Ossipee’s simmering feud over a proposed land planning study shows no sign of abating. Selectman Rick Morgan has called for a meeting to determine whether the town’s Conservation Commission has the legal right to find a new source of funding for the study. Citing a similar study in Freedom, Morgan says “ultimately it [was] all about the concern over phosphorous levels in Lake Ossipee,” adding that since Ossipee is in the hills and “all its run-off ends up in the lake,” the same kind of study in Ossipee could result in “detrimental restrictions” on land use. Citing the importance of water quality in the lake, Conservation Commission chair Ron Adams reminds Morgan that “Fifty-two percent of the town’s taxes are raised from lakeshore properties.”
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N.H. Lakes Association Criticizes Lack of Study and Debate Over Proposed Changes to Dock Setback Rules
The House Resources Committee will convene a hearing on April 5 to consider tacking the language of HB-1517 — which would cut dock property line setbacks from 20 feet to 10 feet — to an unrelated bill to name a cove in Lake Winnipesaukee. HB-1517 is sponsored by State Representative McConkey and State Senator Bradley, who represent the Ossipee Lake area.
Keeping a Vacation Home in Your Family
Dividing a home among siblings takes planning and cooperation. Despite parents’ best intentions to assure future generations of family togetherness, an inherited home often triggers lifetime grudges and, at worst, lawsuits. “You never really know someone until you share an inheritance with them,” says one legal expert.
The Smart Report: 2016 Early Spring
This has been an easy winter in N.H. but the big lake and Broad Bay remain ice covered. There are still two more days to enter the Ossipee Ice-Out Contest.