By Kathy Remillard While most middle schoolers in Weare enjoyed their time off from school during the summer, 12-year-old Lindsey Dutton spent her time trying to make her school a better place. The seventh-grader worked with school administration to begin a student council at Weare Middle School. “I saw that our school needed some help, ...

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 ...

School Board, for three years, vote for two • Helen Dutton – 870 • Judy Lamont – 973 David Getzin – 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- School Board Clerk, for three years, vote for one • Tina Pelletier – ...

Selectman, for three years, vote for two Joshua Solomon – 299 • Richard Butt – 720 David Bougher – 517 • Keith R. Lacasse – 592 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief of police, vote for one • Gregory C. Begin – ...

BY MICHELLE KIM The Executive Council voted to grant a special election date to fill the District 7 state representative vacancy, which represents Weare and Goffstown, on March 11, with a primary on Feb. 5. The vacancy was created by the death of Rep. Bruce Hunter in September. He had been a state representative for three terms. The ...