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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   DOVER — Select Board members declined to make interim appointments for a committee governing the North Branch Fire District, a request complicated by a lawsuit over the very issue. “I really don’t want to wade into this,” Select Board Chairwoman Victoria Capitani said at the board meeting held May 4 with participants joining remotely via Zoom and the board stationed with attendees at the town office. “If you say this is going to court, I don’t think the town wants to get involved right now.” A recent laws...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WEST DOVER — A lawsuit against the North Branch Fire District seeks to undo committee appointments alleged to have been illegal, and allow voters to elect new members. “The Prudential Committee has no authority to appoint a member to its Prudential Committee,” states a complaint filed in Windham Superior Court, Civil Division against the North Branch Fire District and two committee members. “The Prudential Committee cannot appoint interim members, and it cannot appoint members to fill multi-year terms.” Steven Mont...