Former three-term selectman Harry Merrow outpolled two other candidates by a wide margin Tuesday in a race to fill the seat of longtime selectman Joseph Skehan, who died in February.
We have been in Freedom for nine winters and this is the first time snow off the garage roof was up to the edge of the roof (almost 8'). We were very happy to have the snow on the ground rather than on the roof.
Remember Mount Whittier? Then you probably remember Tyrol and Intervale ski areas too. Vanished but still cherished local slopes are the focus of a website and a talk this Sunday at the Eastern Slope Inn in North Conway.
It has been a great winter for skiers in central and northern New England, but the heavy snowfall has become a nightmare for municipal budgets and the owners of dozens of buildings whose roofs have collapsed.
In a letter issued this week, members of the Ossipee Conservation Commission said the organization is within $19,900 of being able to purchase the Route 16 'viewshed' property in its "Window on the Ossipee Mountains" initiative.
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