BY JENN McDOWELL Out of 1,450 registered voters who showed up at Cawley Middle School on Tuesday, Oct. 23, to vote on Article 1, the new Cabela’s TIF district and financing plan, 1,291 voted “yes.” A longstanding point of contention in the town, Article 1 reduces the size of the TIF boundaries and cuts the town’s general ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Soon, Hooksett voters will be charged with the duty of either accepting or rejecting a new financial plan for the proposed Cabela’s development off Hackett Hill Road. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, polls at Cawley Middle School will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. to allow citizens to weigh in on the revised TIF district and reduced ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A completely restructured deal that will result in a Cabela’s sporting goods store and a hotel in Hooksett will also reduce an already approved bond authorization from $18 million to $2 million as well as create a new TIF, or tax increment financing, district in the town. The new plan requires voter approval, a decision ...

BY JENN MCDOWELL Hooksett residents will be able to reduce their risk on the Cabela’s TIF bond by $16 million with a special Town Meeting vote next month. Hooksett Town Councilors said there will be a special election on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Cawley Middle School to approve a warrant article reducing the TIF (tax ...

BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL The Hooksett Town Council voted 7-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 22, to skim a half million dollars off of the traffic impact fees Cabela’s would have to pay once the sports retailer’s development begins bringing in tax revenue. The decision came after the Planning Board already voted to approve what dissenting Councilor ...