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Hidden Staten Island: See what s inside those Silver Lake Reservoir gatehouses Updated Sep 17, 2019; Twitter Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - If you visit Silver Lake Park to jog, walk your dog, fish, or to just enjoy the great outdoors, you ve likely walked across the reservoir bridge too many times to count. And you ve passed those cool gatehouses on either side of the bridge. I know I have. Ever wondered what s inside those structures, which date from the beginning of the last century? Have a look. Tom Wrobleski | wrobleski@siadvance.com Some history first: Once known as Fresh Pond, the lake was drained in 1913 and turned into a working reservoir by the Board of Water Supply, according to Advance records. The board was created by the state legislature in 1905 to build the Catskill water supply system. ....
Awesome. It was the only word Shari Klein could find as she participated in Plum Borough School District’s sixth annual Stuff-A-Bus event Dec. 9. “There’s no other word for it, except awesome,” she said. She was one of several teachers and staff who helped transfer the donated toys from vehicles to big bags destined for a school bus. The toys would then later go to families who might not be able to purchase toys for the holidays. Klein said she was speechless, in part, because of the Plum EMS ambulance that had just unloaded a literal truckload of toys for the event. ....