Dunbarton residents will weigh in on an addition to the town hall library building, a new police cruiser and a proposal to oppose the retail sale of cats and dogs among other issues at the annual town meeting Tuesday. Voters will also be determining a.
Dunbarton gets pandemic updates – from a century ago and now
Dunbarton residents come to the Dunbarton Community Center to vote during Tuesday s snowstorm on town voting day, Mar. 13, 2018. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz
Published: 3/10/2021 6:19:30 PM
Dunbarton town moderator Rene Ouellet opened the school district meeting by reading a report of the 1918 influenza pandemic’s impact on the town and schools.
Schools had been closed and there had been numerous absences of teachers and students more than a century ago.
“It sounds like the people of Dunbarton were dealing with the difficulties of the pandemic then, just as we are now,” Ouellet said.