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Select Board signals it will not reappoint Planning Board member amid procedural concerns
Summary
After extended public discussion, the Select Board indicated it will not reappoint Planning Board member Mike Ahern when his term expires April 1. The exchange centered on emails among planning-board members, alleged deviations from RSA 91-A (right-to-know), competing legal opinions, and community letters both supporting and criticizing Ahern.
The Plymouth Select Board on March 10 heard more than an hour of testimony from Planning Board member Mike Ahern and other speakers before signaling it would not reappoint Ahern when his term expires April 1.
Ahern recounted his service on multiple town boards, his involvement with the Ag Zone Committee and the housing subcommittee, and the reasons he sought reappointment. He described efforts to raise alternatives to a petitioned warrant article and to facilitate outreach from affected residents during planning-board deliberations.
Central to the discussion were emails Ahern circulated to planning-board officers and others about pending zoning matters. Ahern said his…
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