The construction team is on track to meet its goal of completing the concrete work by Christmas. By then, approximately 40% of the project will be complete.
The environmentalist will bring extensive experience in water quality and land use issues to the Freedom-based lake organization.
Conway Daily Sun columnist Ed Parsons pays a late fall visit to one of Freedom's best short-hike summits.
The selection of a contractor by Freedom’s Select Board today answers several key questions about the long-delayed, but now imminent, project. But Danforth Bay property owners remain concerned about losing access to Ossipee Lake after construction starts.
A true friend of the lake and the town of Freedom, Chuck DePew has died at age 89.
The family-friendly trail traverses land that was protected from development as a commercial trash transfer station 20 years ago.
The situation at Ossipee Lake Natural Area was once so dire that the only options appeared to be to let it die or ban all rafting at the site. Instead, the state took a chance that recreation and preservation could coexist. Ten years later, its bet has paid off.
Attorneys for the Town of Ossipee, Northgate Resorts, and campers who are suing both entities appeared at an evidentiary hearing last week in the slow-moving case.
The sport of wakeboarding isn't new, but its rapid growth has created conflict. Now a diverse group of lake stakeholders will examine whether education or regulation or both are what's needed.
Northgate Resorts will take over the Glen campground, according to seller Dick Goff. Northgate also owns Westward Shores Campground on Ossipee Lake, and Mi-Te-Joe Campground in Milton.
A Superior Court judge last week ruled in favor of Westward Shores campers by granting them standing in their lawsuit against Northgate and the Town of Ossipee. But she deferred a decision on class action certification, pending an evidentiary hearing at which the campers must present evidence of the campground's alleged deceptive business practices.
Starting this week, drivers can expect cones and barrels, grading and paving, and stretches of one-way traffic as the state ramps up its bridge replacement project on Route 16.
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