No Caller ID issue with enterphone (and possible workaround)

UPDATE August 13, 2025: I'm not sure what is going on with the system now. It is clearly broken and not working properly. The workaround below is not working any longer for me.
UPDATE: Verified that the workaround worked for me. I am trying to verify if it has worked for anyone else.

The enterphone/intercom is experiencing an issue now where owners and tenants answering a buzzer are getting a “No Caller ID” message on their phones and are unable to buzz people in.

While this is being investigated, a workaround that fixed the issue for me was to add the enterphone phone number as a contact on my phone (I have an iPhone). I haven’t confirmed if the same number is used for every building, but for 244 the following number works: 778-397-0265

I’ll update this post if I confirm it also works for buildings 240 and 248.

The unexpectedly long cigarette butt patrol

I noticed a collection of cigarette butts had once again accumulated on the drain at the top of the stairs leading to Allen Street, so I got the picker and dustbin and headed out for a quick clean-up.

While out, I noticed the landscaping company had cut down the wild grass growing along the property on Brunette Avenue. We’d done a pretty thorough clean-up of this area during the May 10 community cleanup, but I figured the cut grass would reveal more “treasures”, so I headed over to have a look.

I was right! Among the cigarette butts, I found:

  • Paper and plastic cups (someone really liked Super Slurpees)
  • An old sign
  • Glass and plastic bottles
  • Wrappers of all sorts
  • Cardboard
  • Creamers. Apparently someone stood in the shade of one of the trees and drank coffee with a lot of cream in it.
  • Styrofoam food containers
  • An empty asparagus (!) box
  • And, as they say, so much more

There was so much stuff I filled the dust bin twice, then upgraded to a crate and filled it up, too. There are probably more bits of stuff stuck in the piles of cut grass now, but definitely less than before.

Photos:

Cleaning up the stairs (possibly for the first time!)

Now that the path along the hospital lane is open again, Jeff thought it was a good time to take some brooms and a hose to the concrete stairs that connect from the path down to Copperstone.

It took quite a bit of work to clear off the years of accumulated dirt, twigs and other junk, but now the stairs are clean, and our plan is to keep them that way going forward.

Here’s a small gallery showing the results, with the first shot being before the big hose-down began.

Website update, April 7, 2025

A lot of the information in the right sidebar has been archived, as it is no longer relevant. I will likely make it available in the future in a way that puts it into historical context. As always, I will update and correct any errors or gaps in the information, even if it’s “old news.”

Further updates to the site are coming soon!

Congrats to the new Copperstone council

Tonight, Copperstone owners elected a mostly new council. Here’s wishing them ( and us) success. Congrats to all.

And a big thanks to owners for voting down the special resolutions, both of which were ill-conceived.

The site will have some updates over the next few days as time permits to reflect the new state of affairs.