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• Selectmen wonder if some charities should be taxed

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Nearly $65.6 million of property may not be taxed in town this year because the owners receive charitable, religious or educational exemptions. Some selectmen are asking if all the charitable exemptions are justified. On Monday, Aug. Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:45 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, taxes, charity

• Firm hired to design new Goffstown fire station

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The town has hired a firm to design a new fire station, recommend where it would be best to build it and help officials educate voters about the project, if they choose to follow through with it. That decision on the design was made by Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department, Selectmen, voting

• Goffstown Selectmen vote to keep speed limit

  BY STEPHEN BEALE What began as a meeting on a proposal to lower speed limits to 30 mph or less ended with a suggestion to increase them to 40 mph on some town roads. On Monday, May 5, the Board of Selectmen swiftly defeated a proposal for establishing Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:56 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, police chief, speed limit, Goffstown Rail Trail

• Selectmen set goals for the year

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The voters have had their say, now the town must carry out their wishes. On Monday, March 17, the Board of Selectmen poured over the results of the March 11 town election. The message the public sent about the Fire Department was clear: Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:02 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, Selectmen, elections, voting

• Group suggests official ethics policy

  BY MICHELLE KIM After three months of study, the Ethics Policy Study Committee concluded in a recently presented report that a standing ethics board was unnecessary but recommended that Goffstown have an ethics policy, largely for educational purposes. Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:59 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, Selectmen, Ethics Policy Study Committee

• Special election planned

  BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to request a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of state Rep. Bruce Hunter. On the same night, Monday, Oct. 15, the Weare Board of Selectmen unanimously decided Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:55 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, Weare, budget

• Increases sought for proposed fire budget

  BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Fire Department presented its 2008 proposed budget to the Board of Selectmen on Monday, Oct. 1, requesting a 9 percent increase in funding for the Fire Department and 11 percent increase for Emergency Medical Services. Fire Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:20 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department, Selectmen, budget

• Trash vendor could save town $100,000

  BY MICHELLE KIM Goffstown’s trash may become its treasure after the Board of Selectmen accepted the Solid Waste Commission’s recommendation for a new recycling vendor, which could save the town more than $100,000 a year and even net a profit. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:17 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, recycling, waste management

• Right to Know reactions – Town halls best at following spirit of law

  BY DAVE CHOATE Town offices are entrusted with providing information to their residents every day, so it’s little surprise that the offices for Goffstown, Weare, New Boston and Dunbarton fared well in our of Right to Know Law investigation. In Goffstown, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:41 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, police, Weare, New Boston, Dunbarton, local government

• Longtime resident becomes fire chief

  BY STEVEN ANDREWS Richard O’Brien did not expect any surprises his first week as the new fire chief, but he was glad to get one. The Board of Selectmen swore-in the 16-year resident July 2 at the Pinardville Fire Station, and he soon found out his Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:18 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Fire Department, Selectmen

• Selectmen reverse stance on roll-call votes

  BY ROD HANSEN Public records of Goffstown selectmen’s meetings will now include information on how all board members vote, after Selectman Bruce Hunter asked the board to reconsider an earlier decision at their meeting of Monday, Jan. 8. Monday’s Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:38 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen

• Officials take a look at plagued neighborhood

  BY ROD HANSEN About 30 residents of the Lynchville/Danis Park neighborhood of Goffstown gave state and local officials a guided tour of their problems on Saturday, Dec. 16. State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro was among several political figures to join Read More... Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:10 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen, Polluted drinking water

• Selectmen want no vote record

  BY ROD HANSEN Rejecting a citizen’s request that they record their votes in roll-call fashion, Goffstown selectmen recently opted to continue their policy of showing votes as a numerical tally in meeting minutes. Selectman Nick Campasano proposed Read More... Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:38 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Selectmen