BY TOBY HENRY Residents approved the town’s first public kindergarten and town budget of $4,218,251 during the final annual Town and School District meetings March 14 and 15. The voters’ decision to approve the SB2 official ballot voting system on March 11 means the traditional meetings held on Friday and Saturday were the last ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Bedford School District has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement for land that would be used for an emergency access road to Lurgio Middle School and Bedford High School, pending voter approval. Chalant Development Corp. agreed to sell the land to the district for $275,000, much steeper than the $87,000 value the land was last ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEAfter 10 years as superintendent, Darrell Lockwood could be leaving the school district at the end of the academic year. Lockwood, whose contract expires in June, is a candidate in the search for a new superintendent in Tyngsborough, Mass., about 30 miles south of Goffstown. Keith Allard, chairman of the Goffstown School Board, ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEThe town and school district each have five outstanding bonds that are affecting taxpayers. On the town side, the five outstanding bonds may affect property owners about 80 cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation. The cost is estimated at $3,001,622 for next year. That means the owner of a $300,000 home would pay an ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEAll 10 warrant articles, including $445,000 for land and a $55 million operating budget will go on the March 11 ballot as presented at Bedford School District deliberative session. At the Tuesday, Feb. 5, meeting, resident Gus Garceau tried to propose an amendment to Article 2, which seeks $445, 000 to purchase land for the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Bow School District lowered the increase on its latest budget, which was given to the Budget Committee in early January. The working budget as of Dec. 20 included a 5.13 percent increase over the previous year, but board members worked to trim additional funds. Including capital reserve amounts, the total increase given to ...