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Hanover selectmen back away from proposal to make town clerk an appointed position

Hanover selectmen back away from proposal to make town clerk an appointed position By Johanna Seltz Globe Correspondent,Updated April 28, 2021, 1:35 p.m. Email to a Friend Town Meeting has rejected the idea three times over the past decade. The subject was due to come up again at this year’s May 3 Town Meeting as the Board of Selectmen voted at its April 5 meeting to put it on the warrant. But the board backed away from that decision on April 26 after current Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier accused the board of acting illegally. Advertisement Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier. Harder-Bernier — who was elected to her first three-year term in 2013 and reelected in 2016 and 2019 — filed a complaint with the attorney general, alleging that the board violated the Open Meeting Law by failing to notify her or the public that the “highly controversial” matter would be discussed.

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