BY JENN McDOWELLAmong the items Hooksett voters will discuss at Town Meeting on Saturday, April 5, are a $1.5 million bond for sewer plant upgrades, two new trucks for the Highway Department, raises for nonunionized town employees, additional staff for the Highway and Fire Departments, and starting up a public access TV station. They will also ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe town election on Tuesday, March 11, reversed a string of defeats for proposals to expand the Fire Department. In two previous elections, voters had thrown out plans for 18 and 10 firefighters, but Tuesday they signed off on hiring two. The cost of the new firefighters will be split with a Homeland Security grant, which will ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe future of the Fire Department will be shaped by the outcome of the Tuesday, March 11, town election. On the ballot are a new contract for firefighters, a proposal for two new ones and plan to save up for the purchase of a ladder truck and other equipment. Other articles include the $18.7 million operating budget for all town ...

By Darrell Halen A request for a new central fire station – the second attempt by officials in two years to win approval for a new building for firefighters – is on Pelham’s 2008 town warrant. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, voters will be able to discuss and debate that warrant article, and about 20 others, when they gather for the ...

 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 MATT SCHOOLEYAfter six members of his department left in September, Hopkinton Fire Chief Rick Schaefer is now looking for the town to approve money for a new full-time paramedic. During a Monday, Jan. 7, selectmen meeting, Schaefer asked board members to bring a warrant article to voters, saying he needs the extra position to keep ambulance ...

By Michelle Kim  DUNBARTON – A tinder-dry barn full of sawdust and wood furniture, a dying ember, and freakishly strong winds came together to set the small furniture-making business of a Dunbarton family ablaze Wednesday night, Jan. 9. The 3000-square-foot barn of their home at 111 Stark Highway where Bill and Linda Morse was ...

By JENN McDOWELL  The search for a missing Hooksett man could have been a lot more difficult without new technology said Allenstown Police Chief Shaun Mulholland. Searchers looking for any sign of Russell Bussiere, 70, in Bear Brook State Park earlier this month used global positioning satellite, or GPS, devices and a high-tech mapping ...

DUNBARTON – Several Dunbarton Police employees were recognized for their outstanding effort and performance during a September structure fire at an employee recognition ceremony on Dec. 17. On Sept. 22, the Dunbarton Police Department received a report of a structure fire at 1194 Montalona Road. The on-duty officer covering the shift ...

By Darrell Halen A New Year’s Eve fire damaged a home on Meisner Road in Salem, displacing a family of four. No family members were in the home, owned by Michael Dobeck, when the fire broke out, but four dogs were inside, according to Salem Fire Capt. Paul Leischner. Two dogs were saved. The other dogs, including one that CPR was ...