7/26/10 — Posted by Dustin Kirby—
Bear Sighting

Black Bear sighting on railroad tracks on East Shore Road. Stood about 8 ft high. Josh Kirby saw it Sunday evening on his way out.

7/19/10 — Posted by Shari Barnhart & Lea Dickson —
FOR SALE - 4' X 8' Utility Trailer

Big Tex Vanguard Utility/Landscape Trailer. 50"x 8' single axle 2002 model, purchased 2003. licensed and inspected.

Road ready. $800.00
Contact Lea or Shari or call 287-4043

7/19/10 — Sent in by The Link Family —
LOST LIFE VEST

We lost an O'Neill camouflage life vest off our dock during the storm Thursday evening.
Our cabin phone number is 315-287-0757.

7/3/10 — Sent in by Kim O'Shaughnessy —
SAILBOAT - FREE!

Anyone want a sailboat? Finn 161 needs some repair. Sail is intact and looks good, boat and trailer are ready to move to a new home. Photos are available send me a note. Click here to send email.

7/3/10 — Sent in by various lakers—
Thanks!

Just wanted to say what a great show that was on the Fourth of July! Simply outstanding and much appreciated! Like many others, we enjoyed it from the boat and had a great time! Sincerely, John Cloonan

We really enjoyed seeing the wonderful fireworks this weekend. Thank you to all who put the time and effort into them. Gary and Olive Horning

7/3/10 — Sent by The Hoppers —
God Bless America and Sylvia Lake!

We hope everyone enjoyed the July 4th show Sunday night. The Hopper family would like to extend a special Thank You to Dan Lallier for all his help. We couldn't have done it without you!!

07/4/10 — Sent by Michael O'Shaughnessy—
Looking for a rowboat

I am 11 years old and I'm looking for a rowboat for my birthday and to catch big fish it can be new or old as long as it can float. Contact Michael via email: mikesadude@gmail.com

07/01/10 — Sent by Andy Leonard —
JetSkis for SALE

2003 Yamaha XLT 800 low hours - with 2007 trailer --- $4,300.00 on the lake July 4th weekend

1989 Yamaha -Older style - just add gas --- runs great. With trailer $550.00

Andy Leonard - 771-9444

6/25/10 — Posted by Shari Barnhart and Lea Dickson—
Runaway Gas Can

We found this gas can on our shore today (North Shore) ... do you recognize it? It wants to come home now... Give a call or email (use the Contact Sylvia link) and we'll put it at the end of the dock. 287-4043

6/23/10 — Sent by Shelley Hay —
Sylvia Lake Massage Therapy

Shelley Hay, NYS Licensed Massage Therapist, will be offering mobile massage at Sylvia Lake. Shelley has 13 years experience in therapeutic and relaxation massage. Hours will be by appointment and she can be reached at 315-743-4077 or found by the lake at Kamp Krowded on Mansion Grounds Road.

Shelley is also looking for anyone who might be interested in overseeing her boys while she has appts.

6/21/10 — Sent by Katie Pistolesi —
Message from Katie

I learned yesterday the Mrs. Henry Jakobe(red camp on the hill next to me) passed away last December. I will miss seeing Virginia and Henry walking down my driveway to come visiting and have tea.

6/19/10 — Sent by Kamp Krowded/Hurst/Hughes Camp—
Runaway Paddle Boat!

Runaway paddle boat--Our paddle boat floated away this week...it is yellow and quite old, actually Katie Pistolesi has a matching one!! If you see it the kids at Kamp Krowded/Hurst/Hughes Camp will be forever grateful!!If you found it or see it call Paul 315-427-4703

UPDATE: Paddle Boat recovered... it had floated all the way to Robyn's Nest on the North Shore.

6/17/10 — Sent by Mary Lacks-Smith —
Runaway Raft Spotted!

This afternoon (6/17) there was a square floating raft adrift on the lake. Complete with open cooler and fish pole. By now it's probably down by Conklin/Sleeman camps.

UPDATE- SENT BY ROB MEYER 6/29/10

Found my swim raft, BUT still something missing...

I'd like to thank the Riley camp for securing my seemingly always escaping swim raft. The post from 6/17 mentioned the raft had been spotted floating "complete with cooler and fish pole." The "fish pole" however was nowhere to be found by the time the Riley's secured it. Apparently someone else had it secured before the Riley's...

The fish pole, was actually my first fly rod. (LL Bean Fly Rod reddish brown in color, brass reel, and orange line). Judging from the fact the cooler and a couple other things were still on the raft, I don't THINK the rod could have come off on its own and someone may have just removed it so nothing happened to it. Maybe the heavy rain dislodged it?

The rod has a great deal sentimental value to me and I would make its safe return worthwhile, no questions asked. Feel free to contact me at 486-4488, meyerr24@gmail.com or stop by...

5/28/10 — Sent by Tom Rivellini —
Looking to rent a camp

We would like to rent a camp large enough for 8 people on the water for the week of August 14-21. Please email me at tomnro@yahoo.com, or call me at 818-491-9053. I grew up in Gouverneur and am looking to come back with my family this summer.

5/28/10 — Sent by Matrin (Marty) Spinelli —
Looking to purchase on Sylvia Lake

My name is Matrin Spinelli. I currently live in Auburn, NY, then moving to Hermon, NY. My wife's family has been there for years (Skeldon/Hall). My wife can remember going to Sylvia Lake as a child and loved it, so I thought it would be nice to purchase some land there. If you have any information, contact me by email: martypw56@directv.net

5/26/10 — Sent by Rob Meyer —
Missing Swim Dock!!

Missing Swim Dock!!! It actually floated away in a storm late December, I had no way to retrieve it then. I figured it would turn up this spring and it hasn't? It's not the one in the marsh down in the corner to the right of the pump house. It's probably 6x6', faded pressure treated, large reddish brown angle irons on each corner. Very heavy duty, I've looked about everywhere...
please call 486 4488 or email meyerr24@gmail.com
Thanks, Rob

5/23/10 — Sent by Mary Lacks-Smith —
Thank You, Ferg!

Ferg rescued us one evening when our boat quit...it was very quiet on the lake and along comes Fergi. Whew! He towed us home and we are very grateful. All is well and we have been boating since. But we do appreciate his help.

5/6/10 — Posted by Jeanette Perry —
BOCES House for Sale

The Southwest Tech Building Trades students have the house up for sale. It is similar to Katie Pistolesi's. Nice light avacado green color. Price is for materials and you pay to move it onto your site. If you have any questions contact Alan Betrus at 287-3590. It's behind the Tech Center if you are interested!

5/4/10 — Sent by Jack Klock —
Thank You!

I would like to thank Fergie, Dan Gardener, Gerald Hewitt, Andy--Sylvia Lake neighbors who came to my rescue when they noticed my boat listing in the water. With great effort we managed to keep the boat from sinking. Just shows how tight the Sylvia Lake Community is.

...to tackle medium size job at my camp - Old Beach Area.

Call Mike 315-796-2743

Sylvia Lake Housecleaning

Need someone to open your camp? Need a hand with cleaning? Linda Scott is expanding her services to include all of Sylvia Lake.

Call - 287-0440 or e-mail at gpscott4@verizon.net.

Missing family pet!

Kelley and Joe Lacks are missing their fat loveable cat. He is yellow/orange in color. He was wearing a flea/tic collar. His name is McLovin. He was last seen on Thursday morning 3/18 at 3 am on West Shore Road. If you see him please call us at 287-7911. He will come to you if you call to him.

UPDATE: 3/24 - Our cat was found. Unfortunately the out come was not good. Jim Moses found him in the water in front of his camp. This is a good lesson to learn. Not only dogs can fall thru the ice. Thank you Jim for taking care of him and calling us. We will miss him.

3/18/10
We are coming back "home" to visit the week of June 21st and are wishing to rent a camp during that week. Please contact me at 207-441-8985 or email: cgtyler@roadrunner.com if you have anything available.

Colleen & Gerald Tyler
Augusta, Maine 04330

2/17/10
It was sad to hear Hannah Saidel passed away this week. Although I didn't know her well, I learned a long time ago how much she loved her family and the lake. My thoughts are with her family and close friends. We are thinking of you-

Ralph Undercoffler

2/26/10
Hello. I'm an old Gouverneur gal coming back in July to visit family. My brother Dick Jones has a camp on Sylvia but he doesn't have room for us all........ so I'm looking for a camp to rent either the week of 7/17 - 7/24 or 7/11 - 7/18. Does anyone have a camp available to rent? Please e-mail me or call (805) 646-6188. I can give an early deposit to hold of course.

Liz-Ann Jones Collins

webmaster note: I wrote back to Liz-Ann and told her about the three rental properties that are on the website.

Anyone have anything else that needs some advertising here? Rentals?

2/26/10
On wed. 2-24-10 at 10am. I saw a large bird fly into Wintergreen Bay. As it got closer to my camp I realized it was an eagle, the first one I have ever seen on Sylvia. The eagle was very large and beautiful. I hope it stays for while, it was a pleasure to watch. Harland Brown