Board of Selectmen

New Salem Selectboard unanimously approves Fire Department pay adjustments to match Wendell. The board unanimously approved pay rate adjustments for Junior Firefighters through Officer EMTs, costing approximately $4,000 to address a roughly $2-per-hour wage gap with comparable positions in Wendell.

New Salem Board of Selectmen restructures police chief position to full-time. The board voted unanimously to establish the full-time position and voted separately to post it as an open posting with internal candidates encouraged to apply. Selectboard member Mailande DeWitt recused herself from both