Treat bags are available for the children free at Town Hall.
December 10, 2010 – Old Tyme Christmas Celebration from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Events will include wagon rides to historic sites, Christmas entertainment, luminary display, house decoration contest, and children’s activities. There will be free refreshments at the Town Hall, and the shops will remain open throughout the evening.
Please remember when walking your pets to carry your Pooper Scooper. This includes walking your pets at the Funkstown Community Park. This is an Ordinance, and will be enforced.
The Funkstown Ordinance requires that snow and ice shall be removed from all sidewalks within the Town on the same day of the cessation of any fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain or within the first ten hours of daylight after the cessation of any such fall, whichever period is longer.
Please remember when filing your Maryland Tax Return, Form 502, put FUNKSTOWN in the City, town or taxing area box.
