BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhen the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics. Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or down. The change, according to athletics directors, provides more choice for schools. Some ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSEN About half of the students at the New Morning Schools in Goffstown and Bedford and in their dozens of after-school programs in southern New Hampshire were out with flu-like symptoms the third week of September, the president of the schools said, but attendance is bouncing back. Illness has not kept many elementary or high ...

By Jillian JorgensenA Hillsborough Superior Court judge has affirmed a decision by the Goffstown Zoning Board to deny considering a man’s application for a special exception to build a slaughterhouse on his Joppa Hill Road property, agreeing with the board that the man needs a variance instead. The ruling does not stop Negash Abdelkader ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYGoffstown’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars worked deep into the losers’ bracket of the District 1 baseball tournament, but fell just short of a chance at redemption. On July 6, Windham came away with a 2-1 victory to send Goffstown into the loser’s bracket, where the locals earned victories over Manchester East ...

BY JILLIAN JORGENSENThe weather was not perfect, but the Bedford Town Council held a meeting outside recently anyway. The councilors, along with some members of the Bedford Village Common Development Committee, walked through a new park in Goffstown to look for inspiration and lessons for the common’s development as plans for the Bedford ...

The Highway Safety Committee will be meeting this Weds June 3rd 2009 @ 9 AM @ the Goffstown Police Station. If you want to see all dead end streets speed limit changed to 20 mph or 25 mph. Please support us and voice you opinion. I have recently received an email from Wm Lambert of the NH DOT that state's "Spring St is not ...

With the BOS voting to keep the ADA Compliance Committee an "appeals committee" and re-appointing most of the same members that have been on this committee for years, it is a chance for residents who believe that in the spirit of the American with Disabilities Act that Goffstown should be more Pro Active toward ADA Compliance. ...

Goffstown's  fine for illegal parking in a handicap paking spot is $250. It can be higher if it is a state issued ticket.  Please see comments section for the quick link  http://www.nh.gov/disability/information/architectural/documents/understanding.pdf

From the Goffstown Board of Selectmen Meeting Minutes , June 2, 2008, page 1 SIGNATURE FOLDER: ADA: 1 year reappointment of Rosemary Garretson; Richard Hopf; and Jean Mayberry.   There are 5 positions on this committee.  So why are there 6 people listed as members  in the Town Report and with no terms ...

  The U.S. Department of Justice provides information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through a toll-free ADA Information Line. This service permits businesses, State and local governments, or others to call and ask questions about general or specific ADA requirements including questions about the ADA Standards for Accessible ...