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 ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEEconomic development and private property rights are clashing in a plan for a new church building on land the town thinks is better suited for industry. At its last meeting in June, the Gofftsown Board of Selectmen voted to ask the Zoning Board to reconsider its decision earlier that month to grant a variance to Goffstown Harvest ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEPolice Chief Patrick Sullivan told the Goffstown Board of Selectmen this week that he has exceeded his budget for police details, largely due to the New Hampshire presidential primary. Sullivan said he is already $2,000 over his original budget of $60,000 for police details. He said the town spent about $15,000 on details in ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEDrivers through Goffstown may have to slow down depending on the results of a potential upcoming Board of Selectmen vote. Selectmen could approve a new speed limit in town at the Monday, April 28, meeting. On Monday, April 21, the board held a second public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would reduce the townwide speed limit ...

BY JENN McDOWELLWhile Article 9, an amendment to Goffstown’s conservation district, passed at elections on March 11, contention over the map posted on the town’s Web site and a resulting revision to it surfaced before and after the vote. The new district, which adds in surface water retentions that are contiguous with previously ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEGoffstown will apply for an exemption from the revised Shoreland Protection Act, which took effect in New Hampshire this month and would have an impact on areas along the Piscataquog River in this area. The law restricts what developers and landowners can do within 250 feet of the river. The most extensive limitations apply for ...

 Do you live on a dead end street inGoffstown, Grasmere or Pinardville? There is a proposed change of the speed limit ordinance for all of Goffstown before theBoard of Selectmen. I would like to comment on one section in this blog. As it standsnow all unmarked streets have a 35 mph speed limit. The new proposal would be 30 mphon all ...

BY MICHELLE KIMA new year brought back some old problems in Goffstown as flooding was once again a major issue. There was also continued debate about the effectiveness of roundabouts, how to make recycling profitable and many other issues. In January, the Board of Selectmen voted to record the roll call on votes, reversing an earlier decision ...

BY MICHELLE KIMGoffstown may start passing onto New Boston and Dunbarton the costs of some services it provides to the schools previously not charged under a “gentlemen’s agreement.” At the Board of Selectmen meeting on Dec. 10, Selectmen Scott Gross suggested the idea of billing the school district for providing the school ...