BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow town officials will open construction bids for a potential water and sewer project, but only for research purposes before they make a decision on whether to proceed. During a Wednesday, Nov. 5, selectmen’s meeting, board members unanimously approved Jack Crisp’s motion to seek bids for the potential ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Salem selectmen voted to withdraw $750,000 from the town’s unreserved fund balance in order to cut the municipal tax increase of the 2007 property tax rate from 6 percent to 3 percent. But during the board’s special meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 24, a Budget Committee member questioned if selectmen came up with a plan ...