BY JENN McDOWELLMembers of the Hooksett Planning Board and Town Council are looking at options for expanding Route 3 and solving some of the drainage issues in the Kmart plaza and Merchant’s auto sales parking lots. The town has more than $4 million in federal funds available to spend on expanding Route 3, but those funds could be taken ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERIf there were any doubts about the suggestion that Route 3 in Hooksett -- between Benton Road and Martins Ferry Road -- needs repairing, the weekend’s storm cleared those up. The many stores flooded in the Kmart plaza prove something underground isn’t working right. That’s why state officials addressed the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLIt’s pretty unusual for one to find representative members of Hooksett’s Planning Board, Zoning Board, Town Council and Conservation Commission in the same room at once. But after inquiring of developers who have been working with the town and meeting with them back in June, the groups got together in the Town Council ...

BY JENN McDOWELLIn addition to the financial items already discussed at Hooksett’s deliberative session of Town Meeting and electing town officials, voters will also weigh in on several zoning amendments when the polls open on Tuesday, May 13. While the majority of the amendments are what Planning Board Chairman *** Marshall termed ...

BY JENN McDOWELLEconomic impact numbers for the proposed Head’s Pond project in the northeastern part of Hooksett showed the 428- unit housing development would likely generate about $3 million in property tax revenues for the town. Russell Thibeault, the consultant with Applied Economic Research hired by Manchester Sand and Gravel to study ...

Hooksett Salvation Army says thank you to volunteers To the Editor: Thanks to the generous donation of time by countless Hooksett citizens and the equal generosity of shoppers in Hooksett, over $17,000 was raised through bell ringing from collection points at Kmart, Wal-Mart and Shaw’s in Hooksett during the holiday season. We are ...