OSSIPEE — A striking new feature of the revamped McDonald's on Route 16 in Ossipee is two new double-sided ordering computer kiosks.
They were installed in the restaurant in order to make ordering quicker and easier, but fans of human labor can take heart as they haven't replaced any jobs but instead have actually created a few new ones.
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