Boyles Family Market

Green Mountain Conservation Group Ossipee Lake Alliance, William Bartoswicz and Tammy McPherson took the town of Effingham to Superior Court Friday over the ZBA's granting of a variance for a gas station at the former Boyle's Family Market on Route 25 in Effingham. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)

EFFINGHAM — Two environmental groups and abutters to a proposed gas station took the Effingham Zoning Board of Adjustment to court Friday over the ZBA’s granting of a variance for the station, which the groups say could harm drinking water in surrounding towns.

But lawyers for the town and gas station told Superior Court Judge Amy Ignatius that the ZBA made a thoughtful decision by granting the variance. The case is Green Mountain Conservation Group Ossipee Lake Alliance, William Bartoswicz and Tammy McPherson v. Town of Effingham and Effingham Board of Adjustment.

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