LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Friday afternoon to appoint retired Wilton Town Manager Rhonda Irish as interim town manager of Livermore Falls.

Retired Wilton Town Manager Rhonda Irish, right, of Jay was appointed interim Livermore Falls town manager on Friday by the Livermore Falls Board of Selectmen. Franklin Journal file photo

The Jay resident served Wilton for 13 years, starting 2009 and retiring in August 2022.

The Livermore Falls board accepted former Town Manager Amanda Allen’s resignation June 6.

A search committee for a full-time town manager is being led by Vice Chairman Ernie Souther and Selectman Bruce Peary. Three others are to be on the committee.

Chairman Jim Long and Selectman Jim Cyr were responsible for recommending someone for the interim position.

In 2022, Wilton dedicated its town report to Irish. It summarized her history, from growing up on a dairy farm in Lisbon, to working for over a decade as the recycling and solid waste coordinator for Jay and then working as administrative assistant for Minot before being named Wilton’s manager.

Some of her accomplishments in Wilton include cleanup and redevelopment of the former Wilton Tannery site, a downtown revitalization project and demolition of Wilton’s Forster Mill. She sought grants to help pay for the initiatives.