LEYDEN — After 4½ years of service, Karen Sayword-Sims is resigning from the Board of Selectmen.
“I will be dividing my time between Leyden and Ramah, New Mexico,” she said in her resignation letter. “As I will be gone for several months at a time, it is neither possible nor responsible for me to continue my position.”
She is also retiring from a 20-year career as a nurse at the Franklin County Technical School, although she plans to continue caring for others. She said she had not been considering retirement when she ran for her current term on the board. She plans to finish out the year, her resignation from the board effective Dec. 31.