MADISON — Anticipating a large crowd after social media posts surfaced regarding resignations of town employees and petitions demanding selectmen’s chair Joy Gray’s ouster, Madison selectmen moved the site of their April 14 meeting from Town Hall to the Madison Elementary School.
About 75 people attended, under the watchful eye of Police Chief James E. Hayford, who was also there to give a report.
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