A nice stretch of late-autumn weather ended with, well, winter.
NEWS
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.
Freedom Raising Money to Take Ossipee to Court Over Westward Shores Approval
In an interview with the Conway Daily Sun, Freedom Select Board Chair Les Babb said the development could pose a risk to the water quality of Ossipee Lake if there is a flood and a problem with the septic. That could depress property values and take away from enjoyment of the lake.
Freedom Passes the Hat to Fund Westward Shores Legal Appeal
Freedom’s Select Board has authorized the Conservation Commission to establish a legal fund to support the town’s contention that Ossipee violated zoning laws by approving the campground’s plan to double in size from 258 sites to 519. Officials say more than $8,500 has already been committed to the fund.
Sale of Donald Lee Property Fails, but Lake Clean Up Will Proceed
No bidders met the reserve price this month for Donald Lee’s shorefront property, which the state ordered the Sheriff to sell after the Massachusetts resident repeatedly failed to comply with a court order to pay for the environmental damage he caused to Bradford Cove. A second auction date will be set, but in the interim the Ossipee Bluffs Association will have to cover the $500,00 to $600,000 remediation cost.