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• Bow could save money by purchasing services with other towns

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow officials are looking at the potential benefits of joining with area towns to buy services in bulk to save money. Barnstead, Chichester, Epsom, Pembroke and Pittsfield make up the Suncook Valley Regional Town Association, a group Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:00 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, selectmen

• Bow selectman trim $481K from budget

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The town will now be operating with a reduced budget, after selectmen decided what items to cut, as mandated by voters at the May Town Meeting. The most noticeable cut in service will come at the transfer station, which was closed as Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:56 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bow, budget, selectmen

• Bow selectmen tackle cuts

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow selectmen will begin trimming about $400,000 from the budget, combing through each of the town’s departments looking for cuts for a second straight year. Board members will begin the process during a Thursday, June 12, meeting Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:56 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, budget, selectmen

• Bow budget hikes taxes

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY In the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:50 PM by Bow Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Bow, taxes, budget, voting, selectmen

• Here’s who’s running for election in Bow

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow residents heading to the polls on Election Day will have five contested races to decide, as candidates recently met the deadline to get their names on the ballot. For one open seat on the Board of Selectmen, incumbent Harry Judd is Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:01 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, elections, voting, selectmen, School Board

• File for town and school seats in Bow

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow residents have until Friday, April 4, to file for open positions. Applications are being accepted at the Town Clerk’s office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents can get involved in public office by filing for 11 open seats for Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:41 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, voting, selectmen

• Meeting causes strife, name calling among Bow selectmen

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Weeks after Bow selectmen voted to keep the Celebrating Children preschool a town-supported program, town members and officials are divided over alleged bigotry and political misunderstanding. During the Nov. 28 meeting, about 75 supporters Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:17 PM by Bow Editor | 9 Comments Filed under: Bow, Merrimack Valley, selectmen, Celebrating Children Preschool

• School saved

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY About 70 supporters of Bow’s Celebrating Children preschool got the vote they had hoped for, as the Bow Board of Selectmen unanimously decided to keep it a town program. The 5-0 vote during the Wednesday, Nov. 28, meeting assured Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:12 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bow, Merrimack Valley, selectmen, preschool

• Dark to light – Bow reasseses decision to turn off street lights

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY After concerned residents packed the Bow Board of Selectmen meeting last Thursday, board members are going to reassess their decision to shut off 60 percent of the street lights in town. Board members, who made the move to save about Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:25 PM by Bow Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Bow, budget, electricity, selectmen

• Lights out – Street lights shut off as a result of budget cuts

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Many Bow residents are now in the dark, as 60 percent of the town’s streetlights have been permanently turned off. Lights are shut off everywhere in town except at major intersections, saving approximately $25,000 a year for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:31 PM by Bow Editor | 8 Comments Filed under: Bow, budget, electricity, selectmen