Laughs for the Lake

Come support the Marion Lake Project and join us for a night of comedy at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 224 4th Ave in Brooklyn NY on Thursday November 12th at 8pm (doors open at 7:30). Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online. For tickets and directions go to www.brooklynlyceum.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

Marion Lake Restoration Raffle

Noted North Fork artist Tony Scarmato has donated a beautiful set of watercolor prints to be raffled off September 20th, 3PM, at "The Maritime Festival '09". Tickets sell for $10 each or 3 for $25. All prints are signed, numbered and ready for framing. A maximum of 50 tickets per print will be sold, raising your chances to win. If you're interested in purchasing tickets please email Lori Luscher at loriluscher@optonline.net or call 631.243.1758. All donations go toward the Marion Lake Restoration Project. VIEW THE ARTWORK HERE >

ACTION ITEM!

An informative meeting, regarding the Marion Lake Project, will be held at the East Marion Fire House this Saturday 5/23 at 10:00 am. Biologists will be on hand to discuss how we can maintain what we've already accomplished and to discuss re-cutting plans and more.  Please come, it's sure to be enlightening and educational.

Phragmites Dirty Secrets

Last weekend we made a trip out to East Marion to do a pre-spring checkup on our cottage and to survey the land that had been reclaimed from the Phragmites.

We were stunned to see hundreds of bottles and trash strewn across the shoreline that once had been hidden by 8 feet tall reeds.

After more than an hour we had collected as many bottles as our Mini Cooper could hold and headed to the dump. I'm sure there are dozens more hiding out there, but that will have to wait for another weekend.

Sound the Alarm

The East Marion Fire Dept is holding their Annual Breakfast fund raiser on Sunday, April 5th at the firehouse from 8 am until 1 pm. Every year a 50-50 raffle is held and this year all proceeds will be donated to the Marion Lake Restoration Committee, along with an additional $200 donation, approved at the last planning meeting. We have Joe Vandernoth to thank for the effort. Thanks Joe! A complete breakfast will be served up and we're hoping for a big turnout. Last year more than several hundred people attended.

Contact Walter Gaipa if you would like to purchase breakfast or 50/50 tickets.
$10 for adults and $6 for children. Takeouts are available.

Letter Writing Campaign

We got some disturbing news this past week. After getting approval for a $60,000 grant to enable us to continue with the wonderful work on the lake we were told that the state had put a freeze on the money. The DEC informed us that they were not clear for how long the freeze would be in effect and suggested a letter writing campaign to our politicians. We need the government to know how important this money is to us for the continued progress on restoring our lake. You can download a list of politicians to write to as well as a sample letter here. Please start sending letters as soon as possible so we hopefully can get someone's attention.

Congratulations Lori Luscher

Lori Luscher has been named Suffolk Times Person of the Year, recognition well deserved! Thanks to Lori and everyone on the Lake Marion Restoration Committee for all of their hard work and dedication in bringing life back to Lake Marion.

Marion Lake Unveiled: The Work

Marion Lake Unveiled: The Community