FREEDOM — Selectmen from six Carroll County towns listened Monday to four ambulance companies' pitches to hire them. One company has been invited back to talk to the selectmen next week.
Selectmen representing Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Ossipee (Ossipee selectmen appointed former Selectman Rick Morgan as their representative) and Tamworth on Monday hoped to narrow the field from four prospective providers to two, or possibly even name a finalist.
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