Truesdale Lake  

South Salem, New York

September 2, 2021
by rob
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Earmark request for the Truesdale Lake Dam and Bridge

This letter was sent August 26, 2021 from Scot Evans (lake resident) to U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney’s office. FROM: SCOT EVANS, TRUESDALE LAKE DAM REPAIR & RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO: ERNEST KLEPEIS, DISTRICT DIRECTOROFFICE OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SEAN PATRICK MALONEY … Continue reading

August 3, 2021
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Spring 2021 TLPOA Newsletter

The TLPOA Spring 2021 newsletter is available to download here. The topics included in this newsletter include: Amended Bylaws Water Corporation Update e-Mail Billing Branch & Twig Pick-up Our Beach Opens! Sandcastle Competition Beach Volleyball Family Movie Night End of … Continue reading

January 20, 2021
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TLPOA Winter Newsletter Published

Jan 13, 2021 – TLPOA Winter 2021 Newsletter published. Available for download below. Thanks to editor Clare Panno and all of the contributors. Send in your ideas for the next one. See newsletter for contact details!

January 6, 2021
by rob
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Some Lake New Year’s Resolutions for 2021

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. (Wind River, formerly Kaiser-Battistone offers 15% discount for lake area residents – but you have to … Continue reading

October 17, 2020
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2020/2021 Truesdale Lake Drawdown to Begin Next Week

With the recent drop in temperature and seeing little to no activity on the lake, we decided to begin the lake drawdown next week. Depending on the amount of rain we might encounter, the water level should drop quickly over … Continue reading

October 8, 2018
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Some TLPOA and Lake History

Truesdale Lake property Owners Association Inc. A Look At The Past (Thanks to Karen Jahn for providing the original scans – see below) July, 1931 Truesdale Lake Club was created. Previously known as the Truesdale Lake Colony, the club was … Continue reading

August 29, 2017
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Diet For A Small Lake – FREE book download

The classic lake management book ‘Diet for a Small Lake’ has been made available as a FREE pdf download. Originally published in 1990 — this is the 2009 edition which is the latest update.

The physical book is published at cost – hardcover is $25 and paperback copies sell for $15 if you want something to hold on to (order form here). The publication is 318 pages and chock full of useful information for homeowners and other stakeholders in the lake area. This pdf version of it contains the whole book.

(more at site link including FREE download) Continue reading

December 29, 2016
by rob
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Truesdale Lake Update – December 2016

Sharing this note from David Sachs, TLPOA President, about results from some testing and lake plans for next summer. More to come in regular updates:

Truesdale Lake Update – 2016-12-29

Greetings and Happy Hanukah and Merry Christmas to you all. I hope that you are having ample time to spend with friends and family and food this week and..

I wanted to provide you all with a quick update about Truesdale Lake and plans for this coming summer – even though there is currently a lot of ice on the lake.

First of all, the copper study that was mandated by NYS DEC has been completed by Pond and Lake Connection. They took 26 samples from the lake bottom… (more at link to website) Continue reading