By SARAH LEBRUNGoffstown residents recently received a yellow hanger on their doors citing a policy change for recycling in town. Residents are no longer able to throw plastic grocery bags or plastic film of any kind into the blue recycling bins. This change comes in the wake of the town’s recycling contractor, Integrated Paper Recyclers, ...

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 ...

**********UPDATE******** 3.29.2009 Still no  Link to editorial posted in comments................... At Mondays Board of Selectmens meeting on Monday 11.24.08 I submitted an email request that dead end streets be included in the pending speed limit change ordinance recommended by the Highway Safety Committee from 35mph to ...

I think a notice/ad of a public hearing at the Board of Selectmen meeting should also be posted/run in the Goffstown News. Do you?  A statement made by Sue Desruisseaux in a Board of Selectmen meeting stated recent public hearings were posted on the town website, I could not find that posting for the ordinance speed limit change ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESelectmen say they are prepared to make painful cuts to the budget in order to save cash-strapped homeowners from having to pay more in taxes next year. Selectmen said they could achieve their goal between reductions in one-time capital expenses and operating on a default budget, which is what was authorized for the previous year, ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Goffstown Board of Selectmen has decided it will not try to stop a church from building in an industrial zone. “My reaction is a happy one, of course,” said Joe Johnsick, the founder and pastor of Goffstown Harvest Christian Church. “But not because in any way we’re trying to win anything against the ...