OSSIPEE — Residents and selectmen Monday debated a warrant article to be voted on March 10 that would change the board of selectmen back to three members from five. It comes before the town has even have had the chance to try a five-person board.
Petitioned Article 2, brought by Danny Fischbein and others, asks voters to revert back to a three-person board next year.Â
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