As a result, voting for selectmen, city council and maybe the mayor and governor, matters and voting actually changes things.

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Hot topics at a recent local election included divisive races for the board of selectmen, and whether to build an outdoor track for the high school and a building with facilities for maintenance workers at the cemetery.

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