In some years, news on the lake is dominated by a single story. Such was the case in 2016.
In some years, news on the lake is dominated by a single story. Such was the case in 2016.
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.
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.
Was it murder or an accident? Traveling salesman Frederick Small said he was out of town when his Ossipee Lake home burned to the ground in September, 1916, killing his wife, Florence. Not so, said authorities, whose prosecution of Small kept New England in suspense for months. The definitive book about the Small case has now been reissued.
Commission cites potential violations of Ossipee’s zoning laws in regard to the development on the floodplain, including septic system construction.