By Dan O’Brien Residents of Riverside Drive, the pothole-plagued dirt road near the Suncook River where town officials discussed ceasing trash pickup and other municipal services, can temporarily breathe a sigh of relief. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Aug. 24 to continue to grade the dirt road until the end of 2009. The same ...

By Dan O’Brien At least one Allenstown selectman is in favor of continuing trash pickup and other municipal services on private roads, including one along the Suncook River that was ravaged by flooding in 2006 and 2007. “For me it’s not a question of whether the town is legally responsible to continue providing trash pickup, ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Roads in Allenstown will be closed for a few hours on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 20, to allow for a large-scale emergency management exercise involving more than 100 responders. The operation will take place at Allenstown Elementary School and will test the town’s emergency response, backup response from neighboring ...

BY SUSAN WARE The doubledeck Allenstown-Pembroke Bridge, which carries Route 3 traffic across the Suncook River, failed a state inspection on Friday, Aug. 3, forcing the opening of the new replacement bridge on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The inspection was prompted by the collapse of a Minnesota bridge on Aug. 1. The following day the Federal Highway ...