‘Board of Selectmen’ To ‘Select Board’: Two Massachusetts Towns Want To Make Change

Two bills before the Massachusetts legislature  would allow the towns of Gosnold and Westport to change the name of the elected body that oversees day-to-day affairs from the "Board of Selectmen" to "Select Board." "The members of the selectboard, previously known as selectmen, shall be known as selectboard members," the bill for Gosnold says.

Two bills before the Massachusetts legislature  would allow the towns of Gosnold and Westport to change the name of the elected body that oversees day-to-day affairs from the "Board of Selectmen" to "Select Board." "The members of the selectboard, previously known as selectmen, shall be known as selectboard members," the bill for Gosnold says.…