Conway Daily Sun

Teens from Fryeburg Academy's Pequawket Valley Alternative School have literally been putting their backs into improving the pitch pine and scrub oak habitat of the ecologically important Ossipee Pine Barrens.

John Colcord, 19, will serve 18 months in Carroll County House of Corrections and owe almost $2 million in restitution for setting fires in Freedom, the Ossipee Pine Barrens and elsewhere in the Ossipee Lake area.

Delivered on time and on budget, the new building will be celebrated at an open house on Saturday, February 11.

Eaton resident John Robert Colcord has been charged with setting a rash of fires, including a June blaze in the near-by Ossipee Pine Barrens.

Searching for unique geological features is part of the enjoyment of hiking this Ossipee Range peak.