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Ossipee resident accuses selectman of making false public statements, requests retraction

5550713 · August 5, 2025
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Summary

At the Select Board public-input period a resident accused Selectman Jonathan Smith of making defamatory statements about him at the board's June 30 meeting and asked Smith to retract and apologize; the board made no immediate public response.

Robert Bowie of 5 Scott Spine Lane addressed the Ossipee Select Board during the meeting's public-input period and accused Selectman Jonathan Smith of making "defamatory and slanderous statements" about him on the public record at the board's June 30 meeting. Bowie asked Smith to identify what he said that was false or else retract the remarks and issue a public apology.

"If Mr. Smith truly…

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