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Happy New Year!

To celebrate entering the 10th year of the Truesdalelake.com website, I dug up this old article from the Patent Trader’s August 23, 2001 issue about lake issues and lake management. It is a well written article and a good read.  Have a Happy New Year! [...]

2008 CSLAP Report Posted

The 2008 Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) report is available online now.  The Truesdale Lake Management Committee members (Gary Struve, Debbie Fink, and recently Vi Patek) have been monitoring the health of Lake Truesdale since 1999 through this program that tracks water clarity and quality during the spring and summer. In addition to the 2008 [...] [...]

EPA Releases National Lakes Assessment Report

On December 18th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a nationwide lakes assessment study it has been undertaking for nearly 5 years.  While it is not specific to Truesdale Lake, the report has lots of relevant information about lakes and the lake communities around them. The report is at the EPA website here. From the press [...] [...]

Bald Eagle Spotted Near Inlet of Lake

Ray and Helen Morse spotted this adult bald eagle feasting on some of our lake’s fine fish yesterday.  The eagle was on the ice near the main inlet stream coming in from Boway. Ray called Mark Patek who got in touch with neighbor Jonathan Rodgers who got out in time to get this shot with a [...] [...]

Paving Nearly Done

A crew of 12 worked from 6 am – 5 pm on Friday, December 4th to get the majority of the road and driveway paving completed.  The crew included 2 steamroller operators, a paving machine operator, a flame-fired curbing gizmo, a “patter-downer” (or whatever the true name is), many wheelbarrows, and multiple loads of blacktop. The [...] [...]

New Lifejacket Law in NY State

Starting November 1, 2009 there is a new lifejacket law in New York State. Essentially what the law says is that during the coldest months of the year (Nov 1 – May 1), anyone on the boat has to have a lifejacket, regardless of age.  This is a sensible change to the law that codifies what [...] [...]

TLPOA Caroling at the Beach

[ December 20, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Please Join Us For The 33rd Annual Christmas Sing Along at the Gilbert Street Beach! Sunday, Dec. 20 5:00 p.m. Bring Your Own Log! [...]

Separator Installed - Paving Tomorrow

Loading the 10 ton separator The final underground pieces of the “Site 3″ puzzle arrived from their casting in New Hampshire and were installed on Tuesday December 1.  The crew came back on Wednesday morning to check the flows and fixed some minor issues.  The paver “Bessie” was delivered this morning (Dec 3) and will be [...] [...]

One Fine Sunday...

This is a panorama stitched together from six separate shots, taken from a spot adjacent to the beach area this past Sunday (29 Nov. 2009). Click on the photo to see a larger version. [...]

November Sunset

Sunset over Town House from the southeastern shore of Lake Truesdale A reminder of the beauty we see every day — and sometimes take for granted.  Please post your photos! [...]