Nate Giarnese

nvironmental groups, lakefront homeowners, worried citizens and town conservation boards mobilized in force Tuesday night for a public hearing where the majority of speakers pleaded with local planning officials to deny a building permit to Club Motorsports Inc.

As the town scrambles to dredge up cash to slap a band aid on an ailing historic landmark before first snowfall, three folks from the sunny South last week offered to buy it, tear it down and haul it back home, officials said.

A lake group and a local historian are calling on history bugs to scour area annals and the brains of locals with long memories in hopes of filling a tome on the area's marquee attraction, Ossipee Lake.

The town's cherished covered bridge was called a faltering health and safety hazard and will be entirely closed off from the public behind a wooden stockade fence.

Officials are asking boaters to be wary of flags signaling divers are toiling in the depths of Ossipee Lake.