BY TOBY HENRYTown officials say initial department head requests total some $2.35 million as they begin to look at the expenses in store for 2009-10. The first initial view of next year’s budget began on Sept. 13, as selectmen reviewed the budget requests from the town’s Fire Department, police, road crew and other areas. Selectman ...

By JENN McDOWELL Four girls from Candia finally saw their long-term community service project come to fruition with the rededication of the restored Civil War monument on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Becky Petrin, Alicia Frazier, and sisters Erin and Megan Smith, now eighth-graders at Moore School, began the restoration project four years ago by ...

BY JENNIFER McDOWELL There are people in the town of Candia who will tell you that Bob Martel is one of the hardest-working, community-oriented people they have ever known. Martel will be the first person to remind you he’s one of many in the town. “There are a lot of other people in town who  do just as much work as I do, ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNCandia selectmen voted not to move forward with fire department plans calling for a paid, full-time chief’s position and annual stipends for firefighters. “I think the board agrees we will have a full-time fire chief at some time, but it could be five years from now or 10 years from now,” said selectmen Chairman ...