Benton to replace Fry on Phillips Village Board

Trustees discuss ways to deal with blighted properties
 

Phillips resident Dorothy Benton reads her oath of office to become the village’s newest trustee. The retired attorney replaces Jason Fry who resigned from his seat on the board and his position as fire chief at the board’s May meeting.
Phillips resident Dorothy Benton reads her oath of office to become the village’s newest trustee. The retired attorney replaces Jason Fry who resigned from his seat on the board and his position as fire chief at the board’s May meeting.

The Phillips Village Board moved July 10 to replace former trustee Jason Fry who abruptly resigned from the board and from his position as Phillips’s fire chief at a meeting in May. Phillips area native and retired attorney Dorothy Benton was selected by the four remaining board members to fill out Fry’s term at the board’s July meeting held last Wednesday night.  Chairman Jim Crawford said t…