Check out the Committees & Groups section to cheer on the Blue Fins Swim Team this Summer (link is left, towards the top).
Or join Barrington's MOB who are Virginia's version of the Sopranos - well actually, they are the Mothers of Barrington, who plan such activities as an Easter Egg Hunt, the adult Pool Party, a Halloween Parade for the children, National Night Out which emphasizes neighborhood crime watch and safety, and a formal Christmas Party (link at left, below Swim Team).
And if you need to know what the contractors are going to be doing next, check out the landscape crew. Do you know the when the trash is picked up or how the recycling is handled? And if you need to know what the contractors are going to be doing next, check those links on the left too.
The Barrington Community has a new committee whose goal is to keep all the Barrington members well-informed on those regional issues that affect living in this area. The link to the Regional Affairs Committee is at the left, just above the Pool Committee link.
The Barrington Online Bulletin is an informal newsletter distributed via email to Barrington residents. Regular features include, upcoming community events, opportunities for community service, editorials, births, new neighbors, Barrington Services Rated, and classifieds. This is a forum for anything residents want the rest of Barrington to know about. To get on the distribution list, send your email address to Margene Simms. To contribute to the Barrington Online Bulletin, please contact Kim Earle.
During the past 12 months the incidents of speeding within the Barrington subdivision have reached serious proportion. The number of events that were near accidents or pedestrian strikes reported to the Homeowner association has increased dramatically. This has created significant concern amongst the residents of our community especially those with younger children who ride bikes or play with their friends in the streets of Barrington.
Everyone in the community is responsible for safe driving on our streets.
And we are also responsible to remind members of our families to be cautious when driving on our roads.
It is easy to say that it is the young people in Barrington who are the major contributors to the problem. However, as was reported to the MOB in 2003, we have over the past two years employed the use of a radar gun during peak hours of travel on subdivision roads to determine what average speed is being used and who are the most significant speeders. On both occasions the average speed between 0700-0900AM and 0400-0600PM during a weekday was 42.5 mph, well in excess of the posted 25mph. The drivers employing these speeds covered a broad spectrum of community members both young and old, many of who were frequently talking on cell phones when checked by the radar gun. One person of note nearly struck the officer with the radar gun at a speed of 46mph because she was looking at her child in the back seat of her van while passing Haddington Court (she also had a cell phone to her ear at the time). Clearly a child riding a bike or chasing a missed ball into the street would have had no chance in this situation.
Drinking and driving in the subdivision is also a significant problem that is equally dangerous to us all. The number of empty beer cans and bottles of liquor that are picked up at the entry, exit and streets of Barrington is significant and asks the question Do you know where your children are and what they are doing as well as what are they doing at home? This problem has been documented in multiple articles recently in the Washington Post and on most local TV and radio networks. The homeowners association has frequently had to use community funds to repair landscaping that has been destroyed by individuals who were clearly intoxicated when they were behind the wheel driving in Barrington. We all need to be aware of these problems and work to eliminate them before we are confronted by a great tragedy.
As a result of the information noted above several members of the community have requested that alternatives be investigate that will deal with the continuing problem of speeding. Speed bumps or speed platform crosswalks are serious considerations as well as increased stop signage at regular intervals on Braymore circle and its arteries. These alternatives are being seriously considered and the Board of directors encourages comments and suggestions from the community members as we continue to investigate meaningful ways to stop the unsafe driving habits in our community.
Remember driving safety is all our responsibility !!!
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