Nate Giarnese

After an announcement of an early drawdown this year reportedly caused panic among some boaters, state and local officials will sit down and talk about how best to lower Ossipee Lake in the future.

Ossipee has the potential to be a premier snowmobiling destination, but it needs more trails and volunteers, says a local man who hopes to lay 15 miles of new trail from Ossipee Lake to Effingham.

Ossipee could spend as much as $4,000 as soon as September on a rare plants survey as part of development of an Ossipee Lake public beach.

Boaters who refuse to submit to milfoil checks and boat washes at the town boat ramp could face stiff fines—$1,000 or more—under a proposed ordinance under review by selectmen.

Officials have identified a resurgence of milfoil in Phillips Brook, about a month after divers stripped truckloads of the invasive weed by hand from Ossipee Lake.