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• $130,000 settlement to two of ‘fired four’

  BY GRETA CUYLER The town’s insurance company has shelled out $130,000 to settle a suit with two former employees fired for gossiping. Joanne Drewniak and Jessica Skorupski, two of the socalled Hooksett fired four, each received $65,000 for back Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:57 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: town employee, settlement, firings, Hooksett

• Town Council pounded for firings

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN At least two of Hooksett’s four fired town employees were axed for alleged insubordination, impropriety and dishonesty related to discussing an unfounded rumor that the town’s top staffer, David Jodoin, was having an adulterous Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:40 AM by Hooksett Editor | 19 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, town employee, firings, Hooksett

• ‘Fired Four’ fight

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Nearly as many Hooksett residents have signed a petition in support of four fired town employees as voted in the recent town-wide election. In about two weeks, 500 people – compared to the 742 that voted on Tuesday, May 8, town Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:05 PM by Hooksett Editor | 7 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, town employee, firings, Hooksett

• Leak: Two to be rehired

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Parties on both sides of the recent firings at Hooksett Town Hall said they don’t know who leaked information that two fired employees may have been offered their jobs back. The Union Leader reported that 27-year town employee Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:30 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, town employee, firings, Hooksett

• Fury over firings

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Four former Hooksett town employees who plan to appeal their recent firings were axed for discussing a rumor and using an inappropriate word inside and outside the office, an attorney representing them said. Councilors, meanwhile, still Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, town employee, firings, Hooksett

• Four town employees to appeal firings

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN People on both ends of the recent firing of four Hooksett town employees are remaining tight-lipped, though one of the axed workers said more facts will surface as she and the others fight their dismissal. Sandy Piper, Joanne Drewniak, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:37 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, town employee, firings, Hooksett