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• 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

• 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

• Subway shop robbed, two are arrested

  By JENN McDOWELL Two Manchester residents are being charged with robbing a Subway sandwich shop in Allenstown after a collaboration of police efforts in Allenstown, Hudson, and Nashua revealed that robbery was unrelated to a recent string of Subway robberies Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:24 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Police, Merrimack Valley, crime, restaurant, robbery

• Allenstown Year in review 2007

  BY JENN McDOWELL Chief convicted of stealing In March, former Allenstown Police Chief James McGonigle entered a guilty plea to stealing thousands of dollars from accounts reserved for the department, the New Hampshire Police Cadet Training Academy and Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:59 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Police, Merrimack Valley, schools, Sewer Commission, Hunter missing, Meth lab

• Still no sign of Russell Bussiere of Hooksett after weeklong effort at Bear Brook State Park

  BY JENN McDOWELL After more than a week of extensive searching over rough terrain, 6 inches of snow and thick forest at Bear Brook State Park, search teams have found no trace of a Hooksett man who went missing at the popular hunting grounds on Sunday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, Bear Brook State Park, Hunter missing

• Hunter missing in park for days

  BY JENN McDOWELL Hope was fading on Wednesday, Dec. 5, for a Hooksett man who got lost in Bear Brook State Park on Sunday, Dec. 2. After three nights of snow and frigid temperatures, New Hampshire Fish and Game said it is unlikely Russell Bussiere, 70, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:48 PM by Hooksett Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, Bear Brook State Park, Hunter missing

• Suncook sewer expansion costs questioned

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Allenstown Sewer Commission is trying once again to get voters to pass a $15 million bond that would expand the current Suncook Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed expansion would pay to construct new clarifiers to deal with Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Suncook, Merrimack Valley, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sewer Commission

• Sewer bond proposal back

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Allenstown sewer officials are again working on a $15 million plan to dramatically upgrade the wastewater treatment plant that serves the town and neighboring Pembroke. They said the plan will likely be ready for a vote next March. The Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, sewer, Merrimack Valley

• Second flood in a year worse than first

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Ken Rowe bought a shiny new Mercury Comet in 1965. Forty-one years later, in May 2006, floodwaters ripping through his low-lying neighborhood off Riverside Park Drive got as high as the Comet’s roof. Still, Rowe, a former teacher Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:29 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, flood, On the Water

• Storm wreaks havoc … again - 5 arrested in Allenstown

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Roads closed, bridges washed away and hundreds of residents were forced to abandon their homes to find safer ground once again as a spring nor’easter ravaged the state. And in Allenstown, in a low-lying neighborhood that’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:31 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Hooksett, Merrimack Valley, flood, Auburn