Hartford Town Manager Hunter Rieseberg speaks during the joint town and school meeting in White River Junction, Vt., on March 29, 2014. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Hartford Town Manager Hunter Rieseberg speaks during the joint town and school meeting in White River Junction, Vt., on March 29, 2014. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Newport — Hunter Rieseberg, who resigned as Hartford town manager in the summer of 2015 after 20 years, has been appointed interim town manager in Newport in a 5-0 vote by the Selectboard.

Shane O’Keefe resigned as town manager in early September, citing personal reasons according to a release from the Newport Selectboard. O’Keefe had been hired in July 2015.

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Posted Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. Find a full report in Thursday’s Valley News.