Ronnie Burrell has been hunting ducks for about 70 years, but his hearing shows the strain of a lifetime spent working around B-29’s, woodsaws and shotguns, so he is less likely to hear birds flush out of the marsh, and therefore is less likely to shoot.
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Going for a Paddle? You Might Face a Fee
In a bid to ward off a $5 million shortfall for the upcoming two-year budget, the Fish and Game Department wants to impose more user fees and take a portion of the state’s rooms and meals tax.
Hiking: The Exceptionally Unique Circular Ossipee Range
The circular Ossipee Range is 65 square miles of forested hills, nine miles in diameter. It is exceptionally unique.
Tamworth Planning Board Denies CMI Permit
At a meeting Wednesday night, five members of the Tamworth Planning Board voted to deny a Special Use Permit to Club Motorsports Inc (CMI), which wants to build a private three-mile racetrack for fast cars and motorcycles on the north face of Mt. Whittier.
Democrats Rearrange District 3
In election results reported by the Conway Daily Sun, Sandwich Democrats Howard Cunningham and Virginia Heard have beaten Ossipee Republican incumbents David Babson and Mark McConkey as District 3 State Representatives.