BY JENN McDOWELL Even though residents voted it down for the past two years, Hooksett’s Peter Farwell says there may still be a way to start up a public access television station in town that would not cost taxpayers any extra money. Farwell said there is considerable interest in Hooksett to set up a cable access station to televise town ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI When it comes to getting access to public information, your best bet is often to go in person to the town hall, school district office or police department itself. But that is time consuming and difficult for many people. Going online is not only simple but available at any time. The Right to Know Law does not specifically ...

BY JENN McDOWELL In conversations with town officials and staff involved with our Right to Know project, our reporters found that, in many cases, refusals to provide information such as town and school district salaries, police logs and meeting minutes were simply the products of misunderstanding, both of the law itself and of what was asked of ...

BY JENN MCDOWELL A Merrimack resident has been served with temporary restraining orders from two Hooksett town employees after she sent what were called threatening e-mails after being terminated from her temporary job as an administrative assistant in the building department. Human Resources Coordinator Elizabeth Dionne and Building Inspector ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Have you ever wondered how much your child’s teacher is paid? How about what happened at the last school board or selectmen’s meeting? Or whether your neighbor was arrested in that commotion last week? You have every right to get that information, but it may not be easy to do so. Neighborhood News investigated ...

BY SUSAN WARE Sandra Piper and Michelle Bonsteel will get to appeal their termination to the Hooksett Town Council in a special meeting on Wednesday, July 18, at 7 p.m., the the Hooksett Public Library. A hearing scheduled for May 31 had been canceled by both parties. Piper and Bonsteel are part of the “Hooksett Four,” a moniker ...

BY SUSAN WARE With litigation looming on the horizon, the town of Hooksett is already racking up legal bills dealing with the terminations of four town employees for gossiping. Copies of legal bills for the Hooksett Town Council show two invoices from Devine Millimet & Branch, North Hampton, for a total of $22,742.64. “I can’t ...

BY SUSAN WARE Attorney B.J. Branch filed a petition in Merrimack Superior Court on Tuesday, June 26, asking a judge to declare the terminations of Joanne Drewniak and Jessica Skorupski unlawful. “What my clients want is for the court to declare the terminations unlawful and to decide appropriate remediation. They want reinstatement, at ...

BY SUSAN WARE George Longfellow, chairman of the Hooksett Town Council, said on Friday, June 22 that he is sick and tired of the frenzy that followed the town council’s decision to terminate four employees in April. “People are making a big deal over nothing. Can you imagine the precedent this would set if we went forward with this ...

BY SUSAN WARE Jessica Skorupski and Joanne Drewniak, two of the nationally known “Hooksett Four,” were notified Friday, May 25, that their appeal to have their town hall jobs reinstated was denied. They were fired without warning in April for alleged gossiping about their boss, Town Administrator David Jodoin. According to B.J. ...