OSSIPEE — A number of ideas are being floated as uses for the former Mountain View Nursing Home building, such as transitional housing for inmates, an agricultural charter school and, perhaps most practically, office space for county workers.
County officials discussed the ideas July 20 at the county administration building.
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Many years ago I was on a committee that was charged with turning the old nursing home into housing for veterans. We got as far as having architectural plans. There was a big impasse because the housing was deemed suitable for men only, and it fizzled out.
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