March 2007 - Posts

• A literary adventure – Home-schoolers create puppets, perform for family and friends

  The Heritage Home-schoolers of Dunbarton have been busy for the past seven months making an apple pie. They were finally able to taste the fruits of their labor on Saturday March 24, after their rod puppetry performance, based on Marjorie Priceman’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:10 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, schools

• Dunbarton sued under Right-to-Know

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR In January, Dunbarton resident Lori Davis sued the town under the Right-to-Know Law after she said she had been denied access to several financial documents. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 29 with the Merrimack County Superior Court claimed Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:05 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton

• Police chief retires

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR After six years with the Dunbarton Police Department, Chief Jeff Nelson is retiring. Nelson, who came to Dunbarton after 19 years with the Goffstown Police Department, had his resignation accepted by selectmen at their meeting on Read More... Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:53 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Dunbarton, Police

• Town clerk expanded to full-time position

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dunbarton Town Clerk Linda Peters couldn’t watch. At Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 13, Peters faced away from a filled community center, as residents approved, by overwhelming vote, her petitioned warrant article to expand Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:37 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, government, town meeting

• Mann re-elected to board of selectmen

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dunbarton residents turned out on Election Day to overwhelmingly oppose change. On Tuesday, March 13, the town re-elected Selectman Mert Mann and voted down SB2 for the second straight year. The town declined to transition to official Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:35 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, Political, election

• School District Meeting set for March 10

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR An oddity in today’s world of increased government spending, the Dunbarton School District will present a proposed operating budget lower than the current fiscal year when it convenes at School District Meeting on Saturday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:30 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, politics, schools

• SB2, budget up for approval at Town Meeting

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Dunbarton’s annual Town Meeting will take place Tuesday, March 13, and among several other articles, will vote to approve a 3.2 percent operating budget increase and a new full-time police officer position. This year’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:28 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dunbarton, schools, budget