The latest legal action adds fuel to a long-drawn firestorm of controversy in this small rural hotbed of politics, where feuding between neighbors, much of it over development, has become all-too-commonplace.
The Executive Council approved two more "dug-in" boathouses on Lake Winnipesaukee yesterday, resurrecting the debate over the controversial practice.
Ossipee Lake Marina will be back before Freedom's Zoning Board of Adjustment on Tuesday, December 12 to seek approval to store more boats on its Broad Bay property.
Is the wild Ossipee Range an appropriate place to build a private racetrack?
Like many conservation projects, this one began when a single community member encountered a "For Sale" sign on a much-loved property.
Ossipee Lake Marina withdrew its application for a boat-wash facility before the Freedom Zoning Board of Adjustment put off discussing other marina requests until December.
The boathouse issue has stoked controversy.
Ossipee Lake Marina will seek permission to expand its business, revisiting longtime conflicts with the marina's residential neighbors.
The Department of Fish and Game, which is expected to be self-supporting, is almost broke.
The public notice about the hearing states that the Marina is seeking approval to store an unlimited number of boats on the property, and wants town approval to use adjacent Alvino Road for customer traffic to provide access to a boat washing facility to be built on what is known as residential Lot 42.
The overall public sentiment was that all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) should not be allowed on the Trout Pond property, despite applicants saying the activity would be monitored and low-impact.
Ronnie Burrell has been hunting ducks for about 70 years, but his hearing shows the strain of a lifetime spent working around B-29's, woodsaws and shotguns, so he is less likely to hear birds flush out of the marsh, and therefore is less likely to shoot.
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