BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow’s Town Meeting outcome was similar to last year’s, as voters again decided to cut the budget by a significant amount. The May 14 meeting lasted until 11 p.m., with the budget and 13 other articles passing. Residents voted to continue discussion on the remaining articles during a second Town Meeting on ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHooksett resident Peter Farwell informed the Town Council at their meeting on Wednesday, May 14, that the Public Access TV Committee has disbanded. The ballot question asking voters’ permission to establish a public access television program in Hooksett failed in a 551-442 vote. Farwell, who headed the committee and ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHooksett voters surprised town officials – and in some cases themselves – with how they decided to spend their money, leaving officials to wonder how to fill town gas tanks and cover other expenses. About 12 percent of registered voters showed up at the Cawley Middle School on Tuesday, May 13, and rejected 508- 468 the ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Hooksett voted down a $1.5 million bond to expand the sewer plant, downed the proposed $15.7 million 2008- 09 town operating budget and elected two new members to the Town Council. A total of 1,000 Hooksett voters turned out at the polls on Tuesday, May 13 to choose town officials and vote on 24 cost items and 16 ...

Article 3: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500,000 for the purpose of completing the upgrades of the Hooksett Wastewater Department Treatment Facility and to authorize the issuance of not more than $1,500,000 of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA 33) and to ...

Councilor, at-large, for three years, vote for one • Michael Pischetola – 531 Stu Werksman – 244 Carl J. Hebert Sr. – 141 ------------------------------------------- Councilor, District 3, for three years, vote for one • Paul Loiselle – 147 ------------------------------------------- Councilor, District 2, for ...

Zoning warrant articles:  Article 2 Amendment 1: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 7, Section B.3. Density Limitations a), Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing: The Zoning Board of Adjustment may allow a density of six (6) dwelling units per acre overall for a single development.  Soil conditions, slope, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY At Bow’s Town Meeting last year, residents voted to cut the operating budget significantly. This year, town officials will ask voters to increase the 2008-09 budget about $602,000 over last year. This year, both the Budget Committee and Board of Selectmen agreed on the proposed operating budget of about $8.3 ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHooksett voters will decide on May 13 whether to spend $15.7 million on the town operating budget, a $1.5 million sewer bond and whether to add two new firefighters to the Fire Department. A citizen’s petition to establish a public access cable television station is also on the ballot. It would use Comcast franchise fees ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton residents weren’t in a cost-cutting mood during the annual Town Meeting, as voters agreed to add money to the Recreation Department and Public Works budgets. One item in question in the weeks leading up to the Saturday, March 15, Town Meeting at Hopkinton High School was the town’s summer camp, ...