Sluice Pond Association will make announcements here. We provide this interactive calendar for you to track SPA events throughout the year. At the 2008 spring clean up in we were joined by Community service crews who hauled lots of trash from city owned pond property near Briarcliff Lodge and across the cove on the fishing trails. Our thanks to them and to all of the Sluice Pond volunteers for a great effort.

JUNE 28TH- From 10-2pm the Wyoma Square Annual sidewalk sale and festival will take place with live clowns and other activities. Most merchants will discount 10 percent and there will be merchandise raffles. Come and enjoy the local fun.

JULY 4TH- flares will be available at TruValue Hardware in Wyoma Square. Waterfront members should plan to light their flares along the pond edge at 9pm on July 4th. please dispose of the used flares in your trash, not in the pond. Contact Ippi or Paul Stonkus for more information or to order your flares in advance.

Also on INDEPENDENCE DAY we will celebrate with the annual boat parade that anyone can enter. Dress up your craft to celebrate. The parade will meet at the boat ramp at BRIARCLIFF LODGE at 11.45 for a trip around the pond at noon. The 4 Winds Grille is sponsoring a youth paddle boat race at 1pm with hotdogs and hamburgers provided. The race will take place from the 4 Winds/Lynn Sluicegate area on Broadway and racers will circle the bouys and return to their families at the 4 Winds registration area. All youth and their parents are welcome.

Information about the scheduled fishing tournaments for Sluice Pond can be obtained at Ippi's Bait and Tackle. Tournaments are scheduled every two weeks and prizes of up to $300 can be caught for those preregistered. Lynn Fish and Game stocks sluice Pond with bass, trout, salmon and runs tournaments for adults, juniors and children.

Weed Treatment Donations
Can be made here by organizations or individuals who want to donate to keeping Lynn ponds clean. SPA members can see Paul Stonkus at Century 21-Hughes in Wyoma Square or Laura Ippoliti at Ippi's Bait and Tackle at 5 Parkland Ave in Wyoma Square. Letters and proceeds can also be mailed to Sheila Mallette, 21 Savory Street, Lynn, MA 01904.

Initial native broadleaf weed treatment was conducted on July 28, 2006 and again in early June, 2007 with assistance from the City of Lynn and Lynn Water and Sewer Commission as well as generous member contributions. Treatment for invasive weeds took place in Spring and a 2nd follow-up treatment in the coves in Summer, 2007 thanks to our state legislator Mark Falzone . Art Fennell secured treatment funds for Flax Pond. Community Development of Lynn conducted a bid process for vendors to treat the weeds in 2007 with these funds using Aquatic Control Technologies.The SPA is raising funds for a weed treatment maintenance program rather than letting the treatment lapse again.The state is contributing again in 2008. We will post notices for when in JUNE, 2008 this will be happening again.