BY STEPHEN BEALE The town budget this year might be good news for people down on their economic luck. The total spending for 2009 would be $21.8 million, a decrease of about $118,000. The Board of Selectmen was presented the budget on Monday, Sept. 8. In interviews, selectmen were optimistic they could hold the line on budget ...

BY STEPHEN BEALENearly $65.6 million of property may not be taxed in town this year because the owners receive charitable, religious or educational exemptions. Some selectmen are asking if all the charitable exemptions are justified. On Monday, Aug. 25, the Goffstown Board of Selectmen received a list of nearly 60 properties that receive ...

BY STEPHEN BEALE The town has hired a firm to design a new fire station, recommend where it would be best to build it and help officials educate voters about the project, if they choose to follow through with it. That decision on the design was made by the Board of Selectmen at its weekly meeting Monday, May 12. The board also approved ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEWhat began as a meeting on a proposal to lower speed limits to 30 mph or less ended with a suggestion to increase them to 40 mph on some town roads. On Monday, May 5, the Board of Selectmen swiftly defeated a proposal for establishing a townwide speed limit of 30 mph, unless otherwise posted. At that meeting, selectmen also voted ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe voters have had their say, now the town must carry out their wishes. On Monday, March 17, the Board of Selectmen poured over the results of the March 11 town election. The message the public sent about the Fire Department was clear: the town can expand it as long as it does so in small steps, not giant leaps. Previous ...

BY MICHELLE KIMAfter three months of study, the Ethics Policy Study Committee concluded in a recently presented report that a standing ethics board was unnecessary but recommended that Goffstown have an ethics policy, largely for educational purposes. The committee presented its findings and a draft Proposed Goffstown Disclosure and Conflict of ...

BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to request a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of state Rep. Bruce Hunter. On the same night, Monday, Oct. 15, the Weare Board of Selectmen unanimously decided not to request a special election due to budget concerns. Hunter, a three-term Goffstown ...

BY MICHELLE KIM The Goffstown Fire Department presented its 2008 proposed budget to the Board of Selectmen on Monday, Oct. 1, requesting a 9 percent increase in funding for the Fire Department and 11 percent increase for Emergency Medical Services. Fire Chief Richard O’Brien requested approximately $2.1 million for the Fire Department, an ...

BY MICHELLE KIM Goffstown’s trash may become its treasure after the Board of Selectmen accepted the Solid Waste Commission’s recommendation for a new recycling vendor, which could save the town more than $100,000 a year and even net a profit. Solid Waste Commission Chairman Fred Plett presented a summary of the five bids received by ...

BY DAVE CHOATE Town offices are entrusted with providing information to their residents every day, so it’s little surprise that the offices for Goffstown, Weare, New Boston and Dunbarton fared well in our of Right to Know Law investigation. In Goffstown, our reporter dealt with Board of Selectmen executive secretary Kathryn Fisher and ...