MLID Meeting Noice

From Ken Belfer:

Our next meeting of the Mohegan Lake Improvement District is this Thursday February 28th at 7:30 P.M. in the kitchen of the Mohegan Colony Schoolhouse, 99 Baron de Hirsch Road in Crompond.  Hope to see you there!   Ken

Even?

My cursive skills are extremely limited as I stopped writing in that style when I learned to letter (architecturally speaking) in 1993.  I tried to employ GPS to spell my name on Mohegan Lake tonight, but failed (tilt your head 90 degrees counter clockwise).  For the record, I think I burned a calorie or two.

Inspiring Ice Conditions

 The last couple days after that rain and deep freeze have created a veritable sheet of glass on Mohegan Lake.  I've been sneaking out of work early (though working remotely), just to catch a quick skate in the evening.  Even got to do some moonlight skating tonight.  Expecting the precipitation event set to occur this weekend mild enough to get a few miles in this weekend. 

Hope to see you out on the 105 acre ice rink that helps define our community.

2/21/12: the huge trees you see here are on the undevelopable land the developer "traded" to Yorktown to develop the parcel that extends to Route 6.  I was surprised to learn how recently much of this area was still woodland.  In summary, we have some really big trees around here. 

 

Left to right: the Ansonia Lodge, condos, daycare center. Foreground: the most amazing ice Mohegan Lake has seen since December 2010.

Video below of a little moonlight skating this evening; it's too dark to appreciate how fast the ice is. Trust me though.

Shrub Oak Athletic Club Soccer

SOAC for short.  Just got back from a meeting of the subject club and am excited to report that there are currently 528 kids in the program with 33 on a waiting list. 

What?!? 

The program has grown exponentially over the past few years.  Happy to report that we have a solid line up of volunteers to run it and we are working hard to expand and ameliorate SOAC soccer.

If you are interested getting your child into the SOAC program or have questions, feel free to email me at YorktownCode@gmail.com

Police Blotter

This story is chock full o' nuts juicy quotes.  From the Cortlandt section of Mohegan Lake (Seven Oaks), we have an exciting love triangle turned stabby. 

“Evidently, Al punctured Larry’s liver,” she said. “I don’t understand how that could happen because Larry is huge. He’s like 600 pounds.”

“Larry has a lot of nerve pressing charges,” she said. “The only reason Al had the knife and gun was because of Larry’s dog. And Larry picked up the speaker and hit Al. Al hit him back with the pellet gun.”

Two Reader Photos

Don't forget, we want you to email us your Mohegan Lake related photos.  Thanks to Abby and Dawn for these two gems.  We have a beautiful early morning snowy lake and an elusive owl.  We are truly blessed with some amazing nature up here.
 

A Little Zamboni Action And Then...Boom!

At least that's what I'm hoping for.  There's still 4 inches of ice under 3 inches of slush.  After this quick freeze is gonna give us another 6-7 inches of ice just in time for the Monday holiday.  The ice gods have been good to us this year (as opposed to last).  Get your blades sharpened and your wax worms ready.

Boom.

Scary Incident On The Taconic

This touches on an important topic about age and driving privileges.  We have limited my grandmother, recently.  Courtesy of the Daily Voice:

Mohegan Lake Man, 87, Drives Wrong Way On The Taconic

 

Birds Of Mohegan Lake

This photo comes courtesy of Abby Luby on the south side of Mohegan Lake.  Nice shot of one of our great blue heron.  Impressive bird, for sure.  Impressively shy too which makes this shot all the more...impressive!

Come on, I know you have a couple photos you want to share of a bird or two you've seen around the lake.  I know I do (and will share, soon enough).

Pileated Woodpecker

I saw this fellow in my yard this morning. He or she makes quite a sound when striking the tree. The sound gets better toward the end of the video I took, below.  I was surprised by how large this bird is. Now it has me worried that may be a sign that tree is dead or ailing (hopefully that's a nesting hole and not a feeding hole--they feed on termites in dead wood). We sure are blessed here in Mohegan Lake with an abundance of birds like pileated woodpeckers and large blue heron.  A great resource to identify and learn more about birds is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  They even have recorded  sounds of different calls the birds make.

If you have any good  pictures of birds you've seen around the lake, please push them to me and I'll put them up here. YorktownCode@gmail.com

Pileated Woodpecker: Image courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Funny Headline News

It's too bad the Yorktown Examiner has no comment system to speak of.  This is the funniest headline I've seen in a while  Peekskill is so much more laid back than Yorktown.  I kind of like it.

Yorktown Declares a Snow Emergency; Peekskill Urges Caution

History of Mohegan Lake

Local attorney and former Mohegan Lake resident David Wright's history of the Mohegan Lake area is worth a peek, if you haven't read it.  Next time you are driving up Red Mill Road or  up "Five Mile Turnpike" (AKA Route 6) to Mohegan Lake, you'll have a little more history on your route.

Excerpt:

The 1800s saw urbanization proceeding apace in the Mohegan – Crompond area. The trains now brought people to the Peekskill station and the Yorktown Heights station (built in 1881). In 1816, "Five Mile Turnpike" was built along what is now Route 6 from Peekskill to Shrub Oak. Prior to 1816, Red Mill Road was the primary route from Peekskill to Mohegan. In 1816, an entrepreneur built the turnpike, and a toll house on East Main Street in Peekskill to save hours off the journey. The turnpike operated for 50 years until 1869, when the route was purchased as a public road.