Troy town meeting turns into dispute over gift bequeathed to town

TROY — What was supposed to be a blessing for the town has turned into a curse.

And regardless of who is in the right, one has to wonder if the late Elizabeth “Betty” Minnie Caron Giorgianni ever thought her gift of $821,500 to the town would bring out so much anger, distrust and political posturing, particularly at town meeting.

Her gift wasn’t marked for any specific use, and selectmen accepted it following a public hearing in August 2016.

Giorgianni, who was 90 years old when she died, was born and raised in Troy. She lived in Reno, Nev., at the time of her death and is buried in Troy’s Mountain View Cemetery, along with her husband, Joseph, and her grandmother, mother and father.

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