BY ROD HANSENA $1.5 million road plan, 24/7 fire coverage, elderly tax relief and conservation initiatives are among the issues local voters will face at town voting on Tuesday, March 13. Voters will also choose candidates to fill two vacant seats on the board of selectmen, including one left open by current chairman Barbara Griffin. The town ...

BY ROD HANSENA local case of elderly neglect has led to the state’s first conviction under a law passed in 2002. Danna Folden, 50, of 22 Westwood Drive, Goffstown, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Dec. 14, to a felony charge of criminal neglect in the 2005 death of her mother, Mary. Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Philip Mangones ...

BY ROD HANSENGoffstown selectmen have approved a warrant article that, if passed by voters, would grant limited property tax exemptions for the elderly, though they are still uncertain what effect the break will have on the town’s tax revenue. The warrant article, based on a proposal by resident John Burpee, will raise income and asset caps ...