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In two votes on Jan. 7, Milford Town Meeting voted to change Board of Selectmen to Select Board. (Samantha Mercado/Patch)
MILFORD, MA Milford will soon join the dozens of other towns across Massachusetts that have changed from using the term Board of Selectmen to the gender-neutral Select Board.
Town Meeting approved the change during the Jan. 7 session after pushing the matter off the warrant last summer. The article was sponsored by member Lauren Wilton, who said the change could encourage more women to run for the town s top governing board. Any woman can run for Board of Selectmen, but the name implies she should not, Wilton said during the meeting.