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HAMPTON Michael McMahon is the new leader of the Hampton Fire Department in the aftermath of the resignation of fire chief Jamie Ayotte. McMahon will serve as acting chief until an independent study on the Fire Department is completed, according to Town Manager Jamie Sullivan. McMahon, who was acting deputy chief since the retirement of Justin Cutting in February, assumed responsibilities for Ayotte, whose last official day was on Friday, May 21. Ayotte resigned from his position in April without giving a reason and before a study on his department by an outside consultant was completed. Selectmen hired consultant Richard Marinucci, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in February to look at the department in its entirety after concerns were expressed by Fire Department employees with Ayotte’s leadership. ....
SEABROOK – A retired police chief is facing charges of driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident in Milton. On the evening of April 26, former Seabrook police chief Lee Bitomske was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and conduct after an accident, leaving the scene of property damage, according to Paul Raymond Jr., spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of Safety. Both charges are Class B misdemeanors. Bitomske, 57, of Ossipee, was arrested and charged by a New Hampshire state trooper from Troop E. The accident took place on Route 16 in Milton, which is in the jurisdiction of Troop A. Details of the accident were not immediately available. ....
HAMPTON – A former president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs will be coming to Hampton to perform a study of the town’s Fire Department as the fire chief s leadership is being questioned by the firefighter s union. Selectmen voted unanimously recently to hire retired fire chief Richard Marinucci as an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive study for a sum not to exceed $25,000. Marinucci, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has 39 years of experience in the fire service, 32 years as chief for the Farmington Hills Fire Department and the Northville Township Fire Department. He also was the author of the “Fire Chief’s Guide to Administration and Management” and the editor of the seventh edition of the “Fire Chief’s Handbook.” ....