Hello New Windsor. This time of year is always so hectic for me and my wife with so many events and activities with my job, my wife’s busy job, as well as I coach baseball, and running the kids around to all of their activities and sports etc., that many nights I won’t get home until well after dinner. So usually I will just make myself something to eat when I get home. But one of those nights after a long day of work, followed by coaching baseball on a cold rainy evening I really didn’t feel like just making myself a sandwich, I wanted something hot and hearty.

So on the way home I stopped at a diner and ordered a quart of tomato rice soup. I was so looking forward to eating that soup on that cold and damp evening. But as I was taking the quart of soup out of the bag the bag ripped and the container of soup fell on the floor breaking. Most of the soup spilled out but I was able to rescue enough to still have an almost full bowl. But by the time I finished cleaning up all of the tomato rice soup that was on the floor my cherished bowl of soup wasn’t hot enough.

I put it in the microwave oven to heat it up. When that buzzer went off once again I was excited and couldn’t wait to eat my soup. Well I must have put it in for too long because when I took the bowl out of the microwave I was just using a paper towel as a pot holder but the soup was too hot and it burned my hand right through the paper towel causing me to drop my bowl of tomato rice all over the floor again.

I guess it was just was not meant to be for me to enjoy that hot hearty soup that night, and after once again cleaning up the mess, I made myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Join the Town of New Windsor Recreation department for the following upcoming trips: On Wednesday May 1 there is a trip to Citi Field for a Major League Baseball game to see the home team New York Mets take on the Cincinnati Reds. The bus leaves New Windsor Town Hall Complex at 4 p.m. The price is $90 per person.

Then on Thursday May 9, the Recreation Department will be heading to Yankee Stadium to see a game between the home team New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. The bus is leaving the New Windsor Town Hall Complex at 3:30 p.m. for a 6:35 p.m. game. The price is $90 per person which includes the bus ride and ticket to the game.

Then on Saturday May 18 join the New Windsor Recreational Department for a day trip to Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pennsylvania for the annual Strawberry Festival with the bus leaving at 8am and returning at 7 p.m. The price of the trip is $35.

Join the Town of New Windsor and the professional instructors from Ms. Claire’s Music Cupboard for a four week once a week 45 minute music class where participants will sing, learn, say rhymes, play instruments, and move to the beat of lively songs. They will discover new words, build important listening skills, and gain confidence speaking, and overall becoming more rounded individuals. Each participant will receive digital materials for home use. The class will be held on Friday mornings at 10am from April 26 through May 17 and the fee is $70. This program will be held at the New Windsor Recreation Hall and is for children 0-school age.

The Town of New Windsor Recreation Department is accepting registrations for Summer Camp Programs. There are different options for children ages 3-15 years old with half day, full day, and a Counselor In Training Program. Please visit the Town of New Windsor Recreation Department Website at nwrecisfun.com or call 845-565-7750 for more information.

The Town of New Windsor Recreation Department is hiring for the following positions: Field Crew, Concession Staff Crew, Assistant Camp Director, and Summer Camp Counselors. Applications must be turned in to the Town Supervisors Office at 555 Union Avenue by Monday May 20 in order to be considered. Applications can be picked up from the Recreation Department office at 244 Union Avenue in New Windsor or by going to the Recreation Department Website at nwrecisfun.com .

For more information please call (845) 565-7750 or email mveronesi@newwindsor-ny.gov. New Windsor Residents only please.

The Senior Matinee movie is held every Tuesday at the Marasco Center at 11:30 a.m. The movie for Tuesday April 23 is “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.” Bored by small-town life, an inquisitive teen and her friends investigate the ghostly occurrences in the nearby Twin Elms mansion. Keen to see these supernatural activities first hand, nothing will stop these adventurous teens from uncovering the truth.

For more information on the programs above or for all Town of New Windsor Recreation programs visit nwrecisfun.com or call (845) 565-7750.

St. Joseph’s Church in New Windsor will observe Holy Week with Youth Group Shadow Stations of the Cross on Friday at 7 p.m. and an Easter Sunday Mass at 12:30 p.m. Easter Sunday masses at St. Thomas in Cornwall will be at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Resurrection Sunday service at Solid Rock Church will be Easter Sunday at 10 a.m. Solid Rock Church is located at 20 Holloran Road in New Windsor.

Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in New Windsor will hold Easter Sunday service at 11:30 a.m. with the Rev. Jennifer Barrows officiating. Bring your children’s Easter baskets, as they hold our traditional blessing of the eggs. A children’ Easter Egg Hunt will be held on the church grounds, for all children to search for, and each child goes home with an additional prize. The historic stone church is located at 37-47 Old Route 9W, New Windsor.

At King of Kings Lutheran Church, Holy Week Services begin with Holy Thursday service at 11:30 a.m. and Eucharist with optional foot washing at 7 p.m. Good Friday Tenabrae will take place at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday worship I at 9 and 11 a.m.

King of Kings Lutheran Church is located 543 Union Avenue, New Windsor, (between the New Windsor Town Hall and Temple Hill Academy)

Birthday shout outs this week go to my uncle Rocky Veronesi whose birthday is on April 18, to Rick Hovey whose birthday is on April 19, to Bill Gould whose birthday is on April 20, to Jim Devitt whose birthday is on April 23, and to anyone else out there celebrating birthdays this week Happy Birthday!

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.