BY MATT SCHOOLEYBow selectmen have decided to put out bids for a potential water and sewer project that would potentially attract businesses to develop along Route 3A. By a 3-2 vote, selectmen authorized the funding of the remaining designs and permits to prepare the bids, so a decision can be made in the near future whether to go forward with ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow selectmen are still uncertain which path they will choose when it comes to the potential development plans along Route 3A. During a Thursday, Oct. 23, meeting, board members received input from Bill Klubben, director of Community Development, and Stephen Heavener, executive director of Capitol Region ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow officials will soon set the police dispatch fees for 2009, in the second year of a new system geared toward saving the town money. During a Thursday, Oct. 23, meeting, selectmen were scheduled to make a decision but didn’t have all of the needed data. The move, however, is expected to save the town about ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY There’s an expression Leon Kenison tells himself frequently. “It’s about how to disagree and not be disagreeable,” said Kenison. “That’s a good slogan to try and follow. I try to remind myself that that’s what I should be doing.” The Bow Board of Selectmen chairman uses the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAs energy and fuel costs remain at the highest levels they’ve seen in years, some Bow residents have come up with ways to reduce the town’s consumption of these valuable resources. Members of the Bow Energy Conservation Committee presented the Board of Selectmen with numerous options for reducing their energy costs at ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton officials will now be able to remove the word “interim” from its town administrator position. Leon Kenison, chairman of the Bow Board of Selectmen, has been named the first permanent replacement since Ed Wojnowksi left the position in August 2007. In the meantime, Bob Veloski held the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow town officials may be forced to make a decision within the next two months on whether to go forward with a $10 million water and sewer project on Route 3A without having any developers waiting in the wings. Selectmen will discuss the issue further at its Thursday, Sept. 25, meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Part of ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow officials are looking at the potential benefits of joining with area towns to buy services in bulk to save money. Barnstead, Chichester, Epsom, Pembroke and Pittsfield make up the Suncook Valley Regional Town Association, a group that recently discovered it could save 12 to 20 percent on employee health insurance ...

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 ...