EFFINGHAM â About a dozen residents Wednesday protested selectmen's decision to delay town meeting and election to May. The rest of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District's towns â Brookfield, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro â are voting in March, as in past years.
The protesters, led by Leanne Leonard, a mother of three children in the school district, stood outside the town offices starting at 5 p.m. while selectmen Michael Cahalane (chair), Chuck Fuller and Tom Hart met to host a Zoom public hearing to explain their decision.
Some of the protesters held signs while others sat in their cars to keep warm. At one point, the group walked behind the town office to make sure selectmen could see their signs.