By lauren sausser By a more than 3-1 margin, Hooksett residents agreed during the May 12 town vote that doubling the size of the wastewater treatment plant is in the town’s best interest. Half of the $6.2 million project, which will double the capacity of the local plant, will be funded by federal economic stimulus funds. The other half ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett Sewer Commission Chairman Sid Baines says a $9.4 million warrant article that taxpayers will vote on in May should be a no-brainer. That’s because not a cent of the price tag will affect local property taxes and the article, which would fund a project to double the capacity of the local wastewater treatment plant, ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHooksett voters surprised town officials – and in some cases themselves – with how they decided to spend their money, leaving officials to wonder how to fill town gas tanks and cover other expenses. About 12 percent of registered voters showed up at the Cawley Middle School on Tuesday, May 13, and rejected 508- 468 the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAs another Hooksett election approaches, so does another request for a sewer plant expansion bond. Since the plant opened in 1970, said Sewer Commissioner Sid Baines, Hooksett taxpayers have only contributed $48,000 for 5 percent of the plant’s original construction costs and about $2 million to clean up the mess left behind ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe 60 or so voters who showed up at the deliberative session of Hooksett Town Meeting on Saturday, April 5, sent all monetary warrant articles to the May 13 ballot virtually unchanged, except for a few clarifying amendments. Articles including a $1.5 million sewer expansion bond, hiring two additional firefighters and ...