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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

• Hooksett schools set sex offender policy

  BY JENN McDOWELL The Hooksett School Board has adopted new policies that would provide better notification of and protection against sex offenders living in the town. School faculty and staff will now be told where sex offenders reside. While they will Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, sex offender, Merrimack Valley, school board

• 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

• Vintage snowmobiles on display at Bear Brook Park

  BY LEWELLYN HALLET If the smell of gasoline and roar of a motor on the cold air are part of what you love about a New England winter, check out the vintage snowmobile sat Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown. The New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum Association Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:51 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bear Brook State Park, Winter Fun, Snowmobiling

• 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: Merrimack Valley, school board, budget, voting, Allenstown

• 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

• Students create music in honor of civil rights

  BY JENN McDOWELL Students at Armand Dupont Middle School made beautiful music as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day presentation for the entire school. T.J. Wheeler, a celebrated New Hampshire jazz and blues musician and activist, also known in the Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Merrimack Valley, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, T. J. Wheeler, Armand Dupont Middle School

• 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

• Proposed middle school gets state OK

  By JENN McDOWELL The state Board of Education has officially approved the tuition agreement for a proposed joint middle school between Candia and Auburn. School Board members from both towns attended the state board’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 3:55 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Auburn, schools, candia, school board

• 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 | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Merrimack Valley, Bear Brook State Park, Hunter missing