Zoom Link for December Meeting

Please join us for our annual SLA Board meeting. Please remember to change your user name so we can identify you as an SLA resident.

See you then!

Sturbridge Lakes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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Meeting agenda
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Meeting ID: 817 9669 5889
Passcode: 050068

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SLA Trustees Meeting December 2, 7:30, Lions Lake

STURBRIDGE LAKES ASSOCIATION, INC.
On Site Board of Trustees Meeting
December 2nd, 2025
7:30 PM

AGENDA

1. Call Meeting to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Review and Approve Meeting Minutes of November 11th, 2025

4. Board/Committee Liaison’s Reports

5. Committee Reports

6. Old Business

7. Public Portion-Limit 4 minutes per Home

8. November Invoices

9. Review Monthly Financials

10. Collections

11. Committee Reports

12. Website Update

13. Engineers Report

14. Welcome Committee Update

15. 2026 Budget

16. Dog Park Discussion

17. Elections

18. Any Additional Items from Board.

MOTION TO ADJOURN

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Registration is OPEN for the 2025 Sturbridge Lakes Turkey Trot!

Come join us for the Sturbridge Lakes 5K Turkey Trot and 1 mile run/walk for our Sturbridge Lakes Residents and their guests. Please register this week by November 21st. Bib / shirt pick up will begin 11/24.

The start is at Foxview Beach

Date: November 27, 2025

Race Start Time: 8:00 am

Placement Medals Awarded

Medals awarded for:
Under 18 / 18 and over
Male & Female

We will also be awarding pies to the Top Male 5k runner, Top Female 5k runner, Top 1 Miler.

Click here to register Sturbridge Lakes Turkey Trot 2025 for the 5K Turkey Trot or 1 Mile. Deadline Friday, November 21st, 2025. No late registration

Click to see 5K Course
Click to see 5K Course detail
Click to see 1 mile walk course

Residents must be in good standing to participate. Guests are welcome but not eligible for awards or t-shirts.

**SLA Turkey Trot Food Drive**
We have teamed up with Hope Church and will have a box at the event for requested hygiene and food donations (non-perishable) for families struggling in our community Here is a list of their current needs: Food Pantry Asks – Hope Church

**Volunteers are still needed**

If you are able to volunteer for the event please email aprilsamplesla@gmail.com

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FIRES – OPEN FIRES[1]

OPEN FIRES – “No open fires shall be permitted for any purpose whatsoever on the properties.” Covenants Article V, Section 1(e).

Open Fires or open burning is defined as “kindling or maintaining a fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney. This includes burning in a burn barrel.”[2]

1. Open burning of refuse, trees, logs, brush, stumps, leaves and grass clippings is prohibited.

2. Campfires and bonfires not enclosed/directly in the ground are prohibited.

3. Fire pits must be in an approved container with an ember-suppressing lid or screen.

4. Patio units (portable wood and charcoal burning) must be safely and securely located and have an ember-suppressing lid or screen.

5. Always keep safety in mind by having a fire extinguisher within 10 feet or a working garden hose stretched to the fire place.

6. “Patio wood-burning unit shall be located at least 15 feet from the nearest structure which is not on the same property as the patio wood-burning unit. The unit shall not be located less than 10 feet from combustible structures on the same property or on any decks, porches or balconies.”[3]

[1] Adopted by Sturbridge Lakes Trustees _ 2025

[2] Voorhees code § 94.12 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

[3] Contact Voorhees Township and see Voorhees code § 94.12 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS for more information including regulations on patio wood-burning units and grilling or cooking food using permanently installed and approved appliances.

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SLA Trustees Meeting Zoom Link

Please join us for the November addition of your SLA Board meeting. Remember to change your user name so we can identify you.

Thanks!

Your SLA Board

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Sturbridge Lakes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86308995544?pwd=D551E8qQnJIxqrqaN91MtjkUQwuarJ.1

Meeting ID: 863 0899 5544
Passcode: 178287

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When

Tuesday Nov 11, 2025 – 7:30pm – 8:30pm (Eastern Time – New York)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86308995544?pwd=D551E8qQnJIxqrqaN91MtjkUQwuarJ.1
Sturbridge Lakes – organizer: trustees@sturbridgelakes.com

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November SLA Trustees Meeting Nov 11, 7:30 PM at Lions Lake

STURBRIDGE LAKES ASSOCIATION, INC.
On Site Board of Trustees Meeting

November 11th, 2025
7:30 PM

AGENDA

1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Review and Approve Meeting Minutes of October 6th, 2025
4. Board/Committee Liaison’s Reports
5. Committee Reports
6. Old Business
7. Public Portion-Limit 4 minutes per Home
8. October Invoices
9. Review Monthly Financials
10. Collections
11. Committee Reports
12. Website Update
13. Engineers Report
14. Welcome Committee Update
15. Semper Secure
16. Lake Lowering Update
17. Elections
18. Fire-Open Fires
19. Any Additional Items from Board.

MOTION TO ADJOURN

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Halloween Decorating Contest Results

Thanks to everyone that participated in the Halloween Decorating Contest and the judges!!!!

Winners are in:

62 Tenby Chase Dr BEST HAUNT
2 Quail Hollow – MOST Terrifying
158 William Feather MOST Spooktacular SPIRIT
40 Battery Hill Dr- BEST Wholesome HAUNT
3 Keston Place – BEST TECH/ ANIMATRONICS
6 Chasemoor – MOST CREATIVE HAUNT

*** For trick or treating, the following addresses will have interactive displays you can walk through and/or live actors – 62 Tenby Chase Dr, 3 Keston Place and 2 Quail Hollow – Make sure you check them out!

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Judging Halloween Decorations

We are seeking volunteers to judge the Halloween Decorating Contest this week on Thursday evening (Wed is the rain date) and volunteers for the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day.

If you are interested in helping with either please email aprilsamplesla@gmail.com

October
Judging Halloween Decorations

November
Turkey Trot

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23rd Annual – SLA Halloween Decorating Contest!

A Halloween Decorating contest will again be held this year in Sturbridge Lakes. All SLA members wishing to participate must register and be in good standing. Judging will take place on Thursday October 30th after dark and the winners will be announced in The Laker. Prizes will be awarded. Use the following link to register:

http://www.sturbridgelakes.com/Halloween25/halloween25.htm

Judging Categories:

1. Pumpkin Perfection
2. Best Tech /Animatronic Frights
3. Most Terrifying
4. Best Cemetery Scene
5. Most Spooktacular Spirit
6. Best Wholesome Haunt
7. Most Creative Haunt
8. Best Haunt of the Year

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Fall Festival tomorrow

Fall Festival is tomorrow & volunteers are still needed! Please join us SLA Fall Festival! October 18th at Foxview 12:00-2:00 pm. Twin Holly Farm will be back giving horse drawn wagon rides, a magician / balloon artist will be here and crafts for the kids! Have the kids wear their costume and join us for a spooky stroll at the basketball courts at 11:55 (prizes for costumes).

We will have chili catered and other festive snacks!

If you would like to volunteer for the event please click below for the sign-up genuis:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/9040A4BABA92FA5FC1-59194033-slafall

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