Hayden Pond Association

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

Photos from the recent Ice Fishing Derby, held on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

02/09/2025

Some photos from the First Annual Hayden Pond Association Ice Fishing Derby! A great time was had by all participants, and by those that stopped by to see how the fishing was progressing. Drew did and excellent job planning and running the event, and the HPA netted $160 toward w**d treatment expenses!

09/02/2024

I've posted a video of Sunset Sounds 2024 on my YouTube channel. You can see it here:

Sue, Joe and Chris - The GumTones

07/17/2023

Second set of photos from the 12th Annual Paddly Whack / Poker Run. If you'd like to look at the photos in order, start with the post below this one for the first 68.

07/16/2023

Photos from the 12th Annual Paddly Whack / Poker Run (unedited). 68 of 134 in this post, the remainder to follow....

05/16/2023

Dedication ceremony set for Nancy Jane A. Vajcovec on the Hayden Pond causeway in Dudley at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Nancy, who passed away peacefully on November 26, was a long time Hayden Pond resident.

She served many years on the Dudley Finance and Appropriations Committee, the Dudley Conservation Commission, the Dudley Conservation Land Trust, and the Hayden Pond Association. Nancy was also a co-founder and 15-year active member of the Dudley Woman’s Club, a member of the Black Tavern Historical Society and the French River Connection. She also volunteered at, and was an active member of, St Andrew Bobola Church.

To honor this remarkable woman and her indelible contributions to the community she loved, the Dudley Conservation Land Trust and the Dudley Conservation Commission are installing a stone marker and plaque at the Hayden Pond Road causeway during a ceremony that is dedicating the causeway in her name.

The causeway on Hayden Pond Road may be accessed from Pierpont Road or Mason Road Ext. Portions of Hayden Pond Road will be closed during the ceremony, so attendees are asking to plan parking accordingly and are invited to bring lawn chairs.

Guest speakers, including state Representative Peter Durant, and music by Terry Canty will be included in the ceremony.

07/21/2022

Hello All, Slide Show from the 11th Annual Paddly Whack. Sorry that it's incomplete; I"m a little busy during the event and don't always remember to take photos. Please feel free to add to this post if you have any good ones, or make your own post! Thanks.

07/18/2022

Hello All,

The results are in! We had another fun and successful Paddly Whack / Poker Run. Having four stops instead of the usual five, we drew two cards at the final stop for the Poker Run. Here is the breakdown for the event:

Participants - Sixty-five (65), yielding $325 in entry fees;

Poker Hands - One Hundred and Two (102), yielding $510 with a pot for the winner of $255;

Winner - Nancy Vajcovec! Congratulations, Nancy! She decided to keep only $50 of her winnings and donated the remainder, $205, back to the HPA, so we have $460 from the Poker Run!

Donations - One (1) in the amount of $50

Dues Paid - Three (3) for a total of $150

Without counting the dues collected from three individuals, the 11th Annual Paddly Whack / Poker Run saw a total profit to the HPA of $835!

Thanks to all of the stops, which were excellent: Mary & Charlie Brooks (thank you to Les, also, for letting everyone park on his beach); Kristyne & Mike Darling (thanks to the crew helping everyone portage their crafts); Drew Russell (again, thanks to the crew helping with stacking the craft onto the dock and getting everyone in and out safely); Sue & Chris Yacino (thanks to the Inflat-a-Bull for providing entertainment!).

I'm looking forward to the next events: Sunset Sounds on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the YBH (Yacino's yard), and the return of the Hayden Pond Octoberfest and Co****le Tournament on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Jackie & Rich Valle residence! I hope to see you all there at both events.

The Water & Wetlands people will be performing another inspection of the pond sometime in August to determine if there has been growth over the summer that requires remedial action. If you are concerned about a particular area, please let me know about it and I will convey those concerns to the inspecting team so that they can focus on what people perceive to be problem areas. I will let everyone know the date of the inspection as soon as W&W make their August schedule and let us know.

Thanks again to everyone that was a stop and to those that worked the tables at the stops, and thanks to all of those who participated in another successful event. Watch for photos of the event on the HPA page and maybe in the Webster Times at some point in the next few weeks.

Chris