Before Ossipee can get a town beach, there are a few things they have to do first.
Before Ossipee can get a town beach, there are a few things they have to do first.
Voters at the annual town meeting gave selectmen the go ahead to pursue a town beach on Ossipee Lake.
While some people see the Lone Pine area of Ossipee Lake as a perfect location for a new town beach, others are concerned that creating a new recreational area there would threaten natural and historical resources in the area.
During what turned out to be a three-hour meeting, the Zoning Board of Adjustment agreed to grant Bob Hoyt of Purity Springs a special exception to the zoning regulations.
Selectmen in Ossipee listened to a proposal to use divers to clear milfoil out of Ossipee Lake, but made no decisions about the matter at the board’s meeting Monday night.