BY JENN McDOWELL After renegotiating their contract with the Salem School Board, the Salem Educational Personnel Association has withdrawn its Superior Court petition asking for a judge’s approval for a special meeting and revote on salary increases for the 2008-09 school year. “The contract was renegotiated with language ...

BY JENN McDOWELLThe Weare School Board will take its new 2008- 09 operating budget to task at the upcoming meeting on Tuesday, June 17, and members want the public’s input on how they should spend the money. The decision now is not how much money to restore, but what to do with a budget that is half-way between what was initially proposed ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow residents heading to the polls on Election Day will have five contested races to decide, as candidates recently met the deadline to get their names on the ballot. For one open seat on the Board of Selectmen, incumbent Harry Judd is running against challenger Robert Louf for the three-year term. The most contested ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY With one wave of elections and town meetings concluded around the state, Bow residents will be asked to file for 11 open seats on this year’s ballot in May. The School Board and Budget Committee will both have two three-year seats to be filled, with candidates vying for one open spot in the other nine ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow school administrators are working to make the cuts approved by voters at the School District Meeting. They are expecting to bring a proposal to the School Board at a Thursday, April 3, meeting. During the March 14 meeting, voters approved the Budget Committee’s proposal of $24.8 million, about $152,000 ...

BY DARRELL HALEN After moving to Pelham in 1987, Linda Koehler became active in its schools: coaching field hockey, running the booster club at Memorial School and serving on school councils. Now, she is taking on a new responsibility: being a School Board member. Koehler, in her first run for public office, was elected to a one-year ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Pelham officials recounted more than 3,500 votes for the School Board election after the losing candidate called for a recount, citing ballot machine failures throughout voting on Tuesday, March 11. It took about two hours to count all those votes again Tuesday, March 18, according to School District Moderator ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe Town Council and School Board each have two new members, following the election on Tuesday, March 11. On the town side, Chris Bandazian and Bill Dermody won two seats to the Town Council with 1,721 and 2,093 votes, respectively. “I think my stand on taxes was acknowledged by the voters,” Dermody said. “I ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEYTaxpayers will be asked to approve School District Warrant Article 2, to purchase a 1.3-acre parcel of land for $275,000, and to fund a new emergency access to the middle/high school site. Although the 1.3-acre parcel has never been appraised, it was assessed at $87,000 in 2004. Under the purchase-and-sales agreement, the ...