January 2008 - Posts

• Default budgets force spending

  BY JENN McDOWELL After several years operating on a default budget, the town of Epsom will see a 22 percent increase in the coming year’s proposed town budget, the majority of that increase devoted to road improvements town officials say have been Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:18 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Merrimack Valley, roads, budget

• Five or three selectmen?

  BY JENN McDOWELL As Epsom’s Town Meeting and elections approach, residents will have to decide whether a three-member or five-member Board of Selectmen is the way to go. Last year, voters passed a petitioned warrant article to cut two seats off Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:56 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, town meeting, Merrimack Valley, selectmen