BY RYAN O’CONNOR An oddity in today’s world of increased government spending, the Dunbarton School District will present a proposed operating budget lower than the current fiscal year when it convenes at School District Meeting on Saturday, March 10. Dunbarton School Board members, having been informed that the district could be ...

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 RYAN O’CONNOR As the three branches of state government wrangle over how to best provide aid to public schools, local school administrators say they can do little, but watch and wait. If Gov. John Lynch’s plan to provide a flat 5 percent hike in state education aid over the next two years is accepted by New Hampshire officials, ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Discussion of funding for Windham’s high school building project dominated the Windham School District’s deliberative session. For about two hours, people discussed plans for the school and three warrant articles that each provide a different level of funding for the construction project. The meeting was at Golden ...

BY MATT HERSH Salem residents who attended the deliberative session of School District  meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, agreed to restore $125,000 to the district’s proposed operating budget to fund a new technology position and summer teacher training sessions. After the budget committee finished their cuts last month, tallying more ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A $9.9 million operating budget, a new central fire station, a gymnasium facility and many other proposed expenditures will be on Pelham’s town warrant. Voters will have a chance to weight in on them at the deliberative session of Town Meeting, which will take place Saturday, Feb. 10, at Pelham Elementary School. The ...

BY ROD HANSEN A proposed footbridge linking New Boston’s two main sections is slated to appear on the Town Meeting ballot this March, though at a slightly smaller first-year dollar value than originally considered. An article for a Piscataquog River Footbridge linking the town village section with the South Commercial District seeks a ...

BY ROD HANSEN A $9.4 million school district budget, a four-year teachers’ contract and a study regarding New Boston Central School expansion are all likely to face New Boston voters on this year’s ballot. In previewing the school district budget, New Boston Central School Principal Rick Matthews said the budget showed a $334,947 ...