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 JENN McDOWELLThe Weare School District is asking voters to go back to the polls Tuesday, June 3, to vote on a second version of a proposed school budget. The polls will be open at Center Woods Elementary from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. After a group of concerned Weare parents started a grassroots campaign in support of the new budget that helped bring ...

BY JENN McDOWELL The town of Weare has joined five other towns in the state and members of the New Hampshire Legal Rights Foundation in a lawsuit against the state declaring the current districts of the House of Representatives unconstitutional. The suit also asks for a judge to compel the state to redistrict prior to the filing period ...

BY STEVEN ANDREWSVoters appeared to have the volatile economy on their mind as they voted on town warrant articles on Tuesday, March 11. The operating budget, a new public works facility, improvements to Bolton Field and many fire and police department staffing requests were denied. About 27 percent of voters showed up at the polls to shoot down ...

BY JENN MCDOWELLCorrected 3:30pm 3/8/08 After being on a default budget, Weare town officials hope voters will pass the proposed $4.6 million operating budget for the coming year, particularly for department budget increases related to fuel costs. “They’re almost entirely fuel related,” said Fred Ventresco, Weare town ...

BY ROD HANSENResidents should face cuts in services after rejecting the proposed operating budget at Town Meeting, said some town officials at the board of selectmen’s meeting on April 2. “The public voted for the default budget. We need to show people out there that services will be cut if you go with the default,” said ...

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 ...