^[1]View the pdf here: Newsletter for June 2011 ^[1]

In this issue:

• Are you planning for the July 4th Boat Parade!? See parade details.

• The Essex Music Festival will be held August 27 at Centennial Grove.

• President Sue McLaughlin traces the rise and decline of the cabomba weed in the lake, noting mitigation steps residents can take.

• Robyn Kanter’s Designing with Nature column discusses the tree problem caused by winter moth catapillars.

• The Eastern Railroad was an amazing driver of the local economy a century ago. Loaded with photos, Keith Symmes’ history appears in the Yesteryear section.

• Also: Water level monitoring goes hi-tech. Another disappointing alewife season. Fresh water mussels keep the water clean. And more.