Long Sands Association Presses State on Natural AreaAugust 6, 2007|Alliance Staff|Alliance Report|0 CommentsFiring a salvo at state officials, Long Sands Association president George Eisener has written a public letter to area newspapers saying New Hampshire landowners should think twice before selling property to the State agency DRED.
The Smart Report: Lake Level On TargetAugust 3, 2007|Bob Smart|Alliance Report, Smart Report|0 CommentsWater level in Ossipee Lake is now at the target level of 407.25' above sea level.
Ossipee Historian Barry Hill DiesAugust 3, 2007|Alliance Staff|Alliance Report|0 CommentsBarry Hill, an Ossipee business owner who spent much of his time researching and writing about local history, died on July 21 after a brief illness. He and his wife, Susan, have lived on Ossipee Lake since 1996.
Watching But Not EnforcingJuly 30, 2007|Kate Davidson|Concord Monitor|0 CommentsThe Department of Safety warned boaters to slow down on Lake Winnipesaukee this summer, when a pilot program would allow Marine Patrol officers to enforce speed limits on two busy sections of the lake.
In East Texas, a Lake-Eating MonsterJuly 30, 2007|Ralph Blumenthal|New York Times|0 CommentsHow this one-time steamboat landing on Caddo Lake got its name is, well, uncertain — as uncertain as the fate that now clouds this natural wonder, often called the state's only honest lake.