Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
07-07-2025, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,187
composting toilet
Just got back from several days on the island. 20 years ago we built a bunkhouse with a Centrex 3000 composting toilet with a 1 pint flush unit.
Because the unit was quite bulky we raised the height...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2025, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 33,034
electronic monitoring
This particular report said nothing about electronic monitoring. The spill was noticed by a neighboring towns public works director as he happened to be driving home from work. The pump was started...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2025, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 33,034
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Forum: General Discussion
02-13-2025, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Bill retained in committee
Yesterday after the committee caucused privately the committee voted to retain the bill in committee which means they will continue to work on it but not send it to the full house for passage at...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-06-2025, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Emailed committee
I just sent an email to the committee with my concerns and some suggestion one of which was to send this to interim study. The committee is voting this coming this Wednesday in Executive session so...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-04-2025, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Measuring shorefront
So DES came up with a complicated formula to measure shorefront because in their opinion too many people were measuring every rock angle spit and indent to come up with actual frontage to allow them...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-04-2025, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2025, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Its a fee not a tax - Live Fee or Die
As I review this more closely this is being structured as a registration fee tacked on the law that allows boat registrations. So you are not paying a tax you are paying a fee to register your shore...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2025, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Dam Maintenance
You are right John. The dams are owned by the state and leased to the hydroelectric operator who is responsible for maintenance of the dam. Discussions in committee on getting more revenue from them...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2025, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
Study Committee
So there has already been a study committee for this and they have recommended this bill. Clearly they have looked at the waterfront owners as ripe for the plucking. NH owns many dams that truly need...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2025, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
ARPA funds allocated
So it looks like 30 million has been specifically allocated for this purpose already?
https://www.des.nh.gov/news-and-media/nhdes-announces-35-million-high-hazard-dam-rehabilitation-andor-removal
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2025, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 34,631
New Waterfront Tax proposed HB 629-FN
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Just got wind of a new tax plan to supposedly upgrade State owned dams.
Now they want to put a tax of 1.58 per shorefront foot per year on every lake front where there is a state owned dam. Also...
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Forum: Boating
05-18-2024, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 11,409
Launch is free parking is residents only
Parking is restricted at Long Island Beach and States Landing Beach to those vehicles displaying a current two-year Town
of Moultonborough Transfer Station/Beach Permit or Town of Moultonborough...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-13-2024, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 64,163
How things change (or don't)
In 1965 my grandfather chose island waterfront as he could afford the 35 dollars a shore frontage foot for a 1/2 acre lot. Mainland lots were 110 dollars a shore front foot for a similar sized lot....
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Forum: General Discussion
11-30-2023, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 15,121
Rare Exports
Rare Exports- A Christmas Tale
A little gory but very Christmassy.
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Forum: General Discussion
09-04-2022, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 19,875
island
Tis
That kind of thing is so sad. I believe that +98% of the people using the lake are not like that. I own a 1.3 acre private Winnipesaukee island and its amazing how those people think they can...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-04-2022, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 19,875
Trespassing
Tieing off to docks and using property for camping on Rattlesnake sound like trespassing. If this is happening it should be reported to the Alton PD with bow numbers etc. I assume that Poor Richards...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-01-2022, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 19,875
Hearing date
Here is a link to the hearing.
It has been scheduled on Thursday September 29th at 11 am. The location is at the Tuftonboro Free Library. By law these hearings cannot be held after the end of...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-31-2022, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 19,875
petition for ragged
If you review the petition for Ragged Island and the signatures it is clear that these were pulled together by an interested party or parties (read a local landowner). I doubt the trust sent staff...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-01-2022, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 10,171
wood stove exception
Its what I was told by code enforcement here is results of a search
Exception: The following low-energy buildings, or portions thereof, separated from the
remainder of the building by building...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-28-2022, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 10,171
island building
Just built a timber frame on an island. It was pretty simple to meet code issues
for example the windows needed to be framed to allow the correct clear height and width and if within a certain...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-02-2022, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,072
Loons
I once was talking to a Moultonborough native about how nice it was to have more loons on the lake and his reply was "Yeah their eggs taste great fried in butter":look:
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Forum: General Discussion
09-08-2021, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,035
agree
Yes
In NH if you keep your land open for hunting walking etc then you are more protected against liability than if you post it. The statute says that you do not owe a duty of care to those persons...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-14-2021, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 32,582
1967-1969
So
In 1967 My grandfather applied for and received a permit to build a 2 bedroom septic system at the camp. This was the first year septic systems were required in NH. I still have the drawing that...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-07-2021, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,987
dock setbacks +water depth
20 foot setback from the imaginary extension of the neighboring property line over the water. Dredging or dock modifications can be permitted if you cannot access a statutory boat slip.
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