FRANCONIA NOTCH — Help in learning to deal with divisive and thorny issues could be available in the near future.
Members of the Mount Washington Commission voted unanimously at its June 4 meeting at Cannon Mountain’s Peabody Lodge to apply to participate in the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program of the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., according to the meeting minutes recently released by the commission. This in-person meeting was chaired by state Sen. Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro.
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