In some years, news on the lake is dominated by a single story. Such was the case in 2016.
NEWS
Country Ecology: “Ruddy Duck”
If the ruddy duck were school bus yellow, its posture in water would remind you of a rubber bathtub toy. This is a “prairie pothole” duck, and an odd duck in itself, in terms of breeding plumage and behavior. New Hampshire bird watchers are seeing an increasing number of these ducks on state lakes.
Film Screenwriter to Speak at Freedom Library
Justin Marks, son of the Alliance’s Susan Marks, grew up spending summers on Berry Bay. Now a screenwriter, with Disney’s hit “The Jungle Book” among his credits, he’ll be speaking at Freedom Public Library on Wednesday, December 28, at 1 p.m.
The Smart Report: Frozen End of 2016
A nice stretch of late-autumn weather ended with, well, winter.
Ossipee Planning Board Sends Build-Out Study Offer to Selectmen for Hearing
Board votes 4-2 to accept privately raised funds for a voter-rejected land planning study, then reverses itself on a 3-2 vote, with one abstention, to let the Select Board decide what to do.