Conway Daily Sun

he company looking to build a $28 million private driving club for high-performance cars is mulling its options a week after being ordered by a judge to apply for a town wetlands permit.

Lakefront homeowners, upset that soaring land assessments are driving tax bills out of reach of some retirees, were told Monday to apply for tax abatements.

Jean Hansen runs a web-based stencil design business. George Eisener is a builder. The two hard-driving entrepreneurs live on a desirable road in a part of town that has seen its lakefront land values explode in recent years.

Lakefront tax hikes are driving full-time residents off the water, selectmen and an Ossipee Lake area homeowners' representative said Monday.

pponents of a plan to create a public beach on Ossipee Lake won a small victory at town hall Monday, when selectmen agreed to let them post photographs on a bulletin board.