A very happy Thanksgiving to all

This oil painting by the iconic artist Norman Rockwell is called "Freedom from Want." It also is known as "The Thanksgiving Picture" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas."

It is the third work in the "Four Freedoms" series of four oil paintings by Rockwell inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address, a speech known as "Four Freedoms."

The painting was created in November 1942 and published in the March 6, 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. All of the people in the picture were friends and family of Rockwell in Arlington, Vermont, who were photographed individually and painted into the scene.

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Thanksgiving holiday trash pickup

Don't forget to put out your garbage cans and recycling bins on Thanksgiving night for Friday morning pickup.

Troy city officials said that while that schedule, which is normal for the Terrace and surrounding neighborhoods, will be in force there will be no bulk trash pickup on Friday because sanitation crews are doubling up to pick up refuse normally picked up on Thursdays in other neighborhoods.

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1st quarter 2016 dues coming up

A gentle reminder: First-quarter 2016 dues must be paid no later than Friday, January 1.

As always, you can save the cost of a stamp by dropping your payment in the white lock box below the mailbox gazebo bulletin boards. Checks should be made payable to THCA.

Treasurer Jerry Gordon recently sent out an e-mail to all of you explaining the various ways to pay -- quarterly, semiannually, annually -- as well as a reminder that there is a slight increase in dues from this year. If you did not receive such a notice, please contact Jerry ASAP.

Thank you.

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Update: New Troy City Charter passes

UPDATE (11/4/15): Voters in Troy passed by about a 2-to-1 margin the proposed new City Charter that was presented on the Election Day ballot in the form of a ballot question.

(Originally published 10/5/15)

There will be more for Troy voters to select than mayoral and City Council candidates in November. There also will be a ballot question asking for a simple "yes" or "no" vote on a new City Charter.

The proposed Charter is the result of eight months of public hearings, open working sessions, and periodic updates from an appointed nine-member bipartisan Charter Commission. (Full disclosure: The terrace's Bill Dowd is a member of that panel.)

It is the first full-fledged updating since the 1970s of the document that delineates how the City of Troy is governed.

If you haven't already checked out the new Charter, you can access it, or a simplified executive summary of its major points, on the City's own website. Click here.

Just look for both links as shown in the accompanying illustration.

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