MADISON — Selectmen say short-term rentals are illegal in residential areas and the planning board seeks to change that in 2023, was the upshot of Wednesday’s planning board meeting featuring the planning board’s Attorney Laura Spector-Morgan.
Wednesday’s meeting drew about 20 people to the elementary school.
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