BY SARAH LEBRUNRaymond Eaton has been appointed the new interim fire chief for the Weare Fire Department. The decision was made during a Weare Board of Fire Wards meeting on Monday, April 13. “We decided as a board it was time for a change,” said fire ward member and fire Capt. Scott Dinsmore. “We felt Ray was a little more ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNTopping the discussion at Weare’s deliberative session of Town Meeting was the Fire Department. Two articles involving the Fire Department, articles 17 and 18, will appear on the town ballot in March – one requests a full-time fire chief, and the other money for a new fire truck. At the meeting on Saturday, Jan. 31, ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNAfter a Weare Board of Fire Wards meeting in which interim Fire Chief Bill Tiffany refused to resign and department animosity was brought to light, members of Weare Fire Rescue decided to bring their case to the Board of Selectmen. “I went to the Board of Selectmen after last Monday’s (Jan. 12) meeting,” said ...

BY SARAH LEBRUNFour Weare Fire Rescue members have resigned from their posts after a meeting in which the Weare interim fire chief refused to step down. Capt. Scott Dinsmore, firefighter Dave Richards, and EMT/ firefighters Wanda McLain and Julie Bickford all left the department after a Board of Fire Wards meeting on Monday, Jan. 12. After Fire ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERA family lost almost everything in a two-alarm fire that ravaged their Weare home on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Weare firefighters, the first to arrive on the scene at 11 Cilley Hill Road, said the blaze started about 12:51 p.m. Local trucks arrived within five minutes. Later, teams from Henniker, Bow, Dunbarton, New Boston and Hopkinton ...

If you drove by Goffstown Public Works recently, you may have seen fire crews and other emergency personnel putting out a bus fire and treating victims. However, there were no real injuries, as this was all part of a mass casualty incident drill, which involved the Goffstown, New Boston and Weare fire departments, as well as Saint Anselm College ...

 By Michelle Kim WEARE – New buildings and bodies are the main requests voters will see before them at the upcoming Feb. 2 deliberative session of Town Meeting, Voters can expect to see articles on the town warrant regarding the operating budget, as well as improvements to the Bolton Field Memorial Complex, a new public works and ...

By Michelle Kim WEARE – The Fire Department proposed the addition of two full-time staff members to its volunteer force during the week days, along with more money for fire inspections in its requested operating budget for 2008. Fire Chief Bob Richards said the request for two full-time staff members is slightly different than the ...