Lakeville and East Freetown Massachusetts
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Long Pond Association holds an annual meeting in July or August to elect a Board of Directors and to conduct any other business of the Association.
This website is a Members and Visitors Resource for learning about Long Pond, improving the water quality of Long Pond, keeping our lake safe for recreation, preservation of the lake and posting legislation affecting the lake and its residents.
Annual Meeting Home Values Topic
August 3, 09 7 pm at Eagles
August 3, 09 7 pm at Eagles
Long Pond welcomes all safe boaters. A public boat launch is located on the South end of the lake off Route 18. Please be mindful of the requests of the courtesy boat inspectors and help them identify any occurences of vegetation, specfically milfoil. Milfoil, once admitted to our lake, grows so quickly that it takes over the lake, affecting both fishing and swimming.
Board of Directors
Bren Ladino
David & Doris Voye
MaryAnn Tulimieri
Chris Osborne
Jane Freeman
Colleen Sheerin
Bren Ladino
David & Doris Voye
MaryAnn Tulimieri
Chris Osborne
Jane Freeman
Colleen Sheerin
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All Boat Cruise Photos Welcome
Please email yours for inclusion on our Cruise Pages
Please email yours for inclusion on our Cruise Pages
Annual Boat Cruise Sat July 4 2009 Success
Dedicated to Tyler Trahan
Dedicated to Tyler Trahan
Tribe's casino plans for Lakeville read more from the StandardTimes May 9 2012
The July 4th 2013 Boat Cruise - Needs organizers and participants Please post your suggestions on our facebook page
Environmental Impact of Taunton Casino plans are discussed by Freetown resident at July 24,2012 Meeting read his request
NOTICE: FLOOD INFORMATION “ALERT”
To residences of Long Pond, Assawompset Pond, and all members of the
“Long Pond Association”
To residences of Long Pond, Assawompset Pond, and all members of the
“Long Pond Association”
Please be aware there is a group of concerned citizens that live on the ponds in Lakeville and Freetown and have suffered damage from the recent flooding. While a lot has been said of the record rainfall and the vegetation in the Nemasket River, we know that much of the damages suffered around these Ponds were the results of man made decisions. If these Ponds were managed as they were for over the past twenty five years to their appropriate levels through the dams in Lakeville and Middleboro, the damages that occurred with these spring rains would not have happened. The Ponds would have been able to absorb this water.
We are actively pursuing policies through Town/City offices and State Representatives to make sure this never happens again.
If you’re interested in being added to our update list, please use the contact form
We are actively pursuing policies through Town/City offices and State Representatives to make sure this never happens again.
If you’re interested in being added to our update list, please use the contact form
Tribute to Tyler
Tyler Trahan of East Freetown was killed in Iraq in June 2009. To honor our fallen hero, Long Pond Association is dedicating the Annual July 4th Boat Parade to him.
Some ideas for the parade include tossing a simple flower as the boats pass his lakefront home.
The parade starts at the Eagles where specific instructions will be given to the boaters. We hope you will join us and if not perhaps you hang a poster for Tyler at your dock.
Tyler Trahan of East Freetown was killed in Iraq in June 2009. To honor our fallen hero, Long Pond Association is dedicating the Annual July 4th Boat Parade to him.
Some ideas for the parade include tossing a simple flower as the boats pass his lakefront home.
The parade starts at the Eagles where specific instructions will be given to the boaters. We hope you will join us and if not perhaps you hang a poster for Tyler at your dock.
March 29-2010 Boston Channel 5 reports video after the ads
Excessive rains have created havoc for many residents of Long Pond as well as surrounding communities. We attempt to display sources that explain the situations as they arise. Check the "In the News" to learn more.
Concerned Citizens of Lakeville and Freetown join together to prevent flood damages in the future. Read more
Taunton Casino
Environmental Impact Meeting
July 24, 2012 at Taunton High School
Environmental Impact Meeting
July 24, 2012 at Taunton High School
My name is Phil Trombly. I live in Freetown on Long Pond and I feel I can speak on behalf of at least a thousand people who live in the towns of Freetown, Lakeville and Middleboro about our concerns of the environmental impact on our watershed and the Assawompset Pond Complex.
Since the horrific flooding in 2010 and the millions of dollars lost on damaged homes, damaged lands, damaged infrastructure and the many, many medical issues dealt to families throughout all the communities, State Representative Steve Canessa and now State Representative Keiko Orrall have assisted the cities of New Bedford and Taunton and the towns of Lakeville, Freetown, Middleboro and Rochester by having many public meetings over the last two years. And as a result, committees were established using many resources such as Dr. Neil Fennessey from U MASS, The Mass Dept. of Environmental Protection, The Mass Dept. of Fish and Game and knowledgeable representatives from every town to help in dealing with this fragile watershed.
Everyone agrees the major problem with this complex is the only discharge of the 49 sq. miles of water is the Nemasket River, which is clogged with silt, sediment and invasive weeds that come from the ponds.
This causes the watershed s levels to be almost impossible to control and at best do it very slowly. For the water level to drop 1", 89.5 million gallons of water has to go down the clogged Nemasket River from the dam on the Assawompset pond. This takes approx. 9 days if the river is high.
The only way to fix this problem is to upgrade the dam on Assawompset, dredge the Nemasket River and kill the evasive weeds in the ponds, so the water can once again flow freely to the Taunton River and out to the ocean, this would also allow the Herring to migrate back to the ponds.
We are very concerned as a community about our watershed, (New Bedford uses approx. 11-12 million gallons of water a day and Taunton uses approx. 7 million a day) especially the impact of a project of this size using a ¼ million gallons a day. I would suggest if the Casino/Developers want to form a partnership with the south coast communities, they would agree to funding the dam upgrade, dredging of the Nemasket and eliminating the invasive weeds in the ponds. Then maybe the impact of a casino on our watershed would be greatly reduced or even eliminated.
Thank You
Since the horrific flooding in 2010 and the millions of dollars lost on damaged homes, damaged lands, damaged infrastructure and the many, many medical issues dealt to families throughout all the communities, State Representative Steve Canessa and now State Representative Keiko Orrall have assisted the cities of New Bedford and Taunton and the towns of Lakeville, Freetown, Middleboro and Rochester by having many public meetings over the last two years. And as a result, committees were established using many resources such as Dr. Neil Fennessey from U MASS, The Mass Dept. of Environmental Protection, The Mass Dept. of Fish and Game and knowledgeable representatives from every town to help in dealing with this fragile watershed.
Everyone agrees the major problem with this complex is the only discharge of the 49 sq. miles of water is the Nemasket River, which is clogged with silt, sediment and invasive weeds that come from the ponds.
This causes the watershed s levels to be almost impossible to control and at best do it very slowly. For the water level to drop 1", 89.5 million gallons of water has to go down the clogged Nemasket River from the dam on the Assawompset pond. This takes approx. 9 days if the river is high.
The only way to fix this problem is to upgrade the dam on Assawompset, dredge the Nemasket River and kill the evasive weeds in the ponds, so the water can once again flow freely to the Taunton River and out to the ocean, this would also allow the Herring to migrate back to the ponds.
We are very concerned as a community about our watershed, (New Bedford uses approx. 11-12 million gallons of water a day and Taunton uses approx. 7 million a day) especially the impact of a project of this size using a ¼ million gallons a day. I would suggest if the Casino/Developers want to form a partnership with the south coast communities, they would agree to funding the dam upgrade, dredging of the Nemasket and eliminating the invasive weeds in the ponds. Then maybe the impact of a casino on our watershed would be greatly reduced or even eliminated.
Thank You
Rising Water Level at Long Pond June 16, 2013
read article from Standard Times
read article from Standard Times