BARTLETT — A new chapter in the 234-year history of Josiah Bartlett Elementary School opened Tuesday night with new principal Phyllis Bellemare attending her first Bartlett School Board meeting.
The former Arizona resident had to feel right at home in the non-air-conditioned community room at the school with temperatures hovering well above 80 degrees during the two-hour-plus meeting.
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