OSSIPEE — Patti Cain, the former assistant director of nursing at Mountain View Community nursing home in Ossipee, is still in a state of disbelief after she was abruptly fired last month after 12 years of service and in the middle of a staffing crisis.
County officials say the decision was strictly business.
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