The Gleasondale Road Mill Bridge, at 501 Gleasondale Road in Stow, will be closed for inspection on Sunday October 29 from 6:30 a.m. to approximately 12 noon. Traffic will be detoured through Hudson.
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Hudson holds info session on wetlands protection bylaw
Pam Helinek, Conservation Agent and Planner for the Town of Hudson, has sent notice that the Hudson Conservation Commission is once again trying to enact a Wetlands Protection Bylaw and will be holding a number of information sessions at Hudson Town Hall. The first information session will be next Thursday, November 2nd at 7:00 on the second floor.
Lake Boon Commission meeting video online
You can watch the proceedings of the October 25 Lake Boon Commission meeting on YouTube here. The main topic was reviewing rules and considering revisions.
Lake Boon Commission meets Wednesday
Here’s the agenda, time and location:
Lake Boon Commission Agenda
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 – 7PM
Stow Town Building, 380 Great Road, Stow
- Public Comment
- Meeting Minutes
- Pay Bills
- Discussion: Rules Revision Procedures and member comments; vote on timetable
- Drawdown Status
- End of Season Tasks (boat, buoys, other?); SOLITUDE report; 2016 drawdown report
- New Business – next Agenda
- Date of next meeting
- Adjourn
Paddleboat found
This blue and white paddle boat drifted on shore in the second basin at 69 Hunter Avenue, and is waiting for its owners to claim it.
Walkathon this Saturday
The annual Lake Boon Walkathon will take place Saturday, Oct 14 starting at the Stow Pine Bluffs Town Beach on Sudbury Road. Registration begins at 11:30 am with step off at noon. The Lake Boon Association invites you to join your neighbors and invite friends to enjoy this 30th annual event featuring crisp air and fall colors during the 5-mile stroll or power walk around the lake.
We have new enhanced historical signs that include photos of what used to be at various sites around the lake, including two train stops, steam and gasoline-powered ferries, a 21-room hotel and much more. Additional new signs provide reminders of environmental issues that affect the lake and what we can do to protect it. A $5.00 donation is requested.
Lake Boon shirts will be available for purchase at the start and finish. Put on your comfortable walking shoes and come on down!
Fall Pump-out: register by October 28
Once again, the Lake Boon Association is sponsoring a discount septic pumping program this fall. The program will run beginning the week of November 13. Deadline for sign up is Saturday, October 28.
Casaceli Trucking will be doing the pumping once again this year. Hudson has enacted a $10.00 fee for the pump reports that are required by the State to be sent in. Therefore, Hudson residents will have an extra single $10.00 fee per address in addition to the 18 cents per gallon charge.
Due to the growing popularity of the program this pumping will be available only to the first 40 residents to respond.
To register please email David at lbaseptic@gmail.com with your name, address and phone number, or call Dave Siewierski at 978-562-2203. The program is open to anyone living within the Lake Boon watershed or within a mile of the lake.
Since the inception of this program hundreds of tanks have been pumped at the discount price, saving money for individual homeowners while preserving property values and and helping reduce nutrient loading and weed growth in the lake. The more frequently a system is pumped (recommendation every 1 – 2 years depending on family size), the longer it will last and work well. The LBA sponsors this program spring and fall each year, and so far Rich Casaceli continues to give us a lower price than other area companies for an excellent job!
Please spread the word to your neighbors on Lake Boon so we can continue to do everything we can to clean up the lake and keep our groundwater healthy and septic systems running well.
Lake Boon Commission meets
The next Lake Boon Commission meeting will be held at the Stow Town Building, 380 Great Road, Stow, on Wednesday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m.
Drawdown begins on or soon after October 12
The fall Lake Boon drawdown will begin with the removal of the first board at the outfall on Oct 12th or soon thereafter. Boats that need to be moved over shallow water to get them out for the winter should take this into account. The level will go down slowly over the next few weeks, approximately 12 inches by mid-November.
Historic preservation forum Oct. 11; Walkathon Oct. 14
Here are two upcoming events you may be interested in:
Historic Preservation Forum
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017, 7-9 pm at the Pompositticut Community Center,
509 Great Road (Route 117), Stow
Are you interested in learning how to preserve the character of our historic neighborhoods? If so, please come to this forum, sponsored by the Town of Stow and the Gleasondale Neighborhood Area Subcommittee. It is open to all residents of Stow, as well as residents of other towns who want to learn about options for preserving the asset that make our communities special.
Chris Skelly of the Massachusetts Historical Commission will lead an introductory discussion of tools and strategies for historic preservation and for preserving neighborhood character. Questions will be taken throughout the discussion.
RSVPs are encouraged but definitely not required. To RSVP or for more information please contact Rosemary Monahan (rosemonahan@comcast.net)
Lake Boon Walkathon
Saturday, Oct 14th starting at the Stow Pine Bluffs Town Beach on Sudbury Road. Registration begins at 11:30 am with step off at noon.
The Lake Boon Association invites you to join your neighbors and invite friends to enjoy this 30th annual event featuring crisp air and fall colors during the 5-mile stroll or power walk around the lake.
We have new enhanced historical signs that include photos of what used to be at various sites around the lake, including two train stops, steam and gasoline-powered ferries, a 21-room hotel and much more. Additional new signs provide reminders of environmental issues that affect the lake and what we can do to protect it. A $5.00 donation is requested.
Lake Boon shirts will be available for purchase at the start and finish. Put on your comfortable walking shoes and come on down!
Lake Boon Association 