By MATT SCHOOLEY Bucking the Town Meeting trend from recent years, Bow voters decided to add money to the operating budget rather than directing selectmen to make significant cuts. On Wednesday, May 13, residents filled the Bow High School auditorium to vote on the warrant, but the meeting was tabled after four hours of debate that covered only ...

By MATT SCHOOLEY After two consecutive years of trimming the operating budget on the Town Meeting floor, Bow residents will be asked to approve a budget lower than last year’s during the upcoming vote. On Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m., at Bow High School, voters will be asked to approve several key items, including a budget of about $8 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYUnlike other surrounding towns, Bow residents approved money for teacher raises at the recent School District Meeting, in addition to the remainder of the warrant. During the Friday, March 13, meeting, voters approved the school’s $24.3 million operating budget, a decrease of slightly less than 1 percent from last year. The ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNWhen Bow residents attend School District Meeting on March 13, they can expect to see a petitioned article for official ballot law, or SB-2, on the school district warrant. According to Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden, this article will on the ballot in May and will not be voted on at the School District Meeting. There ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYFollowing a public hearing about potential changes to school bus routes, Bow school officials are looking to rework the proposal that may save money on the budget voted on at the School District Meeting. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, close to 100 residents attended the meeting, which proposed the elimination of two buses and several bus ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The town will now be operating with a reduced budget, after selectmen decided what items to cut, as mandated by voters at the May Town Meeting. The most noticeable cut in service will come at the transfer station, which was closed as of Saturday, June 28, saving the town about $96,000. One cut that did not pass was a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow selectmen will begin trimming about $400,000 from the budget, combing through each of the town’s departments looking for cuts for a second straight year. Board members will begin the process during a Thursday, June 12, meeting after residents voted at Town Meeting in May to trim the Budget Committee and Board ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow’s Town Meeting outcome was similar to last year’s, as voters again decided to cut the budget by a significant amount. The May 14 meeting lasted until 11 p.m., with the budget and 13 other articles passing. Residents voted to continue discussion on the remaining articles during a second Town Meeting on ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY At Bow’s Town Meeting last year, residents voted to cut the operating budget significantly. This year, town officials will ask voters to increase the 2008-09 budget about $602,000 over last year. This year, both the Budget Committee and Board of Selectmen agreed on the proposed operating budget of about $8.3 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY After hearing from library trustees at a recent public hearing about the operating budget, Bow Budget Committee members decided to return $15,000 to the budget for the Baker Free Library. By a 4-3 vote after the public hearing, Budget Committee members brought the recommended budget to the same number as the ...