selectman
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selectmen
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A Massachusetts selectman recalled that the steel sent “a funny feeling” up his arm after he laid a hand on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As selectman, he threatens to co-opt it using eminent domain.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2025
He was being challenged by Republican Jayme Stevenson, an abortion rights supporter who served more than a decade as Darien’s first selectman.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
But first, he must stave off a challenge from Liz Caruso, the first selectman of the tiny town of Caratunk, in the June 14 primary.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
“Then watch your words. May I remind you I am a selectman in this town? I am no traitor!”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Two months before the vote, Danville’s town attorney, Matt Serge, had advised O’Neil and the other selectmen that the vote likely wouldn’t stand.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Stemming from a lawsuit filed against the town of Southborough, Mass., by a resident who said selectmen had silenced her unlawfully, the decision pushed back against attempts to mandate good manners.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
In the Vermont towns of Wilmington and Dover, selectmen mandated mask-wearing in public places — which Dover Police Chief Randy Johnson said wouldn’t have happened if not for the twins’ deaths.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2020
But in county after county, they pushed through at-large systems, so everyone voted for a slate of five or seven supervisors or selectmen.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2019
At a table at the end of the room sat Captain Samuel Talcott, Magistrate from Wethersfield to the General Court of Connecticut, and a group of men whom Kit knew as the town selectmen.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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