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• Welfare services strained this year in Allenstown

  By Dan O’Brien Recent statewide budget cuts to welfare-related services could affect Allenstown hard. The cuts include funding for funeral expenses for those supported by the Aid to the Totally and Permanently Disabled program; a 50 percent cut Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:41 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, budget, Welfare

• Allenstown Selectmen won’t pay electric bill at building

  By Dan O’Brien The lights are going out at the Old Allenstown Meeting House inside Bear Brook State Park after selectmen decided to flip the switch. Public Service of New Hampshire sent a bill to Allenstown Town Hall saying it would cut electricity Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:29 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, PSNH, Selectmen

• Allenstown Highway Dept. accused of misuse

  By Dan O’Brien The Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department has opened an investigation into the Allenstown Highway Department. On Oct. 8, Sheriff Scott Hilliard said detectives are examining an allegation of “misuse of town property,” Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:03 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Highway Department, investigation

• Allenstown Town Hall staff shuffles

  BY DAN O'BRIEN Allenstsown selectmen say they’re moving forward with plans to reclassify prominent Town Hall positions. On Sept. 18, town employee Clifford Jones, who served as the building inspector, code enforcement officer, animal control Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:50 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Police, selectman

• Municipal services to continue – for now – on Riverside Drive

  By Dan O’Brien Residents of Riverside Drive, the pothole-plagued dirt road near the Suncook River where town officials discussed ceasing trash pickup and other municipal services, can temporarily breathe a sigh of relief. The Board of Selectmen Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:22 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, roads, Suncook River, selectman

• Riverside Drive homes could lose mail service, road maintenance

  By Dan O’Brien At least one Allenstown selectman is in favor of continuing trash pickup and other municipal services on private roads, including one along the Suncook River that was ravaged by flooding in 2006 and 2007. “For me it’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:53 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, roads, Riverside Drive, mail service, selectman

• Man’s body found in Merrimack River

  By Dan O’Brien A body found floating in the Merrimack River over the weekend was identified Monday, Aug. 3, as an Allenstown man. Jason Upton, 35, of 98 Main St., was found by kayakers Sunday, Aug. 4, according to a statement released by the state Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:45 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Police, death, Merrimack River

• Man flooded two years ago gets donated house

  By KAREN DANDURANT Sometime in mid-July, Stan Watson will return to the property he has lived at for more than 10 years, to a brand-new home that was donated to him. Watson’s previous home was destroyed in April 2007. Flood waters sent 3 feet of Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:46 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, floods, There's No Place Like Home, charity, donation

• Burglary bust in Allenstown

  By Lauren Sausser Two Allenstown men, William Ellis, 30, of 9 Albin Ave., and Daniel Leblanc, 28, of 5D Swiftwater Drive, were both arrested on May 23 in connection with a larger burglary ring that police believe is based in Allenstown. Both were arraigned Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:20 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Police, burglary

• Stimulus funds available for Allenstown sewer expansion

  By Kathleen D. Bailey Allenstown will hold a special Town Meeting on Saturday, June 13, to see if residents will approve a bond issue for $1,625,000 to upgrade the town’s aging wastewater treatment facility, with half the money to be reimbursed Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:58 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, town meeting, Sewer Commission, budget, stimulus

• Few changes made to town, school ballots

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Allenstown voters will consider accepting a proposed $5.3 million town operating budget on the warrant March 10. Exactly 100 registered voters who attended the Jan. 31 deliberative session of Town Meeting rejected a proposed amendment Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:07 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, budget, voting, warrant

• $1.5 M bond will let towns gain capacity without overhaul of plant

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI It’s a tough year to ask anyone to spend money, but Allenstown sewer commissioners are hoping voters will find investing some money in a new process at the wastewater treatment plant will benefit them all in the long run. Commissioners Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:52 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Sewer Commission, voting

• Allenstown sewer fix is back up for a vote

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Allenstown residents will only have to spend one day approving the ballots for both town and school votes, as the deliberative sessions for both Town Meeting and School District Meeting will take place one after the other on Saturday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:36 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, sewer, voting

• 18 percent increase prompts petition in Allenstown

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI When Ryan D. Provost of Allenstown received his tax bill, he knew he couldn’t stand idly by any longer. His property had lost value, but his tax bill went up anyway. That’s when he decided a tax cap was the only answer. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:06 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, taxes, property

• Tiny library gets huge display of American art

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER The brick one-story Allenstown Public Library may bear little resemblance to any major art museum, but when it comes to showcasing world-class art, this small New Hampshire library is competing with the best of them. With the help of Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:30 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Picturing America, Art, Public Library