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Hillsboro; Wal-Mart: Write to support us Company trying to enlist residents

HILLSBORO - Wal-Mart is encouraging local residents to speak up if they want a store in town.

The company sent fliers to nearly 100 Hillsboro and Deering residents who had previously expressed support for the store and asked them to write letters to local newspapers and the Hillsboro Planning Board. The company is asking the town's permission to build a 155,000-square-foot store on West Main Street.

The board has received at least 40 letters in the last three weeks, said Matt Taylor, the town planner, and many letters of support have been published in area newspapers, including the Monitor.

Wal-Mart sent the fliers in response to an opposition group, Hillsborough Citizens for Positive ...

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