WAKEFIELD — Saying “this is not (the movie) ‘Jaws,’” Gov. Chris Sununu ripped into the state Environmental Services commissioner Friday for the department’s messaging on cyanobacteria as a number of blooms have appeared on Lake Winnipesaukee in time for the busy Labor Day holiday weekend.
This is the second time this season the state’s largest lake has had multiple reports of the blue-green algae, but the first was earlier in the season in mid-June.
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