OSSIPEE — Two out of three selectmen and perhaps as many as 21 people connected to Ossipee town government and their family members may have contracted COVID-19, it was revealed at the board's meeting on Tuesday.
Ossipee Selectman Jonathan Smith, who had voted against a mask mandate in the town hall, was one of them. Smith is also a Republican state representative who was elected in November.
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