BY TOBY HENRYA Candia selectman said officials might consider tapping a conservation funding source in light of increased town expenses while some School Board members said they’re hoping to flatline their budget as much as possible. Selectman Joe Duarte said he is growing increasingly concerned over what will happen this winter as home ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAfter months of toiling over the Manchester school budget, it’s almost time for the Board of Aldermen to settle on an amount. Aldermen had to make a decision on the city budget, which includes the mayor’s proposal for a $140 million school district budget for 2008-09, by Tuesday, June 10. As of June 3, aldermen and the ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe timing of the deliberative session of Candia School District Meeting drew about as much attention from residents as discussion of its warrant articles. The meeting, called to order at 12:54 p.m., immediately following the deliberative session of Town Meeting, took only about 45 minutes. As opposed to the Town Meeting, at which ...

BY JENN McDOWELLCandia’s School Board and Budget Committee agreed on every single number in the 2008-09 proposed school operating budget for the second year in a row, the Budget Committee accepting the School Board’s budget as is at $7,486,408. The proposed operating budget is less than the $7,526,161 default budget by about ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe state Board of Education sent Hooksett’s SAU Withdrawal Committee back to the drawing board for more information on what pulling out of SAU 15 would mean for the two remaining towns, Auburn and Candia. At a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 9, the state rejected the Withdrawal Committee’s study, which outlines the plans ...

By JENN McDOWELL  The state Board of Education has officially approved the tuition agreement for a proposed joint middle school between Candia and Auburn. School Board members from both towns attended the state board’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at which the board voted unanimously to approve the tuition agreement with the ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Candia and Auburn residents raised some concerns about plans for the proposed Candia-Auburn middle school at the first of two public forums. Kathleen Porter, vice chairman of the Auburn School Board, and Dan Bisson, the building’s designer with Team Design, Inc., ran the forum on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Auburn Village ...