There’s been a white domestic goose hanging out on Clary Lake with some Canada Geese this fall. For a domestic goose it was quite shy, it wouldn’t face me at all but started swimming away from me as soon as it saw me whereas the Canada Geese were totally unconcerned. This picture (and one other in the Fall 2017 gallery) was taken a couple of weeks ago, but David Knight told me earlier today that he saw it earlier today down at his end of the lake, again, hanging out with a flock of Canada Geese. In any case, I doubt it can fly so when the lake finally freezes over, it will either get frozen in the ice or make it to shore where it becomes easy prey for a fox or raccoon. I know the folks that bought the old MacDonald place have some geese, it may be one of theirs. I’ve emailed them to see if they’re missing a goose…
Speaking of pictures, I’ve been rather uncharacteristically busy this fall and have a pile of pictures to process and post including some of damage from last month’s wind storm. I’ll get around to it when winter settles in and I have more time. If you have any pictures of downed trees and property damage from that storm, send them to me and eventually I’ll find the time to post them.
From the For What It’s Worth department: Medius L3C, the low-profit, limited liability company named after your 
Paul A. Kelley Jr., principal of the now-defunct Pleasant Pond Mill LLC and presumed owner of the Clary Lake dam has filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. This bankruptcy filing is not to be confused with the 
The briefing schedule for upcoming filings in the Clary Lake Water Level Order Appeal that was included in the August 15th Court Order (see “
Last Tuesday September 5th CLA Board member Jane Chase and I and my wife Margaret attended the Lincoln County Commissioners meeting in Wiscasset to update them on the current status of the Clary Lake water level crisis. The meeting which lasted about 30 minutes came about as the result of a chance meeting between CLA President Malcolm Burson and County Administrator Carrie Kipfer at a 
The 
Most of you have heard that Susan Sharon of Maine Public Radio is doing a story on Clary Lake, I 
I want to thank EVERYONE who signed our petition to DEP and to let everyone know that the Petition which the Board introduced at the Clary Lake Association Annual meeting on August 12th, along with over 350 signatures collected both at the meeting and over the course of the week following the meeting, was hand-delivered to the office of the Commissioner of the DEP yesterday, Monday August 21st, as planned. Looking over the signature sheets I believe ALL Clary Lake Association members managed to sign the petition even if they weren’t at the meeting; quite a few people who are currently out of state printed out the signature sheet, signed it, and mailed or emailed it back to me. A lot of people collected signatures for us, but I’d particularly like to thank Debbie Duncan, Ellis Percy, Malcolm Burson, and Jack and Ann Holland for their efforts to collect signatures. It seems like more often than not, when I asked someone to sign they’d say “Already signed it!” 🙂
Paul Kelley attended the regularly scheduled open (public) meeting of the Whitefield Selectboard on the evening of January 17th to discuss with them issues he has with some Town records, in particular certain Planning Board Meeting minutes. Reference may be had to the following letter which he presented to the Board in open session, which clearly explains his concerns, and what he would like to Town to do about them.