Dear Friends, Welcome to the summer edition of the Friends of Albemarle newsletter! The hawks are soaring, the baseballs are flying, and Gath pool is a glistening brilliant blue and doing the important work of keeping our community cool during these very hot days. (Which is increasingly rare, and precious, according to this interesting CNN article.)Continue reading “Field Notes: Summer 2023”
Category Archives: Flooding
Water (and a car) Under the Bridge
Flash flooding caused a car to be swept into Cheesecake Brook today. No injuries were reported. It went under the footbridge leading to Gath pool, causing massive structural damage and leaving the bridge unusable. https://twitter.com/NewtonFireDept/status/1428397273067708427/photo/1 Requests had been made to replace this bridge within the next 2-3 years. I hope that timeline can be spedContinue reading “Water (and a car) Under the Bridge”
Friends of Albemarle 