A Facebook post sparked a debate about controlling dogs at Ossipee Lake Natural Area, but state law is clear—dogs are prohibited on the property, leashed or not.
A Facebook post sparked a debate about controlling dogs at Ossipee Lake Natural Area, but state law is clear—dogs are prohibited on the property, leashed or not.
Meena LLC has a variance to build a gas station but needs a Special Use Permit to operate it, according to Concord-based Northpoint Engineering. Meena’s attorney says that’s “legally incorrect.”
As they do every year, volunteers from the lake’s boating community picked up litter and winter debris from the public section of the state preserve’s shoreline.
Ossipee’s endorsement of an Effingham gas station struck some as an outlier decision, but it’s part of a years-long pattern.
Effingham’s Planning Board has continued the gas station hearing to July 7 as attorneys for the applicant and abutters debate Northpoint Engineering’s conclusion that a Special Use Permit is required.