COLEBROOK — The North Country Community Recreation Center’s board of directors has voted to return a $10,000 grant from a regional job creation effort funded by the controversial Northern Pass Transmission LLC.
The money came by way of the Coös County Jobs Creation Association, which was created by Eversource, formerly known as Public Service of New Hampshire.
John Fothergill, on behalf of the NCCRC board of directors, said: “We can’t just take a payoff. We look to partner with our funders. We’re unclear about the Northern Pass Fund partnership intentions except that this seemed like an award for their own immediate public relations needs. Currently, we don’t agree with their proposed transmission line plan. As long as the lines aren’t buried, we can’t support it and that means we can’t, in good faith, take their money.”
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