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• Water project vote to get recount

  BY ROD HANSEN Two petitioned requests for recounts will have town officials hand-counting ballots at town hall at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 25. Both recount requests concern warrant articles where slim margins decided the outcome. In the case of Article 13, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:53 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics, voting

• State aid shortfall won’t hurt locally

  BY ROD HANSEN The Goffstown School District won’t have to make up for an expected shortfall in state education aid because that money wasn’t anticipated in the budgeting process, members of the school board said. “We’ve presented Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:07 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, schools, politics

• Goffstown TIF articles may not be legal

  BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown may have violated state law by putting an article on the town warrant without first consulting with the school board and county commissioners, according to a letter from the superintendent of schools. However, selectmen have decided Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:04 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics

• Most towns to weigh in on global warming

  BY DARRELL HALEN Susan Carr is concerned about global warming and climate change. So she’s doing her part to help bring action at the national and local levels to tackle the problem. Carr went to the transfer station, a firemen’s breakfast Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:13 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics, global warming

• Good intent but ... – Warrant to record votes may be flawed

  BY ROD HANSEN A petitioned warrant article meant to broaden the public’s knowledge of how their officials vote may carry with it some unintended consequences, one Goffstown selectman said. Article 27, submitted by petition by resident Guy Caron, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:06 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics

• Roads, tax exemptions draw talk at meeting

  BY ROD HANSEN A measure for expanded elderly tax exemptions survived the recent town deliberative session of Goffstown Town Meeting, escaping two proposed amendments that would have weakened the measure considerably on the March ballot. The elderly tax Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:13 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics, taxes

• Goffstown officials at odds over road funding

  BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown selectmen and budget committee members remain at odds over one major article on the town warrant only weeks away from Town Meeting. While a $16.8 million operating budget appeared as one of 32 items on the budget, a $2 million Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:19 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, politics