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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

• 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

• 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

• 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: task force, Allenstown, Pembroke, Police, Merrimack Valley, Epsom, Chichester, Bow

• 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

• At capacity – Allenstown and Pembroke to try again to expand sewer treatment plant

  BY JENN McDOWELL If voters don’t pass an article proposing an expansion of the sewer treatment plant serving Allenstown and Pembroke at this year’s Town Meeting, there can be no more developments in either town. The plant’s capacity Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, town meeting, water and sewer

• Sobering stops – Local police find sobriety checkpoints make drivers aware

  BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL The number of vehicle accidents involving impaired drivers is on the rise across the state said Allenstown Police Chief Shaun Mulholland. In an effort to combat that important public safety issue, the police departments of Allenstown, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, Police, driving, Epsom, alcohol

• Old double-deck bridge closed on lower level

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN The person in charge of carrying out the $11.3 million Suncook double-decker bridge construction project said work could be completed on time, despite a recent snag that will require the bottom half of the old bridge to be closed. The Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:17 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, bridge closure, Suncook

• Sewer set-up - Allenstown article doomed by selectmen's refusal to note their position

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Allenstown selectmen twice voted not to place a recommendation by the controversial $15 million warrant article for a sewer plant upgrade, though a non-recommendation renders the warrant article defective. The warrant article, which Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:35 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, sewer plant

• Will taxpayers support sewer upgrade?

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN ALLENSTOWN – Sewer commissioners are trying to spread the word about a $15 million bond proposal to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant that services both Pembroke and Allenstown. The $15 million question will be on Allenstown’s Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:12 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, sewer

• State backs off on fueling facility

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN The state Department of Transportation’s top official told a group of Allenstown and Pembroke residents she’s leaning against a much-maligned DOT plan to put a fleet fueling center next to one of the state’s purest Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:07 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, Department of Transportation, fueling center

• Parents put on guard - Police warn against sexual predator

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Allenstown police have stepped up patrols after some “credible information” has sparked “serious concerns for kids walking to school,” said Police Chief Shaun Mulholland. Mulholland said he couldn’t discuss Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:38 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke, sex offender

• Allenstown and Pembroke: 2006 Year in Review

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Allenstown sewer plan Allenstown sewer officials have firmed up a $15 million plan to double the capacity of the town’s sewer treatment plant, which has been stalled at maximum capacity for more than a year. Sewer commissioners Read More... Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke

• $15M needed for sewer upgrade

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Allenstown officials are considering asking voters to approve a $15 million bond for renovations to the sewer treatment plant, which is stalled at maximum capacity. A state Department of Environmental Services order has prohibited new Read More... Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Pembroke

• Crowd protests state plan for fueling station

  By Nicholas Brown Staff Writer Area residents flooded the Pembroke Academy cafeteria in opposition to a building plan they worry could permanently contaminate the water source that feeds Pembroke, Allenstown and parts of Hooksett and Concord. The gathering Read More... Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:14 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Allenstown, Hooksett, Concord, Pembroke