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• Sealed minutes to be released

  BY JENN McDOWELL Epsom selectmen have made it a goal this year to chip away at hundreds of files of sealed minutes, to vote on whether to make them public or keep them sealed, said Selectman Joanne Randall. “You’re going to see, this year, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:01 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, selectmen, meeting minutes

• 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

• No more RAC – Epsom road agent gets more say over budget

  BY JENN McDOWELL Epsom’s Road Advisory Committee is no more, following issues with the road agent’s authority and the trickling down of paperwork. At a meeting on Monday, Oct. 1, selectmen decided to do away with the committee after concern Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:31 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, selectmen, roads, floods, budget

• Ellis calls truce with selectmen

  BY JENN McDOWELL After a tumultuous year, the Epsom Board of Selectmen appears to have gotten itself back on track – however rickety and uncertain that track may be, putting a battle between the road agent and selectmen behind them. A joint press Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:18 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, selectmen, roads

• Ellis goes to court

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN A state Superior Court judge ruled that Epsom selectmen can’t fire Road Agent Gordon Ellis until the court decides on Ellis’ claims that he was unjustly fired by selectmen last year. At a Thursday, May 10, hearing, Judge Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:32 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Road Agent, Gordon Ellis, Merrimack Valley, selectmen

• Lawsuit: Selectmen stole, lied, hid from public

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN An Epsom resident has filed suit in Merrimack Superior Court alleging certain selectmen have been involved in stealing town services, covering up lies and improperly holding closed-door meetings. Local business owner David Fiorentino Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Merrimack Valley, selectmen

• Epsom selectmen unable to choose a chairman

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Epsom’s returning selectmen, for whom voters showed a racking lack of support on the March 13 Election Day, said they don’t intend to resign their posts. “Once I commit to something, I’m committed,” said Read More... Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:47 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Merrimack Valley, selectmen

• New Blood Wanted in Epsom - Vote is in favor of removing selectmen, board is reduced to three, road agent Ellis is restored

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Epsom residents conveyed some serious discontent on Election Day, Tuesday, March 13, by soundly approving several warrant articles asking to limit the authority of selectmen, who’ve been embroiled in controversy since last fall’s Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:08 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Epsom, Road Agent, town meeting, selectmen