The Nature Conservancy is in the final stages of a risky $3.8 million plan to save a rare habitat, racing against developers in their purchase of valuable properties.
The Nature Conservancy is in the final stages of a risky $3.8 million plan to save a rare habitat, racing against developers in their purchase of valuable properties.
Off-and-on showers Tuesday didn’t add up to any substantial flooding in Carroll County, although officials warned that heavier sustained rains could spell trouble with surging rivers and a full-to-the-rim Ossipee Lake.
Mount Shaw, 2,990 feet, is the highest mountain in the circular Ossipee Range. For many years, the rustic 3.5-mile Mount Shaw Trail has been ascended by hikers from Route 171 in Tuftonboro.
Harry Merrow, a selectman and state legislator who owns hundreds of acres in town, is planning to sell off about 28 acres on Route 16 to a major New England mall builder.
A cutting-edge milfoil ordinance could hit the books Tuesday, when selectmen sign a reportedly first-in-the-state order levying stiff fines to boaters who skip out on a free boat wash.