GORHAM — The last action at the selectmen’s meeting on Monday, Dec. 13, was board members’ approval of a heartfelt “thank you” letter to District 1 Executive Councilor Joe Kenney, a Republican of Wakefield, drafted by town manager Denise Vallee.
Vallee explained that, thanks to Kenney’s direct intervention with NHDOT Commissioner Victoria Sheehan and Assistant Commissioner Bill Cass, the proposed 3,200 linear-foot sidewalk project on Route 2, west of the Route 16 intersection, is now on the 2023-2032 Draft 10-year plan.
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