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• Selectmen will not oppose church building in industrial zone

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The Goffstown Board of Selectmen has decided it will not try to stop a church from building in an industrial zone. “My reaction is a happy one, of course,” said Joe Johnsick, the founder and pastor of Goffstown Harvest Christian Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:53 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Board of Selectmen, building, church

• Town, church disagree over land

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Economic development and private property rights are clashing in a plan for a new church building on land the town thinks is better suited for industry. At its last meeting in June, the Gofftsown Board of Selectmen voted to ask the Zoning Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:33 PM by Goffstown Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, zoning, churches, Board of Selectmen, Planning board

• Police details are over budget

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Police Chief Patrick Sullivan told the Goffstown Board of Selectmen this week that he has exceeded his budget for police details, largely due to the New Hampshire presidential primary. Sullivan said he is already $2,000 over his original Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:02 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, police, budget, Board of Selectmen, rail trail

• Goffstown selectmen to vote on speed limit

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Drivers through Goffstown may have to slow down depending on the results of a potential upcoming Board of Selectmen vote. Selectmen could approve a new speed limit in town at the Monday, April 28, meeting. On Monday, April 21, the board Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Board of Selectmen, speed limit

• Questions raised about Article 9

  BY JENN McDOWELL While Article 9, an amendment to Goffstown’s conservation district, passed at elections on March 11, contention over the map posted on the town’s Web site and a resulting revision to it surfaced before and after the vote. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:45 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, zoning, Board of Selectmen, conservation district, wetlands, Planning board

• Land exemption sought, speed change proposed

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Goffstown will apply for an exemption from the revised Shoreland Protection Act, which took effect in New Hampshire this month and would have an impact on areas along the Piscataquog River in this area. The law restricts what developers Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:53 PM by Goffstown Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Board of Selectmen, Piscataquog River, Shoreland Protection Act

• Goffstown Year in review 2007

  BY MICHELLE KIM A new year brought back some old problems in Goffstown as flooding was once again a major issue. There was also continued debate about the effectiveness of roundabouts, how to make recycling profitable and many other issues. In January, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:31 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, Property tax, roundabout, flooding, Pumpkin Regatta, budget, Villa Augustina, Board of Selectmen

• Goffstown may pass school costs to other towns

  BY MICHELLE KIM Goffstown may start passing onto New Boston and Dunbarton the costs of some services it provides to the schools previously not charged under a “gentlemen’s agreement.” At the Board of Selectmen meeting on Dec. 10, Selectmen Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:48 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, schools, Dunbarton, News Boston, Board of Selectmen