BY TOBY HENRYCandia Budget Committee members say they’re bracing for some tough choices as they eye a potential increase of as much as 10 percent for next year. “Our comment to (department heads) was ‘if we have to cut the budget, where should we cut?’ even though it’s a bottom-line budget,” said committee ...

BY JENN McDOWELLIt’s going to be a lot harder for the Hills family of Allenstown to stay afloat financially this year, with fuel prices hitting record highs. Jeanne Hills babysits her toddler grandson, staying home while her husband and her adult children work. With the price of heating oil averaging more than $4.50 a gallon, according to ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe 100 or so Candia voters who showed up for the deliberative session of Town Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Moore School struck a compromise between the proposed town operating budgets proposed by the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee. On Tuesday, March 11, voters will decide whether to pass the amended proposed ...