10 WAYS TO PROTECT KEOKA – A series
Source: Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) Protecting the lake literally begins at home. Every month we’ll offer property owners one...
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KEOKA LAKE ASSOCIATION
Brenda Hambleton
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Creepy Spring
by Charlie Tarbell First you notice the warmth Caressing your neck and back While you walk On the snow-packed surface Then there is that...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Mid-Winter Morning
By Charlie Tarbell Five-oh-five AM; fifteen degrees; darkness prevails We pour our first cup of coffee, cherishing the bite of the bitter...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Feb 11
- 4 min
Camp Road Winter
by Chris Brennan This is our seventh winter living on a camp road year-round on Keoka Lake. The road has sixteen houses on it and is...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Trees, Storms, and CMP Policies
In light of the severe storm that wreaked a fair amount of havoc around the lake in late December, and the ever-increasing frequency of...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Nature is Red in Tooth and Claw
(Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam A. H. H., 1850) by Charlie Tarbell At Keoka, we live in nature, surrounded by nature. This fact is...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Fall Photos: Keoka in Beautiful Color
Keoka Lake is shimmering with gorgeous color in the fall. We asked for your best shots from around the lake and throughout the village. ...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
Waterford Ghosts: Bell House – The Ghosts That Wouldn’t Leave
by Brenda Hambleton In 1968 Hans Holzer, author of more than 140 books on ghosts and other inhabitants of the “other side,” fled the...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Mid-Winter Morning
by Charlie Tarbell Five-oh-five AM; fifteen degrees; darkness prevails We pour our first cup of coffee, cherishing the bite of the bitter...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Dec 10, 2022
- 7 min
Snowbirding: Following our Winged Friends in Winter
by Sally Stockwell Just like human snowbirds, many of “our” birds head south for the winter. They breed here in Maine or pass through...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Martha Eaton Retires as Waterford Fall Foliage Race Director
Martha Eaton, Waterford Fall Foliage Race Director, has retired after 22 years of service. This past March, the Town of Waterford...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Melby's Has Closed
Wayne and Tracie Hill have just announced that Melby's will be serving their last customers on September 30. They announced the closure...
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Priscilla Treadwell
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Waterford Ghosts: Mary Moody Emerson’s Freaky Fashion Statement
by Brenda Hambleton Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt Mary Moody Emerson bought a 150-acre farm in Waterford with an inheritance from her Aunt...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
Sunrise Morning at Keoka
Photo by Darylann Leonard and Story by Sally Stockwell I stir with first light, stretch my arms and legs, then open my eyes to the day. ...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
Waterford Fall Foliage Road Race Returns!
by Paula Easton, Kelley Halter, and Erin Grizone After being canceled for two years due to Covid, we are back! The 23rd Annual Waterford...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
Waterford’s Dood Trail
by Robert Spencer, Over the Dam These photos by Claire Pendergast spotlight a joyous community gathering in South Waterford, August 11,...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Summer Sailing at the 9th Bud Lazott Memorial Regatta and KLA Camp Cup
by Al Struck Keoka Lake on the morning of July 30th didn’t show a ripple as John Wait piloted Greg Peterson and Al Struck around the lake...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Jul 10, 2022
- 1 min
Bud Lazott Regatta & KLA Camp Cup Race
by Al Struck As I write, it’s Memorial Day weekend and a sailor’s thoughts turn to the water of Keoka Lake. It’s a bit refreshing right...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
City Brook Trail & Billy (Dood) Haynes Memorial
by Robert Spencer, Over the Dam On August 11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., a walking path along South Waterford’s City Brook will be dedicated to...
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Brenda Hambleton
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
LakeSmart Tips for Spring Opening
by Priscilla Treadwell This document prepared by LEA offers tips for cleaning up your property at the start of the season. It’s a brief...
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10 Ways to Protect Keoka: Tip 7
Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Mulch Bare Areas Heavily used areas frequently have compacted soils and little capacity to absorb runoff....
Missing Our Turtle Friend
By Claire Pendergast Sadly, we’ve lost one of our longtime residents. This large mature Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra Serpentina) was...
Fall Foliage Race 2023
by Paula Easton As summer winds down, we look forward to fall foliage and the 24th annual Waterford Fall Foliage 5K Road Race, Fitness...
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