OSSIPEE — Selectmen Monday said they would use American Rescue Plan money to offset taxes and to finally finish an on-again off-again bridge project.Â
Signed into law by President Joe Biden in March, the $1.9 trillion rescue plan is meant to help communities and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.
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