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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

Nearly all of the state’s 221 towns are holding local elections Tuesday with voters going to the polls to choose selectmen, school board members and other officers.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 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

“The ghost cop,” said Bill Levakis, a member of the town’s board of selectmen, who had positioned the cruiser just so.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2018

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