January 21, 2010
by rob
Comments Off on Kaiser-Battistone Discount on Septic Pumping
Kaiser-Battistone offers a discount to Truesdale Lake residents for septic pumping service <http://www.kaiser-battistone.com/> (914-232-8818). Once you are on their calendar they will call annually to schedule your appointment. The discount in the past has been 10-15% I think. If anyone … Continue reading
January 5, 2010
by rob
Comments Off on No Snowmobiles, No ATVs Allowed On Lake
The Lake is private property and deed restrictions dating back to the 1930’s prohibit the use of gas powered vehicles on the lake. This includes all gas engines from boat motors to snowmobiles to ATVs. To the person or people … Continue reading
December 31, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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. … Continue reading
December 23, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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 … Continue reading
December 22, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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 … Continue reading
December 17, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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 … Continue reading
December 6, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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, … Continue reading
December 4, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on 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 … Continue reading
December 3, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Separator Installed – Paving Tomorrow
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 … Continue reading
November 20, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Stormwater Project in Final Phases
The Truesdale Lake Drive “site 3” stormwater project (click here for all sites described) is nearing completion. There are two big steps before the project is done. First the hydrodynamic separator needs to be installed in the upper part of … Continue reading