Letter to governor says opening campgrounds as scheduled could spike COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, many seasonal campers believe they can keep things safe, and some say they have nowhere else to go.
Most hotels, motels and inns are closed because of the pandemic, but many resort-style campgrounds are scheduled to open in the next few weeks. A growing number of officials think that's a bad idea.
Tamworth officials are among area leaders raising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus if campgrounds open in mid-May as scheduled. An online petition to keep campgrounds closed says thousands of visitors could spread the virus and overwhelm local medical facilities.
Ice-out was this past Sunday, beating Lake Winnipesaukee's ice-out date for the first time in my 20 years of tracking such dates. Now it's time to turn our attention to the state's plan to manage spring and summer levels as construction of the dam ramps up again.
Looking back over the last ten years, "ice-out" has been in mid- to late-April, with last year being April 26. If history repeats, there should be a slow melt and discharge into the lake for the next two weeks.
Mother Nature will ultimately call the shots, but the state predicts work will recommence in mid-May.
An arbitrated agreement filed in Superior Court on Thursday ended a group lawsuit by more than 70 Westward Shores campers against the Town of Ossipee and Northgate Resorts over zoning enforcement and sales practices.
Snow and high water around the holidays didn't slow down work on the new Ossipee Lake Dam, according to Tim Otterbach, who has been documenting the project since August.
A ubiquitous presence through autumn, the lake's common loons head south for the winter. But not as far as you might think.
Construction of the Ossipee River Dam was the year's biggest news story, but there was much more, making 2019 a year to remember.
Next week we'll publish our summary of the year's lake news. But since we'll also be entering a new decade, we decided to look back at what was happening on the lake ten years ago, as 2009 slipped into 2010.
A December 9 interim order suggests Ossipee's ZBA is the appropriate venue for campers to seek resolution of their 'grandfathering' issue, and says the consumer fraud aspect of the case can't be adjudicated until the 'grandfathering' issue is resolved. The parties have 15 days to file objections to a dismissal.
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