OSSIPEE — The conflict between Ossipee selectmen and the Governor Wentworth Regional School District (SAU 49) escalated Monday when the school board voted to sue the selectmen for failing to make payments on the district’s billing schedule.
Meanwhile, the three members of the Ossipee Board of Selectmen — Martha Eldridge, Sandra “Sam” Martin and Sue Simpson — backed off from demanding that the state set a zero-dollar education tax rate.
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