BY ROD HANSEN Two petitioned requests for recounts will have town officials hand-counting ballots at town hall at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 25. Both recount requests concern warrant articles where slim margins decided the outcome. In the case of Article 13, a $1.6 million bond failed to garner the 60 percent vote needed to fulfill the ...

BY ROD HANSEN The Goffstown School District won’t have to make up for an expected shortfall in state education aid because that money wasn’t anticipated in the budgeting process, members of the school board said. “We’ve presented for all budget scenarios, but we budgeted for the worst-case scenario” in state aid, ...

BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown may have violated state law by putting an article on the town warrant without first consulting with the school board and county commissioners, according to a letter from the superintendent of schools. However, selectmen have decided to hold off seeking a legal opinion on the matter until after elections. The ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Susan Carr is concerned about global warming and climate change. So she’s doing her part to help bring action at the national and local levels to tackle the problem. Carr went to the transfer station, a firemen’s breakfast and Dodge’s General Store and asked voters to sign a petition to put a resolution ...

BY ROD HANSEN A petitioned warrant article meant to broaden the public’s knowledge of how their officials vote may carry with it some unintended consequences, one Goffstown selectman said. Article 27, submitted by petition by resident Guy Caron, requests that “records (including official minutes) of transactions and undertakings of ...

BY ROD HANSEN A measure for expanded elderly tax exemptions survived the recent town deliberative session of Goffstown Town Meeting, escaping two proposed amendments that would have weakened the measure considerably on the March ballot. The elderly tax exemptions, along with plans to provide 24/7 fire coverage, cuts to the town’s road ...

BY ROD HANSEN Goffstown selectmen and budget committee members remain at odds over one major article on the town warrant only weeks away from Town Meeting. While a $16.8 million operating budget appeared as one of 32 items on the budget, a $2 million road improvement plan proved the most contentious. Road improvements spark debate The road ...