GORHAM — The budget committee held its annual budget hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 9, in the Medallion Opera House.
Chairman Patti Stolte presented slides of the dollar amounts requested in the town warrant that the six-member committee had studied over the course of eight meetings, all in 2022.
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