OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court judge said last Friday she will issue an order soon in the ongoing dispute between the Governor Wentworth School District and Ossipee selectmen.
Selectmen, in the face of what they say are rising school taxes, decided in June to send tax revenues to the school district in equal monthly payments of $716,000 instead of the payment schedule that the district has used for years (which is based on the district’s expenses).
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