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Residents and town officials table vote to reclassify Deer Cove Road amid safety, property concerns
Summary
Voters at Ossipee Town Meeting debated reclassifying a narrow lakeside section of Deer Cove Road from Class V to Class VI. After lengthy testimony on drainage, turnaround and property‑value risks, the meeting voted to table Article 10, effectively killing the measure for the year and prompting calls for a summer informational meeting.
Moderator Katie Bedley opened discussion on Article 10, which would reclassify a portion of Deer Cove Road from a town‑maintained Class V road to an unmaintained Class VI road. Resident James Ry urged tabling the article so seasonal property owners could be included in an informational meeting: “I would move that we table this and try to have this meeting that I've talked about and see if we can work together rather than dictate what's going to happen,” he said.
Public works director TJ Eldridge and the highway foremen described…
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