Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 1:25 pm
BY ADAM ATKINSON
North Country This Week
CANTON The town council has appointed longtime local public radio journalist Martha Foley Smith as a council member for 2021 to fill the vacancy left by former councilwoman Karin Blackburn.
However, prior to naming Foley Smith to the council seat, the board was again criticized for their handling of Blackburn’s appointment to the town clerk’s position last week.
Blackburn resigned from her elected council post Dec. 18 and was appointed as interim town clerk on Dec. 31 to fill out the remaining term of then retiring clerk Lisa Hammond.
Foley Smith was one of four people who expressed interest in serving as an interim council member, said Town Supervisor Mary Ann Ashley at the board reorganizational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 6 when Foley Smith was named to the council seat.