TAMWORTH — Selectmen have unanimously appointed retired environmental planner Richard Doucette to fill the seat on the board vacated by Aaron Ricker.
Five people had applied for the seat — T.J. Eldridge, Ossipee Department of Public Works director; former selectman Jim Hidden; Sherryl Hitte, an accountant; Tamworth School board member Kathi Padgett; and Doucette, though Padgett ended up taking back her application.
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