Town Meeting in Sandwich carries on an old, old Granite State tradition

Carroll County community still holds annual gathering, about as close to direct democracy as you can get

By: GABRIEL PERRY

Outlets: Laconia Daily Sun

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 885

Last Updated: 3 days, 20 hours ago

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SANDWICH — In the traditional style, the voters of Sandwich congregated at the central school on Wednesday evening. Their task: make sure the small Carroll County town keeps on running.

Sandwich is included on an ever-shrinking list of New Hampshire towns that still run Town Meeting the old way. Voters gather all together — in Sandwich on Wednesday it was in a basketball gym that served as meetinghouse — and debate and decide on …

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