Mass­a­chu­setts Envi­ron­men­tal Police are offer­ing an alter­na­tive to their in-per­son boat­ing safe­ty class­es which is a hybrid mod­el with an online edu­ca­tion­al com­po­nent fol­lowed by an in-per­son exam. Find out more or reg­is­ter here.

Saturday’s weath­er is look­ing a lit­tle iffy for our Lake Clean-up. But with the water so low we should take advan­tage of being able to access the shoreline!! 

If it’s more con­ve­nient and/or you feel more com­fort­able, please feel free to clean up in your area pri­or to Sat­ur­day and then drop off the trash you col­lect­ed at Sandy Beach between 9 and 12 on Saturday.

Last evening, the Hop­kin­ton Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion vot­ed to grant exemp­tions this year to cer­tain aspects of the Order of Con­di­tions for the extend­ed draw­down of Lake Maspenock.  This action will allow the Hop­kin­ton Depart­ment of Pub­lic Works to con­duct the deep draw­down this win­ter in an attempt to con­trol the exces­sive aquat­ic veg­e­ta­tion in the lake.

This is very good news and the LMPA would like to thank the DPW and Con­Com for work­ing togeth­er in order to achieve this out­come. Now we must hope for a good, deep freeze while the water is low in order to impact the weed beds.

Please be aware that this extend­ed draw­down may low­er the lake as much as 8′ this win­ter.

Best Regards,
The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board of the LMPA

The DPW has informed us that the win­ter draw­down will com­mence Octo­ber 1. Please plan accord­ing­ly.

Thank you,
The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board

Please be aware that the Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion approved the Kayak Bassin’ Club’s per­mit to hold a tour­na­ment on Lake Maspenock from 6 AM to 2 PM this Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 19. They will be allowed to park cars and trail­ers (pos­si­bly more than 4) in the Sandy Beach Park­ing lot but will not use the beach. 

Thank you,
The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board

The  Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion has orga­nized an Ad Hoc Com­mit­tee to review cur­rent reg­u­la­tions and use of Sandy Beach, the boat ramp and the park­ing lot. The Com­mit­tee includes mem­bers of the LMPA and the Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion.  The pur­pose of the Com­mit­tee is to make rec­om­men­da­tions for poten­tial improve­ments to the Sandy Beach area for con­sid­er­a­tion from the Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion.  The Com­mis­sion would then vote to approve changes to take effect in 2021.  Upcom­ing open meet­ings are post­ed on the Hop­kin­ton Town web­site under meet­ings and agendas. 

The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board is aware of a poten­tial hous­ing devel­op­ment planned for 14.75 acres at the end of Knoll and Duffield Road in Hop­kin­ton. Infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by the devel­op­er (Wall Street Devel­op­ment Corp.) sug­gests that approx­i­mate­ly 10 hous­es would be built. The devel­op­er has sub­mit­ted noti­fi­ca­tion to the abut­ters of the pro­posed devel­op­ment that a delin­eation of the wet­lands will be con­duct­ed on the prop­er­ty and sub­mit­ted to the Hop­kin­ton Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion. In addi­tion, the devel­op­er will have to get approvals from the Hop­kin­ton Plan­ning Board pri­or to mov­ing for­ward with the con­struc­tion. This is like­ly to take sev­er­al months. At this time, it is unclear if the devel­op­ment will have any impact to Lake Maspenock. The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board will con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor the devel­op­ment as it pro­ceeds through the appli­ca­tion and approval process. We will keep the mem­ber­ship informed as the sit­u­a­tion develops.

Thank you,
The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board