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IT USED TO BE THAT WINTER MEANT GLIDING ON FROZEN PONDS, BUT RECENT WARMING AND COMMERCIAL RINKS HAVE CHANGED THE TRADITION SKATING ON THIN ICE
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Ice skating on lakes and ponds during winter vacation has been a
Massachusetts tradition, romanticized by Currier and Ives, celebrated
on holiday cards, and passed down through fireside tales.
Thirty years ago, during the era of hockey great Bobby Orr, who
helped spur a local hockey renaissance, smooth and solid ice on
Wayland's Dudley Pond would attract hundreds of skaters and hockey
players. Entire families, without cost, would be playing together,
enjoying a cold winter day, breath...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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MILL POND IS SAFE; DUDLEY IS NOT
The Boston Globe
; As a resident of Dudley pond in Wayland, I appreciated Richard Higgins' coverage of the pond's water level problems caused by the MWRA tunnel project [West Weekly, Jan. 2]. However, the photograph shown with the article of two people skating on Dudley Pond was inappropriate. Given that the water
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IT USED TO BE THAT WINTER MEANT GLIDING ON FROZEN PONDS, BUT RECENT WARMING AND COMMERCIAL RINKS HAVE CHANGED THE TRADITION SKATING ON THIN ICE
The Boston Globe
; ... If the ice is not black, he said, there should be additional inches of ice. Kilcoyne urges people to be very careful, citing news articles of children who have drowned. But Woodcock said he believes that because of liability, Wayland officials often wait ...
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DUDLEY POND LOSES WATER AS MWRA TUNNELS BENEATH IT NEIGHBORS WANT PROBLEM FIXED
The Boston Globe
; WAYLAND - Dudley Pond, a scenic 88-acre spot tucked between routes 126 and 27, has receded noticeably, disclosing the undersides of gangly docks and adding land to the yards that rim it. To anyone ever bedeviled by beach erosion, that might sound like a good deal. But for residents of the 100 or so
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Mill Pond Press acquires NextMonet.(news)(art publishers Mill Pond Press L.L.C. and NextMonet L.L.C.)
Art Business News
; VENICE, Fla. -- Mill Pond Holdings LLC, the parent company of The Mill Pond Press Companies Inc., has acquired NextMonet LLC, as a wholly owned subsidiary. NextMonet, headquartered in San Francisco, is a fine art publisher offering original, limited-edition, photography and mixed-media artwork.
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POND WEEDS CREATE CONFLICT OPINIONS DIFFER OVER TREATMENT
The Boston Globe
; WAYLAND - Near the shoreline and just beneath the surface in several coves at Dudley Pond lurks an aggressive nonnative weed that for about 10 years has been troubling residents who use the pond. Eurasian water milfoil makes swimming, boating, and fishing difficult. It has also divided residents
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Mill Pond Press raises funds for MS. (news).(will donate potion of sales to Multiple Sclerosis Society)(Brief Article)
Art Business News
; VENICE, Fla. -- Mill Pond Press has announced that it is donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of a new-limited edition print by Greg Olsen entitled Prince of Peace to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Linda Schaner, Mill Pond President, stated, MS has touched the lives of everyone
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Mill Pond to hold regional dealer seminars in 2003. (news).
Art Business News
; VENICE, Fla. -- Rolland Ford, Mill Pond's vice president of sales and marketing, has announced additional dates for the company's series of one-day regional seminars. Topics to be covered will include how to increase sales and profits, improve customer relations and hold profitable events.
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RACES WILL BENEFIT DUDLEY POND GROUP
The Boston Globe
; The Dudley Pond Association of Wayland will hold its seventh annual Dudley Pond Run on Sept. 21 - rain or shine. It will include a 5K run and walk at 1 p.m. and a children's race at 12:30 p.m. The course will begin at Mansion Beach and will loop around the pond. The starting line is at Mansion Road
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DON'T USE DUDLEY POND FOR SKATING
The Boston Globe
; Thank you for writing the interesting article on ice skating on Dudley and other local ponds. Dudley Pond has lost 3 to 4 feet of water due to the MWRA mining the new aqueduct underneath. Obviously this has created an unsafe condition for ice skating as the water continues to drain out. Various
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POND DISPUTE SPILLS INTO LEGAL QUAGMIRE
The Boston Globe
; LYNNFIELD - Choked with weeds and fast-growing vegetation, Mill Pond behind the homes off Summer Street is no longer a scenic refuge for wildlife. Now the private, 1.3-acre pond, which looks more like a swamp, lies at the center of a legal quagmire that has the Town of Lynnfield facing contempt
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