By SARAH LEBRUN Dunbarton resident and selectmen Chairman Les Hammond was recently elected and sworn in as a Merrimack County commissioner on July 6. Hammond will fill the remainder of JD Colcord’s term. Colcord stepped down as commissioner after six years in office. Hammond’s term will end in January 2011. “County government ...

BY PATRICK O’NEILLResidents debated the operating budget and the need to treat milfoil in the town’s ponds at Dunbarton’s annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 10. The selectmen discussed the town operating budget for this year of $1,871,319, a 0 percent increase over last year’s budget. Chairman Leslie Hammond indicated ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIThe former owner of The Bow Times and former Dunbarton selectman, Beverly Ann Marcou, died Thursday, Aug. 21, at the age of 73. Karen Tomes, one of Marcou’s seven children, remembered her mother’s love of the newspaper business. “Beverly just loved working there – the camaraderie between us all, dealing ...

BY MICHELLE KIMDunbarton saw some of the same themes reemerge from 2006 – issues such as the SB2 ballot, gas pumps at Page’s Corner, the completion of the hearse housing. But 2007 also saw a number of changes particularly in the police department with the departure of Police Chief Jeff Nelson and promotion of executive officer Chris ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Town offices are entrusted with providing information to their residents every day, so it’s little surprise that the offices for Goffstown, Weare, New Boston and Dunbarton fared well in our of Right to Know Law investigation. In Goffstown, our reporter dealt with Board of Selectmen executive secretary Kathryn Fisher and ...