BY SUSAN WARE Sandra Piper and Michelle Bonsteel will get to appeal their termination to the Hooksett Town Council in a special meeting on Wednesday, July 18, at 7 p.m., the the Hooksett Public Library. A hearing scheduled for May 31 had been canceled by both parties. Piper and Bonsteel are part of the “Hooksett Four,” a moniker ...

BY SUSAN WARE With litigation looming on the horizon, the town of Hooksett is already racking up legal bills dealing with the terminations of four town employees for gossiping. Copies of legal bills for the Hooksett Town Council show two invoices from Devine Millimet & Branch, North Hampton, for a total of $22,742.64. “I can’t ...

BY SUSAN WARE Attorney B.J. Branch filed a petition in Merrimack Superior Court on Tuesday, June 26, asking a judge to declare the terminations of Joanne Drewniak and Jessica Skorupski unlawful. “What my clients want is for the court to declare the terminations unlawful and to decide appropriate remediation. They want reinstatement, at ...

BY SUSAN WARE George Longfellow, chairman of the Hooksett Town Council, said on Friday, June 22 that he is sick and tired of the frenzy that followed the town council’s decision to terminate four employees in April. “People are making a big deal over nothing. Can you imagine the precedent this would set if we went forward with this ...