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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 144
CONWAY, N.H.
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OSSIPEE — Green and slimy, exotic milfoil species are on the march through many of New Hampshire's lakes. Efforts to battle the invasive plant were discussed recently at a forum called the State of Ossipee Lake. Andrea Lamoreaux, of New Hampshire Lakes Association, said invasive aquatic plants are the top threat to the state's 900 lakes and ponds. Milfoil, can tun a nice swimming hole into a thick underwater jungle. The plant can reach heights of 15 feet. Boaters inadvertently spread exotic plants from lake to lake when plant fragments get caught on propellers and other equipment and then fall off in another water body. Selectman Morton Leavitt, of Ossipee, was "shocked" by an infestation he saw on Ossipee Lake before the lake was treated. He said the selectmen and other stakehold-
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Dozens of mountain bikers converged on Great Glen Trails for the 24 Hours of Great Glen bicycle race, which started Saturday at noon and finished on Sunday. Many took to the course in solo efforts to get the most laps in the 24-hour period, and others made it a team effort stopping to eat and sleep in some of the dozens of tents set up around the base of the Mount Washington Auto Road. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Seven hurt in three-car crash in Ossipee OSSIPEE — A bear in the roadway set off a three-car accident that sent seven people to the hospital Sunday night. A northbound vehicle on Route 16 in Center Ossipee struck and killed the bear.
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A 2006 Land Rover driven by Sandra Peoples, 50, of Conway, swerved to avoid that vehicle and struck a 1997 Lincoln Town
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CONWAY — If the 2011-12 budget is approved by special vote Tuesday, the Conway School Board will be able to rehire about a dozen employees who received reduction-inforce pink slips in April. Voting will be at the Conway Community Building in Center Conway from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The lone question on Tuesday's ballot reads: "Shall the Conway School District at this special meeting vote to raise and appropriate, as a revised operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately
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