Conway Daily Sun

A lake group and a local historian are calling on history bugs to scour area annals and the brains of locals with long memories in hopes of filling a tome on the area's marquee attraction, Ossipee Lake.

Fifteen acres of a rare habitat will burn later this month, as conservation workers use fire to preserve the unique Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve.

The town's cherished covered bridge was called a faltering health and safety hazard and will be entirely closed off from the public behind a wooden stockade fence.

Officials are asking boaters to be wary of flags signaling divers are toiling in the depths of Ossipee Lake.

Madison has scaled back its no-exception wash-before-you-launch anti-milfoil rule to ease the burden on kayakers and canoeists, while officials hope the new distinction will not leave motor boaters all wet.