BY STEPHEN BEALE The town has hired a firm to design a new fire station, recommend where it would be best to build it and help officials educate voters about the project, if they choose to follow through with it. That decision on the design was made by the Board of Selectmen at its weekly meeting Monday, May 12. The board also approved ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe voters have had their say, now the town must carry out their wishes. On Monday, March 17, the Board of Selectmen poured over the results of the March 11 town election. The message the public sent about the Fire Department was clear: the town can expand it as long as it does so in small steps, not giant leaps. Previous ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe town election on Tuesday, March 11, reversed a string of defeats for proposals to expand the Fire Department. In two previous elections, voters had thrown out plans for 18 and 10 firefighters, but Tuesday they signed off on hiring two. The cost of the new firefighters will be split with a Homeland Security grant, which will ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe future of the Fire Department will be shaped by the outcome of the Tuesday, March 11, town election. On the ballot are a new contract for firefighters, a proposal for two new ones and plan to save up for the purchase of a ladder truck and other equipment. Other articles include the $18.7 million operating budget for all town ...

BY DAVE CHOATE A heated discussion involving board members, two sides of a property debate and a member of the Conservation Commission ended with  the board voting unanimously to push the proposal back to Oct. 25. Janice Bournival had proposed to keep a single-family home and office on her property and add 15 condominium units for people ...

BY ROD HANSEN Recounts of two town ballot items in Goffstown and a school budget vote in Weare produced different numbers, but identical results. Goffstown’s Article 13, which would have paid for a water distribution system in Lynchville/Danis Park through a $1.6 million bond and additional grant money, remained defeated 1,491 to ...

BY ROD HANSEN Recounts of two town ballot items in Goffstown and a school budget vote in Weare produced different numbers, but identical results. Goffstown’s Article 13, which would have paid for a water distribution system in Lynchville/Danis Park through a $1.6 million bond and additional grant money, remained defeated 1,491 to 1,037 ...

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 Voters elected Scott Gross and Vivian Blondeau to the board of selectmen Tuesday, March 13, while ejecting incumbent Bruce Hunter from his seat on the board. The voting also brought disapproval for a 24/7 fire service proposal and a water project for the Lynchville/Danis Park neighborhood, while approval came for the town road ...