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Delayed election met with protest in Effingham A group of Effingham residents led by Leanne Leonard (foreground) hold signs up to the town office window where selectmen were hosting a Zoom meeting Wednesday. The group opposes selectmen’s decision to postpone town elections to May. Daymond Steer / Conway Daily Sun Published: 2/19/2021 5:24:40 PM About a dozen residents Wednesday protested selectmen’s decision to delay town meeting and election to May. The rest of the Governor Wentworth Regi...

EFFINGHAM — About a dozen residents Wednesday protested selectmens decision to delay town meeting and election to May. The rest of the Governor Wentworth Regional School Districts towns — Brookfield, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro — are voting in March, as in past years. The protesters, led by Leanne Leonard, a mother of three children in the school district, stood outside the town offices starting at 5 p.m. while selectmen Michael Cahalane (chair), Chuck Fuller an...