For more than 30 years, residents in the Greater Molega Lake Lot Owners Association (GMLLOA) area have been dealing with a growing and deeply frustrating problem: illegal dumping at our rural garbage boxes. What should be a simple, well‑managed service for local cottages and households has instead become a magnet for out‑of‑area waste—furniture, appliances, renovation debris, and truckloads of garbage that do not come from our community. Certainly, some members misuse the bin

As we move into April, the familiar spring thaw is once again taking a toll on the gravel roads throughout the Greater Molega Lake and surrounding areas. This part of Queens County sits in a lake‑district interior , where the combination of forest cover, shaded corridors, and moisture‑holding soils means the frost comes out slowly and unevenly. That creates exactly what we’re seeing now: soft roadbeds, deep ruts, mud, potholes, and soft shoulders . These conditions aren’t uni