Truesdale Lake  

South Salem, New York

April 13, 2015
by rob
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TEA Spring Membership Meeting

The TEA Annual Spring Membership Meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 20th, 2015 at the Horse & Hound on Spring Street. The meeting will be held in the back room. Meet and greet at 7:15 and meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Contact Rob Cummings (269-8435) to RSVP for the meeting or email tea@truesdalelake.com. Continue reading

April 3, 2015
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Muskrat and Melting Ice

In 16 winters here I don’t remember seeing the ice stay past March 31st. This winter was so cold we entered the month of April with ice and it has stuck around for a few days.

The warm air and the cold ice made a foggy inversion layer today that just begged to be photographed.

I was taking photos of the fog, ice, and lake shore when a decent sized muskrat surfaced in the open water between the ice layer and the shoreline. I was able to snap off a few photos from our floating dock. Unfortunately as I went to change the settings to a higher shutter speed to catch the creature in action, he noticed me and ducked back under the ice. Continue reading

March 25, 2015
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Coyotes on the Lake

A pair of coyotes were spotted at various places on the lake today.

They were scavenging a deer carcass on the northern half of the lake and then scouting down to the southern end. They did a few rounds today and have been seen on other days as well. If you have any photos, please send them to lake@truesdalelake.com and we will post them here. Continue reading

January 1, 2015
by rob
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Happy 2015! – Some Lake Resolutions for the New Year

Some Lake Stewardship Resolutions: I will get my septic tank pumped and inspected. If the tank baffles are missing or damaged, I’ll have them replaced. (Kaiser-Battistone offers 15% discount for lake area residents – but you have to tell them about … Continue reading

December 16, 2014
by rob
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Caroling on the TLPOA Beach – Dec 21st @5:30pm

From the Truesdalelake.Nextdoor.com website: Good afternoon to you all on this sunny and brisk December afternoon. We are planning to have our 38 or 39th annual caroling on the beach – on Sunday December 21 – starting at 5:30 p.m. … Continue reading

December 6, 2014
by rob
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Associations Around Truesdale Lake

Truesdale Lake has two large associations and one small association. In addition there are about a dozen riparian houses (i.e. on the lake) but in none of the associations. We call these “unaffiliated” households. Below is a map of the associations, click … Continue reading