BY STEPHEN BEALESara Ann Sarette, a longtime member of the Goffstown School Board who was involved in the expansion of the school system, resigned earlier this month, citing personal reasons. “I liked being on the School Board,” said Sarette, 73. “It’s time to let some of the younger ones be on.” Sarette, whose ...

BY TOBY HENRYSchool officials have selected a Goffstown firm for the renovation job to build Auburn’s first kindergarten. Auburn School Board Chairman Elaine Hobbs said the board picked the $204,000 bid put forward last month by the Pidela Corp. Hobbs said the firm has a good track record and came highly recommended by architectural ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe town election on Tuesday, March 11, reversed a string of defeats for proposals to expand the Fire Department. In two previous elections, voters had thrown out plans for 18 and 10 firefighters, but Tuesday they signed off on hiring two. The cost of the new firefighters will be split with a Homeland Security grant, which will ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEAfter 10 years as superintendent, Darrell Lockwood could be leaving the school district at the end of the academic year. Lockwood, whose contract expires in June, is a candidate in the search for a new superintendent in Tyngsborough, Mass., about 30 miles south of Goffstown. Keith Allard, chairman of the Goffstown School Board, ...