This meeting will be primarily to vote in new officers and to vote on disposition options for the Lincoln Avenue parcel.

3:30PM - Come and meet the candidates! .

2025-2026 EXCOM Candidates

Agenda and Past Meeting Minutes

To review the community meeting agenda, click here.

To review the auto-generated minutes of the meeting held in June, the latest membership and financial reports, please visit the Membership page.

Committee Reports

To see the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee presentation, click here.

To see the Meeting notes on the initial presentation (auto generated), click here.

To review a report on the Lincoln Avenue Committee’s work, click here.

Member Acknowledgements. Good & Welfare.

To see this report, click here.

2024-2025 Wrap Up Report - What a Year!

To read about the “It’s a Wrap” report, click here.

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

The fire pit will be available to members who would like to get together on the beach before or after the kayaking

This event is weather dependent. .

We’re trying something new.

For all members 50 and under, this event is for you!

Whether you are kayaking or just want to hang on the beach, enjoy a night out without us “old folks” under the glowing light of the Sturgeon Full Moon. The firepit will be ready to light plus it can stay on the beach when the event is over. We ask that the last member(s) snuff out the flames and don’t forget to put the rope back in place at the parking lot.

For the kayakers, there are no designated “leaders” or guides, so do be careful and please wear an approved PFD (personal floatation device). It’s the law plus we want everyone to return home safely.

For the rest of us, a few nights before and a few after the full moon does the trick! Plus, there will be another event in September.

Join us under the glowing light of the Buck Full Moon for an unforgettable evening on the water! As deer begin to grow their antlers and summer reaches its peak, we'll paddle together beneath one of the year's most magical moons. The rest of us can recline on the beach around the firepit, watch, and chill out. But first, please attend a kayak tie-down workshop to keep the craft in place.

The Buck Moon is the name given to the full moon that rises in July. It gets its name from the natural world..:this is the time of year when male deer begin to grow their new antlers, covered in soft velvet. The name comes from traditional Native American, Colonial American, and European sources, which often named full moons based on seasonal events in nature.

Shining bright in the warm midsummer sky, the Buck Moon is often associated with growth and renewal. It’s a time when nature is in full bloom, wildlife is active, and the long days give way to warm, moonlit nights.

For many, the Buck Moon is a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect—with nature, with others, and with ourselves. Whether you're watching it rise over the treetops or paddling beneath its glow, this moon invites us to appreciate the wild, natural beauty that surrounds us.

Afterwards, we’ll remove all traces of our presence, including refreshments you may bring for yourself or others to share.

We’ve got the drone, just need bodies to gather at the beach in the shape of the number 100. This will be a photo op like no other to commemorate LPIA’s 100th year.

We’re also thinking about group family photos, starting with the Morrills and MacDougalls whose relatives founded LPIA.

Details to follow.

As if we have to say, put a placeholder in your calendar for July 3rd for a grand celebration. This year, in addition to the traditional BBQ, bonfire and epic fireworks, we will be celebrating LPIA’s 100th Anniversary. Food and fun all evening!

For the 100th, we will unveil a bronze plaque, receive official proclamations from government officials and hear a few words from LPIA descendants of the organization’s founders. We’ll share a special birthday cake and maybe even have a champagne toast. After all, making it to 100 is impressive!

Approximate Schedule of Events:

5PM Parade Kickoff. March, cheer, and wave those flags as we kick things off with our community parade/kiddie train ride around the neighborhood. There will also be kid-approved games and face painting in the park.🥁🎺

6:00PM 100th Celebration at the rock near the bocce court. 🎉

6:30PM Get your Feedbag on! Come and savor Dan’s “slammin’” salmon chowder with Jean’s dream clam cakes, juicy burgers, sizzling hot dogs, salad and all the fixin’s. Traditionally, members bring side dishes. Cake and ice cream for desert will be provided.🍦🍒

8PM A "Most Red, White & Blue" Contest on the bocce court— dress to impress for a patriotic prize!

8:30PM Bonfire 🔥

9PM Fireworks 💥

Bring your chairs, your spirit, and your red-white-and-blue best for an all-American evening you won’t forget!

🎇 Let freedom ring at Laurel Park!

You can help out with this event by sending an email to: lpiavolunteer@gmail.com or just show up. We’ll be preparing as early as Wednesday morning.

Donations will be accepted to offset the food and drink costs of this event.

Some of us remember how much fun it was to go to the drive-in to catch a movie in our cars, trucks or vans all lined up in rows in a field or parking lot. To watch, we’d sometimes lean on the hood of the car, or put chairs in the bed of the truck. We jammed as many people into our vehicles as possible to save money, even in the trunk!

Those bygone days are in the rear-view, but we can still create new traditions this summer in our own outdoor venue—either the park or at the beach.

The Climate Action Team is bringing you 2 movies, starting with Don’t Look Up and The Day After Tomorrow. These movies illustrate some what-if, futuristic scenarios given evidence of climate change.

Jaws 2 is coming as well, and will potentially be watched while in the river! There will also be a movie just for kids.

We’re shooting for at least one movie per month in June, July and August on new moon nights (or close to) when it’s darkest. We’re set for Sunday, June 22nd, then new moons are Thursday, July 24 and Saturday, Aug 23rd.

The dates and times for the movies may change depending on the weather. Watch the calendar and keep your radio dial tuned in, as we used to say!

At the May community meeting, it was decided that members will help maintain the boat ramp by tossing rocks that got washed onto the beach back onto the ramp. This was a recurring comment from the member survey from last fall, so let’s fix it!

Head down to the beach wearing sturdy water shoes or boots and gloves. Once the rocks go back to their rightful place, we’ll be able to estimate how much rip-rap and filler gravel will be needed to make the surface walkable. We could use 5-10 bodies per weekend session. Many hands make light work.

This event is scheduled around a King low tide at 9:30AM and will continue on Sunday, starting at 10:30AM. On Monday, for those who just can’t get enough action, 11:15AM. The lowest tide of the week is Tuesday, June 24th at 12:15PM. With any luck, we’ll have the whole project done by July 4th!

Thank you in advance for your help. Refreshments will be provided.

Agenda and Past Meeting Minutes

To review the community meeting agenda, click here.

To review the auto-generated minutes of the meeting held May 10, 2025, click here.

Membership Report

Membership will be updated as part of the Treasurer’s Report.

Financial Reports

Financial reports will be issued quarterly. The Treasurer will update the membership at the meeting.

Committee Reports

To see the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee presentation, click here.

To see the meeting notes from the May 5th presentation (auto generated), click here.

Come experience the Lincoln Avenue parcel by being there. Join Mark Ringiewicz with fellow members of the subcommittee and E. Jenny Flanagan of the Warren Land Trust for an informal discussion of land management options - Hold, Sell or Donate.

Our goal is to expose as many members as possible to the pros and cons associated with each option. We highly recommend you review the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee presentation in advance found here and come with questions.

Then, watch the Strawberry Moon rise and maybe go for a paddle.

We will be celebrating LPIA’s 100th Anniversary as part of the July 3rd festivities.

We will unveil a bronze plaque, receive official proclamations from government officials punctuated by informal story-telling, eat birthday cake and ice cream and maybe even have a champagne toast! After all, making it to 100 is impressive!

On the morning of Saturday, July 5th, we hope to gather up as many people as possible to form the number, 100, while standing on the beach. Jeff Burrock will shoot the formation from above using his drone. We’ll need a good turnout for that once-in-a-lifetime photo op!

Join us under the glowing light of the Buck Full Moon for an unforgettable evening on the water!

As the deer grow their antlers and summer reaches its peak, we’ll paddle together beneath one of the year’s most magical moons. The rest of us will gather around a firepit on the beach to watch and shoot the breeze. Pack in/ Pack out all traces of our presence. Please bring your own refreshments, or more to share.

The Buck Moon is the name given to the full moon that rises in July. It gets its name from the natural world..:this is the time of year when male deer begin to grow their new antlers, covered in soft velvet. The name comes from traditional Native American, Colonial American, and European sources, which often named full moons based on seasonal events in nature.

Shining bright in the warm midsummer sky, the Buck Moon is often associated with growth and renewal. It’s a time when nature is in full bloom, wildlife is active, and the long days give way to warm, moonlit nights.

For many, the Buck Moon is a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect—with nature, with others, and with ourselves. Whether you're watching it rise over the treetops or paddling beneath its glow, this moon invites us to appreciate the wild, natural beauty that surrounds us.

Agenda and Past Meeting Minutes

To review the community meeting agenda, click here.

To review the auto-generated minutes of the meeting held April 16, 2025, click here.

To review the auto-generating online polling data, click here.

Membership Report

Membership will be updated as part of the Treasurer’s Report.

Financial Reports

Financial reports will be issued quarterly. The Treasurer will update the membership at the meeting.

Committee Reports

To see the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee presentation, click here.

To see the Meeting notes (auto generated), click here.

This will be an evening Google Meet presented by Mark Ringiewicz, member of the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee, and E. Jenny K. Flanagan, a professional real estate appraiser with over 25 years of experience. She is also the past president / current Treasurer of the Warren Land Trust (WLT). The WLT is a private, nonprofit 501 (c)3 organization founded in 1987 to protect open space in Warren. The WLT owns marshland both north and immediately south of LPIA’s on the western shore of the Kickemuit River.

In March, Stu Latessa, member of the Lincoln Avenue subcommittee, gave Jenny a tour of the parcel, after which she met with Mark and Pam Eliason to discuss the pros and cons of various options (hold/sell/donate). From their collective discussions and determinations, Jenny prepared a report and a Power Point presentation that includes potential uses for this property, a table of pros and cons, background information (zoning, tax assessment) as well as maps to help members visualize the options.

We are extremely grateful for Jenny’s assistance—the report is WAY better than one we could ever give you, and it affords members a solid basis on which to make informed decisions. We highly recommend members preview the report in advance of the meeting. Simply click here.

Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/uhr-gvfz-duq

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 786-681-1840 and enter this PIN: 451 282 635#
To view more phone numbers, click this link: https://tel.meet/uhr-gvfz-duq?hs=5

It’s time to fiesta, come join the cheer,

Cinco de Mayo is practically here!

 But we’re starting early — Sunday’s the day,

May 4th on the beach, the LPIA way!

There’ll be margaritas, salty and sweet,

Guacamole and chips you just can’t beat.

 Salsa that dances right into your soul,

And maybe a dancer to show us the role!

So bring your smiles, your beachside flair,

There’s fun and sunshine waiting there.

 Let’s keep the joy and good times flowing,

In our awesome neighborhood that keeps on growing!

Thank you for your $5 donation; what a steal!

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

LEAF PICK UP WILL BE FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH AT 10AM. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.

WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN B FOR WRACK REMOVAL YET.

WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO RESCHEDULE KATE PISANO OF THE WARREN LAND TRUST FOR HER PRIMER ON MARSH RESTORATION IN MAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING~

It’s Earth Day weekend in Warren. On this day, volunteers will be enlisted to pitch in at the marsh or the park for a good spring cleanup! Wrack has, once again, built up along the road to the beach and then some, due to all the wind and wave action. Anyone planning to help remove it should bring a pitchfork, metal rake and gloves and don’t forget your rubber boots!

We hope there are members who will walk the shoreline looking for errant glass, which we will collect and display over the summer as an educational awareness exercise. Leather or heavy duty gloves are highly recommended..

This year, Kate Pisano, Executive Director of the Warren Land Trust (WLT) will be onsite. We are discussing a formal partnership to take on marsh restoration together long-term, as the WLT owns parcels on either side of LPIA’s. Kate will talk for 15-20 minutes about restoration projects the WLT has done to tackle invasive species and breathe new life into saltmarshes.

This event is weather-dependent; however, we expect the town will be picking up waste again for us, so we hope to carry on. If the tide is too high preceding the wrack removal, and the wrack too heavy, then we will do the best we can and stop.

Hop on over, don’t be late

to the park for a fun-filled date!

On April 19th at 10 o’clock,

LPIA’s Easter Egg Hunt will start!

Eggs will be hidden, ready to find

colorful treasures, all intertwined.

So grab your basket, get set to race,

and maybe the Easter Bunny will join the chase!

Bring your friends and family too,

It’s going to be fun, we promise you!

Don’t miss out, come join the cheer,

The Easter Hunt is almost here!

The focus of this meeting will be continuation of business from the March meeting including review and approval of beach rules and revisions to some amendments, as directed by the members. This falls under Old Business, but we will bring this item up to the top of the agenda or as soon as we have a quorum.

REMINDER: Last month, members approved the One Vote Per Household amendment. Additionally, members approved the requirement for a quorum when making changes to bylaws. This month, we incorporate a member-suggested revision to the quorum amendment adding the word, households, (no fewer than 20 members/households must be in attendance.)

This means that members in one household should join the meeting on one computer only. We will need 20 households represented to consider amendment changes. Last month, we had 21 households, so let’s wrap up the business!

This meeting will be held entirely virtually, with no physical location as a gathering point. The voting process will be smoother and faster, and everyone will be able to see who is in attendance. We are excited to take this next step to improve our ability to reach our members as efficiently as possible.

Google Meet info:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/uok-pitm-zdj 
Or dial: ‪(US): 1 478-412-7218 and enter this PIN: 870 056 867#

We will open the meeting with instructions on how to participate virtually, including voting.

Agenda and Past Meeting Minutes

To review the community meeting agenda, click here.

To review the auto-generated minutes of the meeting held March 12, 2025, in Track Changes Mode, click here.

To review the auto-generated minutes of the meeting held March 12, 2025, Changes Accepted Mode, click here.

To review the auto-generating online polling data revised to include onsite attendees, click here.

For the April meeting, the minutes will take their normal short form, but we just want you to see for yourself, how the software documents the proceedings including a recording. For the March recording, click here (coming soon).

Read-aheads for Beach Rules and Bylaws Review

Please read the Letter from the President.

To see the Proposed Beach Rules, click here. The only suggested revision from the March meeting is to add the word, nonmotorized, when describing watercraft allowed to launch on the left side of the boat ramp. The Executive Committee added a clarifying word at #15 - short term rentals and new language regarding trash..

To see the Proposed Bylaws that were newly revised, click here.

Membership Report

To see the latest Membership Report, click here.

Financial Reports

To see the Treasurer’s Report, click here.

To see the Treasurer’s Report (April cash flow), click here.

To see a detailed Treasurer’s Report from October to the present, click here.

Committee Reports

If you can’t stay on the meeting long enough to hear from the committee leads/fellow members (highlight), click here to see what they have been up to.

Read Aheads for Beach Rules and Bylaws Review:

• Please read the Letter from the President.

• To see the Proposed Beach Rules, click here.

• To see the Proposed Bylaws in order with both current and proposed amendments, click here.

• To see the Proposed Bylaws - substantive amendments only - with background and rationale, click here.

To review the community meeting agenda, click here.

To see the latest Treasurer’s Report, click here. (coming soon)

To see the latest Membership Report, click here. (coming soon)

To see what the volunteers on committees have been up to, click here.

To review the minutes of the meeting held September 29, 2024, click here.

Google Meet info:

Ideally, each member logs into the meeting on their own computer.

Video call link:  https://meet.google.com/igi-kzec-kkz
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 772-218-0801 PIN: ‪412 038 631#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/igi-kzec-kkz?pin=3715964825856

We will open the meeting with instructions on how to participate virtually, including voting.

What exactly is a love lock? In Europe, couples symbolize their everlasting love by locking a padlock with their names inscribed on it, usually throwing the key away afterwards. Couples attach love locks to bridge railings, fences and other fixtures. Love locks are also a testimony of hope.

We’ve dreamed up a clever adaptation of this practice to spread the love around in our little neighborhood. Starting Friday, February 15th, you’ll be able to affix your lock to the gate sections on the road to the beach, but don’t throw away the key! We may be upgrading those gates this spring, but for now, have at it!

There is no official start time or end date for this experience, just a lasting sense of happiness.

We’re planning a special, nautical-themed event to celebrate Hannukah and Christmas which fall on the same day this year. Luther Park will be alive with sparkling lights and awash in the splendid colors of both holidays. There will be multiple firepits for warmth and atmosphere.

Our creative genius, Cassie Patriarca, is off and running guided by her wondrous vision. Mother of two, she hopes to start some new traditions so that her kids/your kids will have fond memories to look back on, lovingly.

We’re talking a boatload of fun for the children with hot cocoa and eggnog to sip and salt dough ornaments to make. Snap photos alongside a special couple in red and then bedeck a glittering tree with your ornaments and candy canes.

Gia Salvaggio, who “womaned” the wildly popular drink station on Halloween Nite, is setting up a festive table to get the Yuletide cheer flowing. She’s spicing up the hot cocoa libations and sparkling prosecco baubles with Baileys, Schnapps and Kahlua.

LPIA President, Dan Karten, is making eggnog spiked with Rum—his specialty. Just a little somethin’ for the adults to take the edge off amidst all the stress of holiday prep. If these spirits don’t move you, BYOB. We’ll also have hot coffee.

So don’t think, Bah humbug; instead, join us! To help decorate or set up, simply show up on Friday or Saturday, well in advance of the start time.

To RSVP, please reply to this email. It would be super helpful if you indicate the number of adults and children attending as we’ll be doing name tags in advance. Guests welcome. Ho Ho Ho!.

When the tide is low, to the marsh, we’ll go!

Grab your pitchforks and don rubber boots for another go at removing naturally stranded, dead plant material, AKA wrack. It’s smothering the marsh and stymieing the growth of beneficial coastal grasses underneath.

One of LPIA’s youngest volunteer leaders, Amity Burock, will help lead the charge. She’ll need a big crew and is counting on You! Some volunteers will be enlisted to inventory trash found on the beach and in the marsh with assistance from Save The Bay, as part of the International Coastal Clean Up program that is world wide.

By the way, this will be Amity’s debut as head of a brandy new Climate Action Team she’s forming. Since marsh restoration is integral to absorbing impacts from sea level rise and storm surge, participants will automatically become part of the team. Great bragging rights. Go Amity!

On this day, another of our newest leaders, Nick Mulvihill, will pitch in at the park to organize leaf raking, debris clearing and repositioning some errant stones. Nick’s going to help us maintain our land assets going forward. Thanks Nick!

Bravo to everyone who turns out to help breathe new life into the marsh and the park. Nothing like a good cleanup.

This event is weather-dependent, but it looks like clear sailing.

We simply mustn’t let the harvest season go by without an event just for kids. After all, the shed is loaded with Halloween decorations. Trick it up. Gussy up the sign. Breathe some spooky atmosphere into the park!

Next year, we’ll shoot for a full-blown, Family Fall Festival but for now, here are some of the thoughts we had to make this “spooktacular” event really fun.

Scarecrows: Make them at your place and haul them over to the park. Affix them to the trees, chairs, what have you.

Remember pressing colorful leaves between wax paper? If kids make them, volunteers can string em’ up. We’ll bring the clothesline, clothespins and cider for sipping.

We’re counting on the crackerjack decorators in our midst to orchestrate this event and kids who really know how to rock a costume for our photo gallery memories.

So, grab the pumpkins, mums and corn husks off your stoop for a day and make it happen! If you have treats to share, even better. Then, please come back by November 2nd to break it all down.

We’ll watch the weather but know that Saturday is a fine alternative if Mother Nature isn’t feeling cooperative.

Did someone say games? How about cornhole, horseshoes, bocce, Giant Jenga and Tug of War for this lively Meet Up?  Come and test your skills or learn new ones.

While you’re at it, why not go for the gold?  We challenge you to guess which officer is a ringer in one of these activities—before the games begin. Bottom line, have fun and meet new people because you’re not coming for the food! Everyone welcome!

This event is weather-dependent.

Let's get literate about dogginess! Enter, Warren’s noted “dog whisperer”, Brian Webb, worker of magic when it comes to pairing humans and pets. He’ll give us a preview of what we can do to make interactions more harmonious in Laurel Park. We can’t expect miracles overnight, but we can start by proactively taking some steps.

This event is not limited to dog owners; in fact, quite the opposite! Anyone is welcome to join and listen to this interesting expert’s perspective—except, ironically, the canines. Arrive early to check in with host, Connie McGreavy (LPIA Officer), as there may very well be follow-on sessions with the whisperer for training, if members agree. For doggy etiquette guidance, Click here.

This event is weather-dependent.

There’s nothing better than waxin’ and yakkin’ under a full moon, except when it’s rising! That’s at 6:02PM if you want to snap some great photos, plus a little birdy said there might be clam chowduh. Beach it by 7PM for a warm and wonderfully relaxin’ autumn night.

We’ll provide the pit, and with any luck, some music, but You do You, as in BYOD (drinks). Please also BYOC (chair). If we need more, host and chef extraordinaire, Andrea DiFilippo (LPIA Officer)—with your help—will lug some down from the trailer.

This event is weather-dependent.

Annual Meeting - includes the election of officers for 2025 season.

All members encouraged to attend, and encouraged to consider serving as an officer. Please reach out for more information.