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Plaistow residents press board to honor homestead-food vote; discussion tabled until health inspector attends
Summary
Residents urged the Plaistow Board of Selectmen to implement the town's recently approved homestead food measure without additional local licensing requirements; the board tabled discussion until the health inspector can attend.
Several Plaistow residents told the Plaistow Board of Selectmen on March 24 that the board should not add local licensing steps beyond state law after the town's citizens'petition on homestead food operations passed in March.
Jess Pelletier, 24 North Ave., said the ballot measure passed overwhelmingly (1,039 to 294) and asked the board to limit its review to the portion of state law that requires local licensing and inspection rather than imposing new rules. "Part 1 is what the town approved," Pelletier said, adding that parts 2 and 3 of the state guidance are the ones that require licensing and…
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