The state has decided to allow a Massachusetts couple to continue to build a controversially tall house on Lake Winnipesaukee, even though its height violates shoreline protection laws.
A global positioning unit. A special permit to apply chemicals. A dive team to hand-pluck weeds at the depths of the lake, $86,000 and a group of scientists at the University of New Hampshire for research.
Gov. Craig Benson has hired Jack Heath to help him promote himself and his ideas.
State officials and lake associations hope the money, earmarked for research, will do what chemicals, harvesting and containment cannot: eradicate an invasive and exotic weed that chokes off other plants, alters habitat and could cause waterfront property values to plummet.
After bickering over who was responsible, a special legislative committee voted yesterday to approve 16 layoffs at the Department of Environmental Services.
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