Conditions that will be attached to the approval have not been made public.
There's a simple reason why the water in Berry Bay can be low while the big lake is flooded.
Newly released to the public, letters asking Effingham to deny the Meena gas station application come from an array of people and organizations.
New maps are a reminder that the area of safe boating is different in each part of the lake.
Calls Meena LLC "arrogant" in its attitude toward scientific concerns.
Planning Board members seem to agree that conditions would need to be met before they would sign off on the plan.
"This affects you, it affects me, and this affects the future the water in this town,” said teenager Stella Lunt, who lives nearby.
No injuries reported as boat catches fire after being launched.
Effingham's June 13 hearing revealed what the Planning Board has been missing for the past two years.
"We can't just arbitrarily decide that we think this is a bad idea and refuse it," said Effingham Planning Board Chair George Bull.
The board has a legal responsibility to protect the public by making a reasonable and lawful decision based on facts—all of the facts.
After his credibility is questioned, the geoscientist identifies four critical ways in which the plan fails to protect the public's health, safety and welfare.
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