Silver Lake resident Ken Boyer has been photographing the wildlife of beautiful Silver Lake, Lewisberry PA for decades. Recently, the torrential rainfall from Hurricane Ida damaged our lake’s earthen dam, which was constructed by Quaker settlers in 1786! Consequently, the
Earthen Dam Repairs
We want to update everyone on the progress of the Emergency repairs to our Earthen Dam. The work started on October 25th, 2021. Today the work has been completed. There is still some clean up work to be done. We
October 2021 SLCA Community Update
Earthen Dam Damaged during IDA: As most of you already know the Earthen Dam suffered some damage on September 1st. Part of the toe side of the dam eroded. We had to enact the Emergency Action Plan we have in
Spring 2020 Silver Lake Earthen Dam Maintenance
Many SLCA members met to perform maintenance on our earthen dam embankment as directed in our 2019 annual dam inspection report. Practicing social distancing, on March 21 we met to fill in animal burrows, remove a stump of a tree
2019 Silver Lake Dam Inspection Completed
The Silver Lake Community Association is required to engage a professional engineer to perform annual inspection of the condition of our dams and waterways. On December 9, 2019 our engineers completed the annual inspection report and the SLCA has submitted
July 2019 Silver Lake Water Analysis
Residents were concerned in 2019 about whether our water quality was safe for swimmer and other water sports. The SLCA is happy to report YES our lake’s water is safe for recreation.
2019 SLCA Annual Meeting Follow up
The annual meeting was a big success! Thank you to all who came. We discussed the following. Where we stand with DEP and the Earthen Dam, Spillway and Bennetts Run Where we are with title searches and collections. There are
2019 SLCA Annual Meeting
The main purpose of this newsletter is the upcoming 2019 SLCA annual meeting scheduled for 1 June 2019. We have many things to discuss! If you are a member in good standing and can’t attend, a proxy form is linked
2019 New Year Update: Silver Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Earthen Dam and Spillway Update: Here is the long awaited update on the meeting between DEP and our Engineer. The meeting was held last month. Brad Ellenberger, Sean Concannon, Tom Imblum and Mark Giunta (our engineer) met with DEP. The
2018 SLCA Annual Meeting and Important Updates
The Silver Lake Community Association will be holding its Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 2 at 10am. We will hold the meeting again at the pavilion at Lewisberry Borough Park. Mark your calendars. Please remember that only members in good