BY RYAN O’CONNORNew St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Hopkinton rector, the Rev. Kevin Nichols, led the Hopkinton Town Meeting with a prayer, encouraging residents and town officials to break down the walls between them. In his opening comments, Selectman George Langwasser expressed a similar goal. “Let’s leave here as ...

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 ...