By Kathleen Bailey The proposed Towle Farm Estates housing development off Goboro Road, near the Epsom/Chichester line, is receiving critical reviews so far from a cross-section of Epsom residents. Developer Roger Bartlett hopes to put 42 single-family homes in a cluster development on part of the 275 acres.   The land has been in his family ...

By Darrell Halen State environmental officials have ordered a company to conduct a site investigation after levels of nitrate exceeding safe drinking water standards were found in several wells near the company’s blasting operation off Ledge Road in Windham. Meadowcroft Development  LLC was ordered by the New Hampshire Department of ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Confusion about the public’s use of Beaver Pond has lasted for years, and has become an issue for Auburn once again. If there is a legal means for the public to access any pond without trespassing, according to the Department of Environmental Service’s Water Resources Department, outsiders can use the water itself, ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A proposal to build a 100-by-40-foot concrete batch plant is scheduled to be reviewed again by the Pelham Planning Board on Monday, Oct. 1. Nashua Redimix is seeking approval to build the facility at the Keating Quarry located on Route 38 at the Dracut, Mass., line. The plan has prompted some residents and businessmen near ...

BY JENN MCDOWELL The state Wetlands Bureau inspector in charge of the Hooksett Sewer Commission’s application to culvert a small stream next to the town’s sewage plant for expansion said the application has not been officially reviewed yet. Jocelyn Degler, the wetlands inspector assigned to the site, said they have until the end of ...

BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL According to the Hooksett Sewer Commission, the state Wetlands Bureau is holding out on making a decision on whether the town can redirect a tiny brook next to the sewer plant to install a second clarifier. Upon discussion of the problem at a Town Council meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 22, the council decided to have  Town ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Residents were recently advised at Windham’s town beach to swim at their own discretion after goose droppings led to a high E. coli level in the water. A water quality test conducted around July 6 discovered an E. coli level of about 190 per 100 milliliters. E. coli levels at swimming beaches should not exceed 88 per ...