Closed last year due to the pandemic, Freedom's Camp Huckins will open for its 93rd season this weekend.
Tamworth officials are among area leaders raising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus if campgrounds open in mid-May as scheduled. An online petition to keep campgrounds closed says thousands of visitors could spread the virus and overwhelm local medical facilities.
Camp director Jody Skelton and fellow "Hucksters" have been busy over the past year planning the camp's 90th anniversary celebration, which takes place Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18. More than than 300 alumni campers, including June (Chick) Lowd of Center Ossipee, who was one of its first campers in 1929, will be attending.
Anne Cunningham and Ralph Kazanjian came out on top in the lone contested race in Freedom Tuesday, winning three-year seats on the planning board.
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