OSSIPEE — By seven votes, Ossipee voters Wednesday approved converting a portion of Deer Cove Road from a town-maintained Class V road to a Class VI road, which won't get town maintenance going forward.
Deer Cove Road intersects with Route 16 across from Aubuchon Hardware and then meets up with South Shore Road and curves northeast along the shore of Ossipee Lake's Deer Cove.
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