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FRIENDS OF LONG POND
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Join us. We are:

Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills Inc.
 and we are a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation
exempt from federal income tax under IRS Section 501(c)(3).

​Our board of directors includes 8 homeowners who meet regularly, work with Town officials, and engage with our Long Pond neighbors.


History of Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills
 
In October 2019, two residents concerned about excess cyanobacteria and closures at Long Pond began to research causes of the problem and potential solutions.  They distributed educational flyers to homeowners, along with an invitation to a December 2nd meeting. Close to 30 residents attended that meeting to listen to a presentation of their findings and discuss possible action.  The outcome was the formation of a 9-member task force charged with addressing such action.  The first task force meeting took place on 12/14/19.
 
Fifty eight residents signed a letter to the Barnstable Town Councilors expressing our concerns and asking them to partner with us to improve our pond’s water quality.  We followed up on this letter with comments at the January 9th Town Council meeting.  In those comments, we asked the Town to correct four storm drains that were piping storm water runoff directly into Long Pond.  (The Town subsequently followed up by evaluating our storm drains and approving a $300,000 Capital Improvement request to replace them.)
 
The task force continued to meet once or twice a month to discuss and prioritize potential action, including further education of our neighbors to reduce inputs into the pond, storm water fixes, possible in-pond treatments, and enhanced pond testing.  We also decided to become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in order to be able to fund raise.
 
Articles of Organization and bylaws for “Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills” were filed in February, 2020.  We were recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on 3/24/20.

Board members continued to monitor, track and share APCC and Town pond test results throughout the summer weeks, and our concern grew over the repeated pond closures, warnings, and pet advisories.  In late July 2020, we submitted a letter, signed by 86 Long Pond neighbors, asking the town to prioritize our pond for a pond study and management plan.  The Town agreed, and consultants began a comprehensive pond study in the spring of 2021. A management plan will be developed during 2022 and implemented for the summer of 2023. 
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2021 - 22 Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills Board Members:

   Amy Mesirow, President                     Joanna Chodes
   Chris Young, Vice President               Brett Goldberg
   Steve Shuman, Treasurer                   Harry Rigollet

   David Abelman, Secretary                  Terrie Rigollet
                                                                     

Mailing address:
Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills
Post Office Box 514 
Marstons Mills, MA 02648-0514


Friends of Long Pond Marstons Mills
for fiscal year 7/21-6/22:

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Abelman, David & Marilyn
Amara, Blair & Sam
​Anderson, Deena & Jeremy

Barnaby, Susan
​Brennan, Katy

Chodes, Joanna
​Dennis, Christine

Doctoroff, Hermine
Duffy, Joseph & Colleen 
Finn, John & Marilyn
Fowles, Heather
Galkowski, Lawrence & Rooney, Laurel
Gilbert, Karin & Koff, Amy
​Goldberg, Judy & Brett




Groemmer, Joyce & Peter
​Heywood, Laurie

​Jorgensen, Rick & Liz 
Kreth, Georgia & Steve
Lawson, Ellen & Rick
Leamy, Jim
Limeburner, Sue
​Lippard, Deborah

Manning, George
Mesirow, Amy & Robert
Moore, Rick
Mosher, Mariann & Eugene
​Otto, Fred and Joan
Owens, Peter & Mary
​Papalia, Debbie
​Partridge, Kelly


​Perrin, Henry Jr.
​Plattes, Peter

​Rigollet, Terrie & Harry
Rubini, Tabatha

Shuman, Steve & Kathleen
Stetson, Anne
Storms, Scott & Dale
​Trapp, Robert

​Vecchione, Leslie
​Wilson, Mary & Thomas
Young, Christopher
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​Thank you for your generous donations
Listen to this beautiful song inspired by our pond in winter.  It was written, choreographed and sung by our board member Chris Young: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHl-O6qtFaI&ab_channel=StoneFlowers
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  • About Cyanobacteria