Select Board Chairman Tony Marple said the conversation will be ongoing, but he said the town has a better idea of where the Amish typically travel and are taking steps to make the roads safer.

Because of two accidents involving horse-drawn buggies in recent weeks, the Whitefield Select Board is working with state officials and local police to make the town’s roads safer.

Because of two accidents involving horse-drawn buggies in recent weeks, the Whitefield Select Board is working with state officials and local police to make the town’s roads safer.

Town officials marked nine trees for removal on the rural road to make it more accessible for larger vehicles such as school buses and firetrucks.

The proposed improvements to the rural road, including widening it and removing trees, will make the road safer and more accessible to bigger vehicles, including a school bus and firetrucks.

Quinn Conroy, 9, says summer can be ‘kind of boring when you’re in the country,’ so he asked town leaders to open a library.