February 2007 - Posts

• Epsom school warrants unchanged

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Of the 46 warm bodies at Epsom’s deliberative session of School District Meeting, 22 of them – including school board members, budget committee members, three administrators, three supervisors of the checklist, two clerks, Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom: school district meeting, teacher contract

• Historic Epsom meeting house saved - Epsom votes 353-284 in special meeting to take ownership of former Bible Church

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN EPSOM – The Civil War-era church that’s helped visually define Epsom for generations has been spared, at least temporarily, from the crueler side of development. On Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the second leg of a special Town Meeting, Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:37 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, history, town meeting, meeting house, Political, historic

• An interlude of agreement in Epsom

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN For at least an hour and 50 minutes, most everything was peaceful with Epsom’s embattled selectmen and some of their most vocal critics. On Monday, Feb. 5, about 30 people gathered at the upper level of the Epsom Fire Station to Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:43 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Road Agent, town meeting, selectman

• Last chance for Epsom meeting house

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN The fate of one of Epsom’s most revered historic structures is drawing near, as voters will decide on Tuesday, Feb. 13, whether to move the old Bible Church building before it’s demolished in favor of a gas station and convenience Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:19 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, meeting house

• Epsom residents voice mistrust

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN EPSOM – Mistrust of the board of selectmen was a running theme of Epsom’s deliberative session of Town Meeting, and several warrant articles up for vote on Election Day will prove whether such mistrust pervades the small Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:49 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Road Agent, town meeting

• Epsom road agent sues selectmen

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Epsom’s fired road agent, Gordon Ellis, is firing back with a lawsuit alleging selectmen, “with a predetermined plan and with malice,” contrived the four charges that led to his firing. The suit, filed in Superior Court Read More... Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Road Agent, Gordon Ellis