BY JENN McDOWELLEpsom selectmen have made it a goal this year to chip away at hundreds of files of sealed minutes, to vote on whether to make them public or keep them sealed, said Selectman Joanne Randall. “You’re going to see, this year, a lot of minutes getting unsealed,” Randall said. “There’s just too much ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAs Epsom’s Town Meeting and elections approach, residents will have to decide whether a three-member or five-member Board of Selectmen is the way to go. Last year, voters passed a petitioned warrant article to cut two seats off the board, meaning only three people would be elected this March. The petitioners had hoped to ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Epsom’s Road Advisory Committee is no more, following issues with the road agent’s authority and the trickling down of paperwork. At a meeting on Monday, Oct. 1, selectmen decided to do away with the committee after concern arose that it hindered the road agent’s progress in repairs and improvements to the ...

BY JENN McDOWELL After a tumultuous year, the Epsom Board of Selectmen appears to have gotten itself back on track – however rickety and uncertain that track may be, putting a battle between the road agent and selectmen behind them. A joint press release from the town and road agent Gordon Ellis, dated Sept. 14, regarding Ellis’ ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNA state Superior Court judge ruled that Epsom selectmen can’t fire Road Agent Gordon Ellis until the court decides on Ellis’ claims that he was unjustly fired by selectmen last year. At a Thursday, May 10, hearing, Judge Carol Ann Conboy also ordered Ellis and selectmen to meet for a mediation, and urged both sides ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNAn Epsom resident has filed suit in Merrimack Superior Court alleging certain selectmen have been involved in stealing town services, covering up lies and improperly holding closed-door meetings. Local business owner David Fiorentino claims Selectman Robert McKechnie has repeatedly lied to the public, and that another selectman, ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNEpsom’s returning selectmen, for whom voters showed a racking lack of support on the March 13 Election Day, said they don’t intend to resign their posts. “Once I commit to something, I’m committed,” said Selectman Bob McKechnie. When asked if she planned to step down, Selectman Joni Kitson replied, ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNEpsom residents conveyed some serious discontent on Election Day, Tuesday, March 13, by soundly approving several warrant articles asking to limit the authority of selectmen, who’ve been embroiled in controversy since last fall’s firing of popular road agent Gordon Ellis. Ellis, meanwhile, was overwhelmingly elected ...