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 STEPHEN BEALEThe approval of the town’s $23,762,177 operating budget also provided a boost to future Conservation Commission efforts. Bedford Town Meeting ended with all budget items passing, and giving the commission $123,342 and bringing its budget to $481,377 for conservation projects. The increase accounted for additional revenue the ...

BY STEPHEN BEALETurnout was low but voter satisfaction was high in the school and town elections earlier this week. All the warrant articles on the town and school ballots passed on Tuesday. Most were by comfortable margins, including a $3.7 million operating budget for the town and a $10.2 million operating budget for the school district. In ...

BY STEVEN ANDREWSVoters appeared to have the volatile economy on their mind as they voted on town warrant articles on Tuesday, March 11. The operating budget, a new public works facility, improvements to Bolton Field and many fire and police department staffing requests were denied. About 27 percent of voters showed up at the polls to shoot down ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe town election on Tuesday, March 11, reversed a string of defeats for proposals to expand the Fire Department. In two previous elections, voters had thrown out plans for 18 and 10 firefighters, but Tuesday they signed off on hiring two. The cost of the new firefighters will be split with a Homeland Security grant, which will ...

BY JENN McDOWELLEpsom’s Board of Selectmen will remain at three seats for at least two more years after voters re-affirmed their 2007 vote to decrease the number of seats on the board. In a 275-495 vote at this year’s election, Epsom voters decided they made the right decision last year to go to a three-member Board of Selectmen after ...

BY JENN McDOWELLPembroke will not suffer any staff cuts or eliminate any sports programs after voters at the School District Meeting decided in a 95-71 vote to pass the School Board’s proposed operating budget. “The meeting went exactly the way it should have gone,” said School Board Chairman Clint Hanson, adding there is no ...

BY JENN MCDOWELLCorrected 3:30pm 3/8/08 After being on a default budget, Weare town officials hope voters will pass the proposed $4.6 million operating budget for the coming year, particularly for department budget increases related to fuel costs. “They’re almost entirely fuel related,” said Fred Ventresco, Weare town ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe future of the Fire Department will be shaped by the outcome of the Tuesday, March 11, town election. On the ballot are a new contract for firefighters, a proposal for two new ones and plan to save up for the purchase of a ladder truck and other equipment. Other articles include the $18.7 million operating budget for all town ...

BY STEPHEN BEALETown and school elections on March 11 will be more than choosing a candidate or backing a budget. The elections will also be about honoring soldiers serving overseas and helping people who need a bone marrow transplant. The Bedford Lions Club and election staff are sponsoring bone marrow and blood drives in honor of Dottie ...