EATON — More than 80 residents packed Eaton's Little White Church on Thursday night, hoping to find a way to protect 116 acres on Lyman Mountain from a proposed logging operation that many fear could alter the landscape, threaten water quality and increase flooding.
Residents Quddus Snyder and John Hartman had asked the Eaton selectmen to hold the meeting and try to help get the state Department of Environmental Services involve
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