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  • Why a Woodbury family's Roxbury hiking trails face a zoning showdown

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• Roxbury officials make case against couple's paid hiking, dog-walking business (nhregister.com) — A Woodbury family's paid hiking and dog-walking business on their Roxbury land is under fire from town officials, who say it violates residential zoning rules. Roxbury's first selectman argues the fee-based trails are a commercial use, while the Woodbury owners insist they're managing forestland and want due process, with options still open for a zoning text change.
   

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