Carroll County Independent

Who really is in charge of managing the Trout Pond Property?

The beach at Long Sands is safe, said selectman's chair Harry Merrow. Merrow had asked the N.H. Department of Environmental Services to test the water for E. coli, a marker for potential disease-causing germs in water.

While talk of putting a town beach on Ossipee Lake has died down, complaints about the way boaters use the beach at Long Sands continue.

Diver Cliff Cabral and Susan Marks of Ossipee Lake Alliance met with selectmen at the board's meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the status of milfoil eradication on Ossipee Lake, and plans for this year's project of pulling the weed.

Paul Corbin, the president of the Totem Pole Association on Pequawket Trail, came to the planning board Thursday, July 20 for a preliminary discussion about changing the schedule of winter operations.