by Rich Collins | Jun 7, 2018 | AWWA in the Schools
For the past several years, thanks to the 8th grade teacher Gavin Kearns, the Paul School 8th grade has been participating the SeaPerch program. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard provides funding and volunteers to help the students build these Remotely Operative Vehicles...
by Rich Collins | Sep 29, 2016 | Road Work
Congratulations to our friends on South Cove and Cozy Cove for fixing their roads! A group of neighbors on Great East Lake came together to not only fund this project, but completed the labor themselves. This is a wonderful example of a community working together to...
by Rich Collins | Nov 25, 2014 | AWWA in the Community, AWWA News, Road Work
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has awarded a Nonpoint Source Pollution Control project grant to the Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance for 2015-2016. The “Great East Lake and Wilson Lake Watershed Implementation (Phase 2 Maine)” project will...
by Rich Collins | Apr 15, 2013 | Road Work
Between last summer and fall, the Wakefield DPW, Langley Shores Association, Hawk Road Association, Eagle Road Association, and Abbott Road Association installed numerous fixes on their roads to improve the flow of runoff and keep it away from the lakes. Since the...
by Rich Collins | Mar 18, 2013 | Interesting Facts and Stories
AWWA received this email from Judy Stearns on March 14th after we blogged about ice out. She was inspired by the idea and couldn’t help but think about being at the lake during this time of year. She wrote us a wonderful email detailing the ice out period on...
