onald Babbin sounded off on Aug. 25 about speeders and reckless drivers and said their days of running wild will come to an end once the department is staffed up early next year.
“In over 2½ years, we have had five fatalities on the roads in this town, five,” said Babbin at the Monday selectmen’s meeting. “It bothers me, the speeders in this town are off the chain.”
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