ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES, & LOCAL EVENTS
[Updated 6-11-2011]

ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES:

NEW:
Summer 2011 Announcements & Postings:

  • Road Clean-Up Day: July 9th, 9AM.  Meet at Lower Pond Way.
  • Annual membership meeting: July 23rd, 10 AM, at Jeff Sienkiewicz's camp, 39 Lower Pond Way. Topics of discussion: Kingdom Dam status (see below for newly posted documents on the Dam, available below), weeds, water and road reports, and more. Speaker TBA. We'll be providing refreshments and coffee. Please come!!!! If you have new business you want to present to the meeting, please send a note to Gerry Zahavi, President, Lincoln Pond Association, 4172 Lincoln Pond Rd., E-Town, NY 12932, and we'll add it to the agenda.
  • KINGDAM DAM INSPECTION REPORTS ~ Posted June 2011): Kingdam Dam Phase 2 Final Report, Revision 1, Vol. 1: Kingdom_Phase 2 Final Report Volume 1. | Kingdam Dam Phase 2I Report - Vol 2 (Hydraulic and Hydrologic Supplement for Kingdam Dam on Lincoln Pond: Kingdom Phase 2 H&H Final Report, Vol 2.

OLD:

1) "Everything You Wanted To Know About Property Assessment and Taxes But Were Afraid To Ask." Learn “successful grievance tips. Wednesday, August 13 - 5:30pm, Adirondack History Museum Elizabethtown. The Elizabethtown–Lewis Chamber of Commerce is hosting a public forum with Real Property Assessor David Galarneau. Taxpayers from all towns are welcome. Call 873-9225 for more information. Refreshments provided by the Elizabethtown-Lewis Chamber of Commerce.

2) Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, 3 PM at Elizabethtown Town Hall.
LPA DISCUSSION FORUM: "ACHIEVING A FAIRER TAX SYSTEM."
The Lincoln Pond Association is starting a yearly educational forum with an examination of an issue that is of concern to all North Country residents: building a fairer tax system. Presentations by John Whiteley (Tri-County Committee for Property Tax Relief, Ticonderoga, NY) and Frank Mauro (Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, Latham, NY) will precede a general discussion. The event is free and open to the public. Contact Gerry Zahavi at gz580@albany.edu or 942-5933 to give us ideas for future forums.

3) OCTOBER 2008 – END OF THE YEAR GET-TOGETHER - Columbus Day Weekend. Start a new tradition by joining us for one last chance to socialize for those still around in the fall. The exact date, time, and place still to be determined.


Watch for updates on these events on our website, www.lincolnpond.org,
and on signs posted around the lake!

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LOCAL EVENTS:

[1] For information on Winter Regional Activities in the Adirondacks, go to: http://www.saranaclake.com/calendar.shtml.

[2] Otis Mountain Music Festival, August, 2008. See: http://www.otismountain.com/ for more details.

[3] Bird Banding at Crown Point (annual event).
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Every May, bird banders from around the region converge on the Crown Point State Historic site for three weeks of intense banding activity, led by Master Bird Banders Mike Peterson and Gordon Howard. Listen to a recent radio documentary (aired on WRPI-Troy) on banding at Crown Point: "Ring 'Em and Fling 'Em":
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