By Dan O’Brien The Weare town planner said the Planning Board is seeking the opinion of the town’s legal counsel before it proceeds with a River Road asphalt plant proposal. At the beginning of a public hearing Sept. 30 at Weare Middle School, Planning Board members declared in a unanimous vote that Mt. William Inc.’s proposed ...

By DAN O'BRIEN At least 100 people who arrived to attend a Weare Planning Board public hearing Sept. 24 about a proposed asphalt production plant were turned away from Town Hall because there wasn’t enough room to accommodate everyone. Naomi Bolton, town administrator and town planner, said she conferred with Fire Department ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSEN The Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission presented a draft report of the Bedford Open Space Plan Tuesday, Sept. 22, outlining ways to assist the town in future development while preserving open space and a “green infrastructure.” The report was put together after the Bedford Open Space Task Force ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSA New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling upholding the Planning Board’s decision denying a proposal for a kennel last summer has local officials relieved, though the couple behind the project are crying foul. The decision was handed down more than a year and a half after Thomas and Donna Richard first approached the town with ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSThe Planning Board approved a new town-wide traffic impact fee system by a 6-1 vote on Aug. 11, but not before tweaking the proposal to offset concerns raised by local developers. Under the original plan, roadway construction cost assumptions included in the new fee system had been based on the full-depth construction of a ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSQuestioning the fairness of the new system and its impact on future development, local business owners have again raised objections to a proposed roadway fee system that is before the Planning Board. Under the proposed system drawn up by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., impact fees would be assessed on any new development in the ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSRobert Campbell is not new to writing town charters, an experience he believes will come in handy as the community’s Charter Commission moves forward. Campbell, a former selectman and current member of the Planning Board, chaired the commission in the late ’90s that established the first town charter in Salem. ...

By Kathleen Bailey The proposed Towle Farm Estates housing development off Goboro Road, near the Epsom/Chichester line, is receiving critical reviews so far from a cross-section of Epsom residents. Developer Roger Bartlett hopes to put 42 single-family homes in a cluster development on part of the 275 acres.   The land has been in his family ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSLocal business leaders are concerned that a plan to update Salem’s system of traffic impact fees may put a damper on future economic redevelopment in the community. According to Planning Director Ross Moldoff, the town’s current traffic impact fees have not been adjusted for inflation since 1994 and the system in ...

By STEPHEN BEALEThe Bedford Planning Board has recommended that the Town Council reappoint its chairman, Michael Izbicki, to the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission as a full member for a four-year term, according to town planning director Rick Sawyer. The board also recommended one of its members, Harold Newberry, to a two-year alternate ...