By Henry MetzThe biggest financial challenge facing area towns is figuring out how to continue providing the level of services residents have come to count on without raising taxes. As selectmen, school boards and budget committees pour over their figures for 2010, they are finding the dismal performance of the regional and national economies ...

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 SCHOOLEYIn the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to voters at the Bow Town Meeting Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., at Bow High School. The warrants, ...