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Charlestown Parks & Rec Board approves minutes; hears reports on youth sports, trails and kestrel banding
Summary
The board approved minutes for April 16 and May 21, 2026 (both passed 3–0, one absent). Members received written notice of a GV Mountain Biking Team trail clean-up scheduled for June 25, an EAC report that 13 kestrel chicks were banded on June 8, and a native-flowers update from scouts at the Charlestown Park Gazebo.
At its June 18, 2026 meeting, the Charlestown Township Parks and Recreation Board approved minutes from April 16 and May 21. The April 16 minutes were approved on a motion by John Kulp, seconded by Max Rotondo (vote 3–0; Jared McFadden absent). The May 21 minutes were approved on a motion by Max Rotondo, seconded by John Kulp (vote 3–0; Jared McFadden absent).
Stephanie Robinson summarized routine youth-sports and trails reports: PMYC and PASC submitted no reports. The GV Mountain Biking Team, reported in writing by D. Kaczmar, requested to conduct a team-led trail clean-up at Brightside Farm on Thursday, June 25; the event would be conducted by team members and supervised by coaches.
In an Environmental Advisory Committee update, Robinson reported that on June 8 Charlestown Bird Town/EAC hosted Dan Mummert and a team from the Pennsylvania Game Commission to band 13 kestrel chicks at three township residences. The minutes note that the first clutch at Brightside Farm Park did not hatch, so the banding took place at residences with chicks old enough to be banded.
Robinson also reported a catch-up meeting at the Charlestown Park Gazebo with a master gardener and three Girl Scout leaders on the Pennsylvania Native Flower exhibit. The planted native flowers are establishing well, attracting caterpillars and butterflies; the board said it will add shade-tolerant Pennsylvania species to the shadier side of the garden and expects another year of growth before the exhibit matures.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
