Date: Thursday, August 10th, 2023 // 6:30pm – 9:30pm This will be our biggest event of the year and we hope that all members can attend! Since this is our 20th anniversary, we will be having the evening fully catered at Sunny Meadow Farm in Bridgewater with a cocktail hour, passed Hors D’oeuvres and a …

Date: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 // 11:30am – 2:30pm Location: Lake Lillinonah Town Park, 194 Hanover Road, Newtown, CT Friends of the Lake cordially invites you to our annual community Barbeque, which will be held at Newtown’s Lake Lillinonah Town Park (194 Hanover Rd). We hope that you can join us for a great opportunity to reconnect with …

Date: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 Location: Bridgewater Boat Launch, Route 133, Bridgewater, CT Gather at 8AM at the Bridgewater Boat Ramp! Volunteers will be shuttled by pontoon boats, circling Lake Lillinonah’s shorelines to collect man-made trash and debris. Coffee, water, donuts, gloves, and garbage bags will be provided to all volunteers. Don’t forget sunscreen, hats, and waterproof shoes! …

Date: Week of September 15th Summary: We plan to retain the services of Connwood Foresters again this year to measure and compile the annual debris survey. We will need several volunteers to help the effort. It’s this consistent documentation that allows us to have a history of surveys that shows the amount of debris in …

Date: Thursday August 11th 2022 Location: Camp Silverman Summary: Back for its 19th year, this is the event of the season that all members look forward to! The executive committee and surrounding partners prepare informative updates for the membership to highlight the progress and continued efforts of this and other organizations to help the lake.

Date: Saturday July 30th 2022 at 4pm Location: Scatacook Shores, Southbury CT Summary: Join us for our first ever members summer BBQ! This will replace the Dine-Around this year in an attempt to get everyone together in one location to socialize with the members!

Please join us for Save the Lake Day on Saturday, June 4, from 8:30AM until 12:30PM at the State Boat Launch on route 133 in Bridgewater, CT. This year we will return to the normal collection of man-made debris that has built up along the shoreline of Lake Lillinonah. Volunteers will meet at the route …

Beginning on October 27, 2021 FirstLight will conduct a drawdown of Lake Lillinonah at the Shepaug Dam to conduct its maintenance and inspection activities. The normal summer operating range of the station is from 200’-195.5’ and the drawdown will target an elevation of 191’. The drawdown will lower lake levels to minimum pond levels and …

Friends of the Lake, Earlier this year, Firstlight Power distributed a letter via US mail to inform that if you currently have shoreline and/or land uses along the shores of Lake Lillinonah, it requires approval. It included instructions necessary to register your existing uses and obtain a Certificate of Permission from FirstLight, which either owns …

Dear Friends of the Lake: With heavy hearts and tears in our eyes we inform you of the passing of Jeff Tinley. A great friend, Friends of the Lake board member and tremendous human being, “JT” was a man of exceptional character and intellect. Though soft-spoken, he had the ability to light up a room …