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MANCHESTER — Despite residents voting against the move, Manchester will regionalize its public safety dispatch operations with North Shore Regional 911 Center of Middleton.

Selectmen voted 4-1 in favor of the move at a meeting last Tuesday. Selectmen are the ultimate authority on all personnel matters — which dispatch service is considered — in town. However, at Town Election this May, voters were asked their opinion on regionalization through a non-binding ballot question. The final tally was 635 in favor and 854 against.