After 8 months of diligent work, this morning we hosted our Spring Homeowner's meeting in our totally renovated Community House. The building project addressed major necessary maintenance issues in the sixty-odd year-old building such as a leaky roof, inadequate insulation and ventilation, plumbing and electrical, as well as improvements like ADA accessible bathrooms and improved storage. We are delighted with the resulting clean, bright, airy, modern space that we hope will serve the community for decades to come and help create lots of great Popponesset memories to treasure. The project was funded by member donations and operating funds and was led by a team of diligent volunteers who contributed not only money, but guidance, research, creative interior design, and hours of hands-on labor.

The past  two years our calendar of events was interrupted by the necessary precautions for Covid-19 so we are especially excited to announce the return of this year's Basketball Tournament June 30th & July 1st (Boys Thursday at 10:45  & Girls at Friday 10:45), as well as  the Fourth of July celebration which will begin with the parade at 9 AM and Field Day following right after. Everyone is encouraged to join the parade with hats, horns, banners, flags, fancy cars, pets, bikes, balloons, and whatever ways you will express yourself!

The Community House opens June 27th for the start of our regular summer schedule of sports,  activities and events. Come down and check it out - we think you will be delighted!

Dick Roche was the  lucky winner of a delicious Gourmet Dinner for eight that was hosted by Angela Carey and Chef Greg Carey. The dinner was one of the prizes donated by community members to the August 18th raffle at the Community House - proceeds to support the revitalization of Dean Pond.

Other prizes included:
2 Red Sox tickets won by Peggy Delaney
2 Patriots Tickets won by Elizabeth Calder
Hand made Adirondack basket won by Eileen Ferrell

A very generous anonymous benefactor has offered us a unique opportunity to double the effect of our donations toward Dean Pond by promising to match all monies, up to $5000, donated between now and Labor Day.

This year the Popponesset Beach Association allocated $28,000 of the 2021/22 budget for hydro-raking of invasive vegetation and for an in-depth scientific survey to clarify our long-term needs to maintain the pond as a viable healthy ecosystem. Currently we have an additional expense of $12,000 needed for removal in the Fall of the hydro-raked vegetation to an approved dumping site. Our immediate fundraising goal is $25,000 but we aspire to raise as much as we can beyond these immediate costs towards water quality improvements and general pond maintenance which is estimated at $8500 to $10,000 per year.

The PBA and the Pond Committee are very aware that the association has extensive needs and requests for funding for our many projects and activities, so we invite the community to help supplement some of the ongoing pond expenses to reduce, but not eliminate, the need for PBA financial support. In line with that, Friends of Dean Pond has become a tax deductible 501c3 organization, which means your contributions may be tax deductible.

Dean Pond is a treasured resource and feature of Popponesset. The PBA thanks all the members of the pond committee -  Melissa Allen, Mary Ann Brennan-Newcomb, Greg Carey, John Cloherty, Elizabeth  Calder, Heidi Dalaklis, Michael Madnick, Joan Quilty, and Ann Zmudsky – who have contributed outstanding work, support and financial commitment to ensuring the future health of the pond for all of us.

All Popponesset homeowners have or will receive a solicitation letter in the next few days and we invite everyone to contribute by Labor Day and take advantage of the generous pledge to match our donated funds. Please contact Mary Ann Brennan Newcomb with questions: 617-529-4376.

The course will start and end near the Community House and there will be mile markers on the roads starting on Holly Road. [LINK TO ROUTE MAP]

For complete information and to sign up for the race, follow the link below: