As of today, August 1st, 2003 the 8th & 16th floor garage entrances will be closing at 11:15 PM and re-opening at 7:00 AM each day. Two-way traffic will remain open until 7:00 AM at the 11th floor garage entrance.

As discussed at the Informational Meeting on Thursday, June 26th you can contact US Mortgage at http://www.usmtg.com/ which will be available live on July 1, 2003. You can also contact them through their Galaxy hotline, toll free, at 1-866-472-4069. This toll free number will also become available July 1, 2003. To date, approximately 30 of our Unit Owners have applications in process.

If you have not as yet initiated your personal profile, you can e-mail your first and last name, the address of your building and your apartment number at password@thefrontdesk.net. Upon receipt, they will forward a temporary User ID and Password to you. Once you log on you can change your User ID and Password. If you have any questions or if you have trouble navigating through the program, e-mail them at info@thefrontdesk.net.

We are happy to announce that during the months of July and August, the Management office will remain open on Tuesday's until 6:00 PM. Special evening appointments are available for residents who are unable to visit during the daytime hours. Please call Sherri Steiner at 201-453-2400 if you need to schedule a special evening appointment with the General Manager, Susan Fitzpatrick.

Our lobbies have limited storage space for packages that are received for residents. Please pick up your packages promptly when notified. If you know that you will be away and are expecting a package, please leave a "Permission to Enter" and our staff, accompanied by Security will deliver your package and place it inside your apartment door. Effective immediately, large packages will no longer be left in the lobbies but will be transferred to a safe holding location.

We would like to thank our Tower I and Tower II residents for their cooperation during our testing phase. We are aware of the shortcomings with our new statements. Due to the size of the remittance portion of the statement, only eight chargeable entries can be shown. Additional line entries and most recent charges are being lumped together and posted to the new statement as "arrears". Please rest assured we know most of you are not in arrears. A preliminary test has shown promise with correcting the "arrears" error. We hope to be finished with the testing phase in the next two months. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Mary Ellen at 201/453-2412 or Linda at 201/453-2414.

The Social and Cultural Committee will be serving Cocktails By The Pool from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM on Sunday, July 27, 2003 . Alain Chaubert and Yvonne Taylor will entertain. The drink of the day will be a Blue Hawaiian.

We have completed checking our keys on file in Tower I. On Monday, July 28, 2003 we will commence checking keys in Tower II. Those of you who have received a letter advising that we do not have a copy of your key on file, you will need to provide us with a copy. If you have recently moved in, remember that we must have a copy of your apartment keys in case of emergency. Please contact the Management Office for more information.

We are embarking on a huge project to clean the kitchen waste lines throughout the entire building. This will alleviate many of the "Black Water Fairy" problems that residents are experiencing, when black dirty water suddenly backs up into your apartment. We will be contacting you during the next few months to gain access to your apartment, and it is IMPERATIVE that access be given when we request it, for this project to be successful.

The movie for August 1, 2003 will be Adaptation starring Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper.

Next meeting August 14 at 8:00 p.m. in meeting room #3 of the spa lounge. Please bring photos representing "Reflections" which you are considering for exhibition in the Creative Eye Gallery. The "Reflections" exhibit will be mounted Thursday, August 28 at 8:00 PM.

Fun and Friendly Social Club - Galaxy Friends of Lesbians and Gays - invites you to join them. Monthly events range from small casual get-togethers, to large parties and special events. Whether you are new to the Galaxy or have been here for years, come on out and make new friends! For more information, please contact Barry Nevins & Hernando Davila, Co-Chairs, Tower 2, Apt. 17B (phone: 201-868-7535, e-mail: galaxygflag@hotmail.com).

Cruise up the scenic Hudson River to Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate on the Hudson on Sunday, September 14, 2003. This will be a 7 ½ hour excursion which will include a tour of historic Philipsburg Manor, a working Dutch-Colonial farm. The cost of the full excursion is $60 per person. Check your cubbies for more information.

The Galaxy Social and Cultural Committee will be sponsoring a Caribbean Week, August 18 to 23, ending in a Caribbean Night party on August 23rd. If you come from a Caribbean country, maybe you would like to share your knowledge of the culture and customs of this region through a talk, slide show, a cooking demonstration, a fashion, crafts, art or dance presentation. If you are interested in doing a presentation, or know someone who could be part of our Caribbean Week program, leave a note with your name and phone number for Pam Sanabria at the Tower II concierge desk.

Reservations are taken at the Spa. Courts must be reserved but not more than 24 hours in advance; one hour reservations for singles/two hours for doubles. There is a $10.00 fee for guests on weekends until 5:00 PM.

Anyone interested in round robins or lessons, contact Cassandra Wagner at 201-854-6068 or intothecourt@aol.com.

Steve Rosen's Sunday morning (9:00 AM to Noon) open doubles group on all three of the new East Courts (across River Road alongside Bull's Ferry) welcomes all (male & female) players of intermediate or better skills. Join us for fun!

The only 'official' and valid website for The Galaxy can be found at http://www.galaxy-condo.com. Any other websites with the Galaxy name are not endorsed or reviewed by management, and may contain inaccurate information.