LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) - A North Country rest area along Interstate 93 has been dedicated to New Hampshire’s longest-serving Executive Council member.
The Littleton rest area off Exit 44 was named the Raymond S. Burton Welcome Center on Thursday. A plaque and portrait of Burton are inside the entrance.
Republican Rep. Brad Bailey, who sponsored legislation naming the center after Burton, told the Caledonian Record that from tourism to economic development, Burton always put the “collective interests first.”
Burton died in 2013, after a battle with cancer. He was 74.
The council official, from Bath, served District One for 34 years. The district covers Coos and Grafton counties and has 108 communities.
The Littleton welcome center is one of 12 managed by state agencies. It had 83,000 visitors last year.
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