Letter: Why are Portsmouth's senior citizens being neglected?

Posted 6/21/21

To the editor:

The principal role of a town council besides managing and governing the town is to represent the interests of their constituents.  

Why has the Portsmouth Town Council …

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Letter: Why are Portsmouth's senior citizens being neglected?

Posted

To the editor:

The principal role of a town council besides managing and governing the town is to represent the interests of their constituents. 

Why has the Portsmouth Town Council neglected their senior citizen population? Why hasn't the problems of the senior center been taken care of, as the the Town Council has done with the other town buildings?

Josephine Escobar Vierra

54 Flint Corn Road

Portsmouth

Editor’s note: Mrs. Vierra is the director of the Island Senior Chorus, and a line dance instructor.

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