Pond Picnic 2023In August, we held our annual picnic at the home of Pat and David Lavoie. It was a beautiful day, with delicious food thanks to all the wonderful cooks. Nick Lariviere and Rick Lavoie were our grill masters this year and the dogs and burgers were, of course,…
John Benjamin Lunt of North Kennebunkport had already bought the sawmill, grist mill, and flowage at Goodwins Mills. Leonard Walker sold the mill privilege to Lunt in 1918 along with Lunt’s business partner George Whitcomb, Jr. of West Swanzey, New Hampshire. They also bought the whole road to Barkers Pond…
“Forty Years Later…” …John Wadlin is living in Northport, ME and he sold all his land in Lyman to Simeon Chadbourne of Alfred. This is NOT the Simeon Chadbourne on South Waterboro Road in Lyman. The land he sold is the exact lot he had purchased from George Jellison, spelled…
“The Beginning” A search of Wadlin (Wadlen, Wadley) deeds prior to 1800 shows only one parcel of land purchased in Coxhall (Lyman). All the spellings were interchangeable in those early deeds! John Wadlin (from Berwick???) purchased 40 acres in Coxhall (Lyman) from George Jellerson on March 29,1793. The following is…
Each summer around the 4th of July, everyone who wishes decorates their boats in fun, crazy, and colorful ways! In recent years, John and Linda Houy help get it organized and let everyone know what day and time to gather. We meet on Roberts Pond and any boat can start…
Steve Lord from the Lyman Historical Society has researched and compiled by Steve Lord from the Lyman Historical Society. The complete 25-page document, including the deeds and maps, will soon be available by email. All details are confirmed by cited sources. Here is a summary. The earliest reference to Wadlins…
Pat Lavoie has had the pond water test done and the results were good. Excellent for swimming. See the report here.
November 19, 2020 The ongoing work on the dam is finally complete. All the donations and fundraising has paid off, and the outcome is fantastic. This “resurfacing” of the dam should last for many years to come. However we must all remain diligent in by paying our yearly dues, so…
August 29, 2020 The work for the final phase of the dam repair has been confirmed and scheduled. The work is being done by the same people that did the dam refacing last year, Patrick Stevens and Brad Nichols. The price for these repairs is $10,000. The scope of the…
It’s that time of year again that Summer has come to an end. The boards for the dam will be removed on Sunday, September 15, 2019. The boards are being taken out early this year to allow the water level to drop so construction on the dam can begin around…