It's a dirty job to root out milfoil at Danforth Pond, but somebody has to do it.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will now be sifting through the information it has received and determining whether or not to issue a permit.
Sen. Joe Kenney defended his voting record last week, a record his Democratic challenger claims is twice-scarred by his support of a bill that gutted Tamworth's control over a proposed racetrack and one that caused health insurance premiums to spike for some people.
Ultimately the Conservancy will use carefully prescribed burns in this pine barrens ecosystem that has depended upon fire for its maintenance and regeneration for thousands of years.
Professional divers have been hired to hand-pull milfoil from Danforth Brook to upper Danforth Pond, and volunteers are needed to work from boats to assist them.
The town of Freedom, working with Ossipee Lake Alliance, has hired a crew of divers to come in and clean out the variable milfoil from the Freedom section of Ossipee Lake.
Ossipee Lake Alliance has asked the United States Army Corps. of Engineers (ACoE) to determine whether noise and lights from the proposed racetrack on Mount Whittier will adversely affect Ossipee Lake property owners.
The attorney general's office is reviewing a state law to determine whether voting rights of campers at a Freedom recreational vehicle park can be restricted by the town.
"They better bring the local boys on board," advised Sen. John Gallus to state representatives Harry Merrow and David Babson if they are to be successful in repealing SB 458.
In the letter, Madison Board of Selectmen chairman John Arruda says his Board has a need “to address [the] concerns brought forward by our citizens.”
Long-time lake resident is Professor Emeritus of biology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts.
A condition to restrict wells added to a sub-division approval to allow overnight use of sites from six to eleven months has prompted six Freedom residents to consult a lawyer.
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