Long story, several prior threads such as
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ight=ames+farm
The short version is that they got done in by a rich neighbor who used Attny Nix to appeal a planning board decision that would have allowed boat launching. The ZBA, which Nix is now a member of, reversed the PB decision thus shutting down public boat launching. I read the minutes of the hearing some time ago and found it hard to believe that the vote was to shut them down.