SUFFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A centuries-old dispute between Connecticut and Massachusetts over a border area known as the ``notch'' is heating up again.
At issue: shifting water levels in a border lake, and how much Connecticut ``notch'' lakefront homeowners must pay their neighboring state.
About 170 Suffield homeowners face bills from Southwick, Mass., for new dock and boat permits. The money will pay for police patrols on the lake.
But Suffield officials say the lake has risen since a 1913 survey, putting its eastern side within Connecticut's borders.
Disputes over the notch, also known as the Southwick Jog, date to Colonial days.
Massachusetts gained part of the area, which dips into the otherwise uniform border, in 1804 to compensate for losing several towns to Connecticut in the 1600s and 1700s.
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Information from: The Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com
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