FRYEBURG, Maine — Eastern Slope Regional Airport Authority's leadership has responded to accusations regarding lack of transparency and mismanagement levied by former airport board member Steve Bender of Lovell.
The airport authority's executive committee — Don Thibodeau of Fryeburg, Carl Thibodeau of Conway, Ed Bergeron of Conway and Gene Bergoffen of Fryeburg — and Brian Smith, an engineer with McFarland-Johnson, met with selectmen on Feb. 22 to "set the record straight."
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