By a substantial margin, Freedom residents voted against the two amendments to zoning proposed by the Planning Board which would have permitted much larger houses to be constructed in protected areas.
Two amendments to the Freedom zoning ordinance to be presented to voters on March 9th will allow developers to make “non-conforming” houses even more non-conforming, yet are worded in a way that suggests just the opposite.
State officials and lake associations hope the money, earmarked for research, will do what chemicals, harvesting and containment cannot: eradicate an invasive and exotic weed that chokes off other plants, alters habitat and could cause waterfront property values to plummet.
Ossipee Lake Marina has appealed to state Supreme Court to overturn the recent Superior Court ruling that upheld the town of Freedom’s denial of additional boat storage buildings on the Broad Bay property.
After bickering over who was responsible, a special legislative committee voted yesterday to approve 16 layoffs at the Department of Environmental Services.
Webster Lake in Franklin literally turned green in September when toxic bacteria invaded. While repaving a stretch of Route 3 in Belmont this year, the Department of Transportation polluted Lake Winnisquam for five months.
At its monthly meeting last night, the Freedom Planning Board voted to approve an application by Totem Pole Park to expand its annual operating season from six months to 11 months, subject to a final plan to be submitted by the campground’s attorney.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has announced lay-offs that will likely mean the end of the state’s Volunteer Lake Assessment Program, a 20-year partnership between the agency and lake associations to monitor the health of the state’s lakes.
In a complex case involving issues that began in 1997, a state Superior Court judge has upheld a decision by Freedom’s Zoning Board of Adjustment to deny business expansions proposed by Ossipee Lake Marina on Broad Bay.
The directors of Totem Pole Park, the largest campground on Ossipee Lake, have applied to the Freedom Planning Board for approval to remain open during the winter.
Statistics from the Lake Host program show that 35% of the boaters there were either unaware or only moderately aware of the milfoil issue.
Legislation that would have raised new revenue for milfoil prevention and treatment by requiring out of state boaters to obtain an annual water access permit has been killed by the House Transportation Committee.
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