TAMWORTH — Residents last Thursday challenged selectmen’s recent decision to end the recreation program at least until March and lay off Recreation Director Parker Roberts. Meanwhile, his family has set up a GoFundMe for their sick child’s medical expenses since they are now without employer sponsored health-care coverage.
At their Aug. 20 meeting, selectmen without ceremony voted unanimously to shut down the recreation department through March 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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