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 MATT SCHOOLEY Bow town officials may be forced to make a decision within the next two months on whether to go forward with a $10 million water and sewer project on Route 3A without having any developers waiting in the wings. Selectmen will discuss the issue further at its Thursday, Sept. 25, meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Part of ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEYIn the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to voters at the Bow Town Meeting Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., at Bow High School. The warrants, ...

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 ...