FREEDOM — State officials Thursday hailed the construction of the new dam at Berry Bay on Ossipee Lake, which is designed to reduce the chance of catastrophic flooding and is nearly complete.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services hosted an open house at the dam, which was accessible from Parsons Road in Freedom.
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