BY JENN McDOWELLWindham school superintendent and School Board member Michael Hatem told the town’s Board of Selectmen they need a few more weeks to come up with a viable plan for a second access road for the new high school. The Board of Selectmen held an informational meeting on the issue during their regular weekly selectmen’s ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS State and local officials said the town is not in serious jeopardy of losing state building aid for the new high school after voters rejected a second access road required under the state fire code. In order to receive financial aid from the state for the construction of a new school, the structure’s plans must ...

BY TOBY HENRYTown officials say initial department head requests total some $2.35 million as they begin to look at the expenses in store for 2009-10. The first initial view of next year’s budget began on Sept. 13, as selectmen reviewed the budget requests from the town’s Fire Department, police, road crew and other areas. Selectman ...

BY STEPHEN BEALE The town budget this year might be good news for people down on their economic luck. The total spending for 2009 would be $21.8 million, a decrease of about $118,000. The Board of Selectmen was presented the budget on Monday, Sept. 8. In interviews, selectmen were optimistic they could hold the line on budget ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY There’s one member of his department that Bow Fire Chief Dana Abbott may know better than other members. Abbott has been in the department since 1971 and for the past 13 years has been working in the same fire house with his son, Justin, who continued the family tradition by becoming a firefighter. “I ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A woman was trapped in an elevator for about half an hour when a transformer near the food court at the Rockingham Mall malfunctioned, causing electrical glitches. The woman, who left immediately after being rescued and was not identified, was not injured, said Salem Fire Marshal Jeffrey Emanuelson. The mall was ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS Fire and finance department officials are making a break with tradition by enlisting the services of a collection agency to help recoup some of the $132,000 owed to the town in outstanding ambulance bills. In March, Director of Finance Jane Savastano began working with the town’s third-party billing agent ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS Facing rising costs and potentially restricting budget constraints for next year, Fire Chief Michael Walker remains supportive of a move by selectmen to keep the budget under control. “They’re taking on the responsibility and following what they feel is a public mandate to try and find out what’s the ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Windham voters who want to weigh in on constructing a second access road to Windham High School, currently under construction, and a proposed conservation easement in the town forest area should attend a deliberative session on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m., at the Town Hall. The two articles on the warrant will be ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS The cause of a two-alarm fire in a two-story colonial home at 81 Searles Road on Wednesday, July 23, is under investigation by fire officials, though witnesses say the house was struck by lightning. The fire was reported at about 5 p.m. by neighbors, just as severe thunderstorms blanketed the region. More than 30 ...