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• Hooksett, Allenstown added to schools in need of improvement

  BY JENN McDOWELL Hooksett Memorial School and Allenstown Elementary School have joined the list of schools in need of improvement following state testing results. Several local schools were either added to or maintained their positions on the New Hampshire Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:03 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Hooksett, Pembroke, Auburn, schools, Epsom, candia

• Native American ‘reservation’ proposed

  BY JENN McDOWELL A Southern New Hampshire University professor and former minister wants to turn the 36 acres of land he bought on Route 28 adjacent to the Suncook Business Park into a Native American “reservation.” Dan Stauffacher, who spent Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:38 PM by Hooksett Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Suncook, Southern New Hampshire University, Native American reservation, land

• Hunter’s body found in park

  BY JENN McDOWELL Almost five months after he disappeared into the thick forest and freshly fallen snow of Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, the remains of Russell Bussiere of Hooksett were found. “It’s huge closure,” said Michael Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:52 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Bear Brook State Park, Hunter missing

• Two die in head-on collision

  BY JENN MCDOWELL Two Concord residents died in a head-on collision with a car containing two Allenstown residents on Route 28, according to police. According to Allenstown Police Chief Shaun Mulholland, the two Concord residents were traveling south in Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:50 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Concord, Police, accident

• Allenstown town audit spurs concern

  BY JENN McDOWELL Several residents showed up at the Allenstown Board of Selectmen’s meeting Monday, April 7, hoping to discuss accounting errors found in the town’s 2006 audit, as well more recent errors detected by an independent consulting Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:33 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Board of Selectmen, audit

• Allenstown town audit reveals errors

  BY JENN McDOWELL A recent review by an outside accountant uncovered errors in the town’s accounts, according to town officials. After deficiencies were found in the fiscal year-end audits for 2005 and 2006, said Selectman Tom Gilligan, and the town’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Board of Selectmen, audit

• Allenstown cuts town positions, hours

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Allenstown Board of Selectmen has decided to cut more than needed to create a buffer for possible upcoming costs which would include paying for the outside accounting help needed as well as possible spring flooding of the Suncook. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:33 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Suncook, Police, Board of Selectmen, budget, Allenstown

• Sewer stalls development

  BY JENN McDOWELL After Allenstown voters shot down the Suncook Wastewater Treatment Plant’s $15 million expansion for the second year in a row, sewer commissioners and the plant’s operator said they are back at square one. Sewer Commissioner Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, sewer, Suncook, Merrimack Valley, Wastewater Treatment Plant

• Sewer bond fails in Allenstown

  BY JENN McDOWELL Voters in Allenstown said no to all the proposed monetary issues brought forth on this year’s ballot for the town and school district. In a to 388-264 vote, Allenstown voters again nixed a $15 million expansion for the Suncook Wastewater Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:39 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Suncook, Merrimack Valley, Board of Selectmen, voting

• Police dispatch costs to rise

  BY JENN McDOWELL After the Bow Dispatch Center increased its fees for the four other towns it covers, Allenstown, Epsom and Pembroke are faced with payments that more than double the prior year’s payments for Bow’s services. Despite having Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, Police, Merrimack Valley, Epsom, Bow

• Allenstown school warrants left unchanged

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI With few articles to consider and only 32 registered voters in attendance, the deliberative session of the Allenstown School District Meeting wrapped up in just a half hour. No changes were made to the wording of any articles, so it Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:13 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, school board, budget, voting

• Allenstown tries to avoid default budget

  BY JENN McDOWELL Allenstown voters will decide whether to accept a 11.4 percent increase in the town’s operating budget after being on a default budget this year. “It’s a big increase, but it’s like we lost a year,” said Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:24 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, Board of Selectmen, budget

• VIDEO: "Hope, Heroes, and the Blues" at Allenstown's Dupont School

  By Jen McDowell In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, New Hampshire blues artist T.J. Wheeler performed with his "Dr. Jazz Freedom Singers" from the Dupont School in Allenstown on Wednesday, Jan. 16. Fifteen students participated in Read More... Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 11:50 AM by admin | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Kids & Family, children, students, video, music

• Holidays bring out drunk drivers – and police

  BY JENN McDOWELL To combat drunk driving around the holidays, local police departments created extra shifts and paid out some overtime for more manpower during Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The police departments in Allenstown, Pembroke and Epsom Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, Police, Merrimack Valley, Epsom, Chichester, Bow, task force

• Sewer expansion goes to voters again

  BY JENN McDOWELL Allenstown voters will once again consider spending tax dollars to improve its sewer plant. Public meetings regarding a $15 million bond to expand the Suncook Wastewater Treatment Facility will continue after Allenstown selectmen and Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:07 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, Suncook, Merrimack Valley, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sewer Commission