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Abutters raise privacy, liability concerns as Hooksett begins Quimby Mountain stewardship plan
Summary
Abutters told the Hooksett Conservation Commission they oppose trail access across or behind their properties as the commission begins a stewardship plan for Quimby Mountain.
Residents who live adjacent to Quimby Mountain told the Hooksett Conservation Commission they are concerned that trail development would intrude on private yards, create liability and change the quiet character of their neighborhood.
Jesse Tringale, who said he lives at 30 Quimby Mountain Road and described himself as the closest developed landowner to the mountain27s summit area, told the commission that covenants and his neighborhood27s character guided how homeowners have built and parked vehicles. "I just can't imagine people coming up through my backyard where I'm sitting out there watching TV in my hot tub," Tringale said during the public-input portion of the meeting.
Tringale and a neighbor, David Lacasse of 24 Quimby Mountain Road, said the terrain near the summit is steep, includes a 25-foot retaining…
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