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Selectmen prohibit public comments on New Gloucester library budget

| Ellie Fellers, Special to the Sun Journal | NEW GLOUCESTER — Chairwoman Linda Chase of the Board of Selectmen on Monday ruled to prohibit any public comment on the […]

| Ellie Fellers, Special to the Sun Journal |

NEW GLOUCESTER — Chairwoman Linda Chase of the Board of Selectmen on Monday ruled to prohibit any public comment on the library budget when four members of the Friends of the New Gloucester Public Library came to speak about the group’s work.

The ban to speak came during the public portion of the meeting, when citizens are allowed to address the board.

“There will be no comment on the budget until the Budget Committee public hearing,” Chase said. Keep reading in the Sun Journal