Help Put up the Swan Lights!
Photo courtesy of Michael Maguire For those who lived here a decade or more ago, you may remember the holiday decorations around Lake Morton. At some point the decorations went away. LMNA adopted the swan lights, but we are not sure what happened to the bunnies or frogs. The Swans sat in storage for many years, needing much repair. The LMNA last year committed to fixing the swans and having...
Read MoreShoreline Erosion Issues Around Lake Morton
The City of Lakeland Lakes & Stormwater Division plans to address the shoreline erosion issues around Lake Morton over the next several years. The shoreline stabilization planning will be done in coordination with the Lake Morton Neighborhood Association. This planning process will be discussed in more detail during the April 28th Lake Morton Neighborhood General Meeting. In the meantime,...
Read MoreLMNA Membership Drive
Get to know your neighborhood! The Lake Morton Neighborhood Association is not a regulatory group. We are just a collection of neighbors just like you who want create a community atmosphere where we live. A strong neighborhood association means we can advocate for positive changes in our area with city officials. But on a more personal note, its a great way to get to know the folks you share...
Read MoreIf those walls could talk…
by Ursula Radabaugh, 13 November, 2014 I’m trying a new series in the newly restarted neighborhood news and I hope you will all find something here to love. The plan is to select one home from our Lake Morton historic district for each news cycle, collect the stories through U.S. Census records, land records, old newspaper articles and 1st person interviews, if possible. Aren’t we all a little...
Read MoreCOMMITTED TO AN OLD HOUSE
by Tracey Timonere (both a neighbor and restorer of old windows) If you are reading this, it’s likely that you live in – and maybe even love – an old house. The more I learn about these incredibly enduring structures, the more committed I become to them. The other day I was browsing wavyglass.org, a site for old house lovers, and came across a topic that leads me to believe that some people...
Read MoreSwans of Lake Morton
Lakeland, whose lakes had been home to a varying number of graceful birds since at least 1923, saw its last swan fall victim to an alligator in 1954. Mrs. Robert Pickhardt, a Lakeland native living in England at the time, was familiar with the royal flock of swans on the Thames – birds descended from the original pair given to Richard, he of the lion heart. She inquired about purchasing a pair...
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