Commissioners discuss STR law, hospital board, road repaving

A “week at the beach” may have long been a way of life in coastal communities, but the downside to some party weekends at Putnam’s lakefront properties has apparently risen rather quickly. “Too many people, too much noise, too many cars, up too late,” is the way one homeowner put it. After two town hall-type meetings drew large crowds this spring, the Putnam Board of Commissioners took up the…