FRYEBURG, Maine — Three candidates — Richard Murray III, Robert Ricks and Zac Mercauto — are running for a vacant selectman's seat in the special election on Jan. 10. Murray and Ricks previously campaigned for the election that had to be called off because of posting errors last September. Mercauto is a student at Fryeburg Academy.
The candidates were invited to write essays describing why they think they should become the next selectman from Fryeburg.
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