BY MATT SCHOOLEYIn the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to voters at the Bow Town Meeting Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., at Bow High School. The warrants, ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEAll 10 warrant articles, including $445,000 for land and a $55 million operating budget will go on the March 11 ballot as presented at Bedford School District deliberative session. At the Tuesday, Feb. 5, meeting, resident Gus Garceau tried to propose an amendment to Article 2, which seeks $445, 000 to purchase land for the ...

By Michelle Kim NEW BOSTON – Along with the operating budget, voters can expect warrant articles expanding tax exemptions for elderly and disabled and updates to the solid waste ordinances at the Feb. 4 deliberative session of Town Meeting. The proposed operating budget of approximately $3.7 million is about 8.7 percent higher than ...

By Darrell Halen Freshman Chris DiPersio likes going to Salem High School, where is he actively involved in the band program. And he wants to stay there, even though his town will be opening a brand-new high school next year. DiPersio was one of several students and parents who weighed in at a Windham School Board meeting on whether ...

By Darrell Halen A request for a new central fire station – the second attempt by officials in two years to win approval for a new building for firefighters – is on Pelham’s 2008 town warrant. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, voters will be able to discuss and debate that warrant article, and about 20 others, when they gather for the ...

By Darrell Halen Some big ticket items are on the Pelham School District ballot this year, and voters will get a chance to weigh in on them, and other warrant articles, at the district’s deliberative session. Voters will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 6, starting at 7 p.m., at Pelham Elementary School. Three of the most expensive warrant ...

By Darrell Halen Voters will have an opportunity to let their voices be heard when they take up a proposed $11.6 million operating budget and 28 other warrant articles at Windham’s town deliberative session. They will gather on Saturday, Feb. 9, starting at 9 a.m., at Golden Brook School. If the $11,645,020 budget and all warrant ...

By Darrell Halen This year’s Windham School District warrant includes several articles to provide money to Windham High School, which will open in 2009. Those articles, and others, will be the subject of discussion and debate when voters attend the school district’s Friday, Feb. 8, deliberative session. The session starts ...

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 ...

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 ...