The Associated Press
via Boston Globe
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — A judge has ruled that Goffstown’s proposal to eliminate the job of fire chief as part of a plan to merge the town’s police and fire departments under a single public safety director must go to residents for a vote.
The proposal called for cutting the job of Fire Chief Frank Carpentino, but Hillsborough Superior Court Judge Philip Mangones ruled that the selectmen couldn’t fire Carpentino without cause.
“I’m relieved that this phase is over with and we can get back to a somewhat normal way of running the department and serving the community,” Carpentino said Monday night.