BY JENN McDOWELLThe 60 or so voters who showed up at the deliberative session of Hooksett Town Meeting on Saturday, April 5, sent all monetary warrant articles to the May 13 ballot virtually unchanged, except for a few clarifying amendments. Articles including a $1.5 million sewer expansion bond, hiring two additional firefighters and ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAmong the items Hooksett voters will discuss at Town Meeting on Saturday, April 5, are a $1.5 million bond for sewer plant upgrades, two new trucks for the Highway Department, raises for nonunionized town employees, additional staff for the Highway and Fire Departments, and starting up a public access TV station. They will also ...

BY GRETA CUYLERWithout $1.5 million from voters, commercial and industrial development, even some major residential subdivisions, will come to a halt, say Hooksett Sewer Department representatives. All of the town’s sewer capacity is either being used or has been pre-sold to developers for upcoming projects, said Sewer Commissioner Sid ...

BY JENN McDOWELLNew Hampshire towns are gearing up for the annual vote on town and school issues. Polls will open Tuesday, March 11. Hooksett’s official ballot town elections are not until May 13. Pembroke and Auburn adhere to the traditional Town Meeting format, and are only electing officials on March 11. Auburn will, however, decide ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHigh voter turnouts, particularly among young people and independents, characterized this year’s primary election as one of a possible culture change. More than half of registered voters in Hooksett, Pembroke, Allenstown, Auburn, Candia and Epsom participated in the primary vote, with Hooksett hitting a high 68 percent ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Soon, Hooksett voters will be charged with the duty of either accepting or rejecting a new financial plan for the proposed Cabela’s development off Hackett Hill Road. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, polls at Cawley Middle School will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. to allow citizens to weigh in on the revised TIF district and reduced ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A completely restructured deal that will result in a Cabela’s sporting goods store and a hotel in Hooksett will also reduce an already approved bond authorization from $18 million to $2 million as well as create a new TIF, or tax increment financing, district in the town. The new plan requires voter approval, a decision ...