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Lower revenue, higher costs for Mont Vernon
By Dean Shalhoup Staff Writer | Thursday, January 19, 2012
MONT VERNON – Facing a $180,000 revenue shortfall combined with a nearly 10 percent hike in expenses for regular and special education programs, middle-school tuition …
Merrimack trash vote leaves council to pick up pieces
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Thursday, April 14, 2011
MERRIMACK – Voters, angered over a controversial waste proposal, threw Merrimack’s spending plans out with the trash this week, leaving town officials to clean up …
Merrimack voters throw out budget with the trash plan
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 13, 2011
MERRIMACK – Tuesday was trash day for Merrimack voters. “ ‘Pay As You Throw,’ That’s what everybody’s talking about, isn’t it?” Barbara Chase, a resident, said …
Plan for new Merrimack School District building loses; budget OK’d
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 13, 2011
MERRIMACK – Voters across the Merrimack School District found common ground Tuesday, agreeing on the need for a new central office building. But they differed …
Full results from Merrimack voting Tuesday night
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Full results from Merrimack voting Tuesday night ( *- designates winner): Town Town Council (3 years, 2 seats) Raymond A. Whipple 213 *-Bill Boyd 903 …
Will Merrimack’s ‘Pay to Throw’ be trashed?
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Tuesday, April 12, 2011
MERRIMACK – After months of debate, Merrimack residents will weigh in today on whether to trash the town’s new waste disposal plan. Police and fire …
Voting day here: 2 Merrimack churches function as polling places
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Tuesday, April 12, 2011
MERRIMACK – For one day only, paper ballots will draw more attention today than wooden crosses at two Merrimack churches. With town residents heading to …
Mixed bag in Greater Nashua on contracts
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Sunday, March 13, 2011
While voters in Amherst approved contracts with police and two teachers unions, Hudson voters shot down contract proposals for deals with secretaries, custodians and SAU …
$10.3m budget OK’d handily
By CAMERON KITTLE Staff Writer | Thursday, March 10, 2011
AMHERST – Voters put their stamp of approval on a new budget, police contract and a $2.1 million bond to repair three bridges in annual …
Voters say yes loudly on schools
By PATRICK MEIGHAN Staff Writer | Thursday, March 10, 2011
HUDSON – Voters approved a $44.89 million operating budget for the School District by more than a two-to-one margin. In light turnout, there were 1,759 …
Mont Vernon voters nix school budget
Thursday, March 10, 2011
MONT VERNON – Before taking to the Town Meeting floor Tuesday night, Mont Vernon voters decided a number of other issues during the day. Voters …
Mont Vernon voters turn down contributions to fire engine, conservation fund, OK building renovations
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Thursday, March 10, 2011
MONT VERNON – Fresh off a resounding defeat of his funding request for a new fire engine, Fire Chief Jay Wilson stepped to the microphone …
Voters reject $36.1m school budget by four votes
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Thursday, March 10, 2011
MILFORD – A $36.07 million school operating budget went down to defeat Tuesday, 984-988. That means a $35.88 million default budget will go into effect, …
Jewett loses race for board
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Thursday, March 10, 2011
LITCHFIELD – Longtime municipal official Patricia Jewett lost her selectman’s seat Tuesday, ending a long run in which she had made key decisions for the …
Voters support teachers contract
By CAMERON KITTLE Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
AMHERST – Voters were faced with many decisions on Tuesday, but chief among them was showing their support for the new teachers contract that will …
Safety complex articles killed
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
MILFORD – Voters showing up to the polls Tuesday at Milford Middle School in dribs and drabs were greeted by emergency service workers standing outside. …
Who’s sorry now? Brookline selectmen’s chair loses bid for re-election; chiefs’ firing, hiring cited
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
BROOKLINE – Selectmen’s Chairman Linda Saari lost her re-election bid Tuesday in what appeared to be a reaction to the way the board handled a …
Litchfield voters OK district budget, axing 27 school jobs
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
LITCHFIELD – Voters had a big but almost inevitable decision to make Tuesday, overwhelmingly approving a School District budget that eliminates 27 jobs. Voters passed …
Zach’s field day
By PATRICK MEIGHAN Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
HUDSON – Tuesday was Zach Tompkins’ day. A year to the day the 11-year-old youth football player died in his sleep, town voters ensured his …
Session voters reject $500k cut to School District budget
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 9, 2011
MERRIMACK – Twelve staff workers could keep their jobs, for several more weeks at least, after voters declined Monday to make a half million dollar …
Land purchase is key Milford vote
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Thursday, March 3, 2011
MILFORD – Sharp divisions between the Board of Selectmen and the Town Advisory Budget Committee show up on the town ballot this year. The committee …
Expert: Municipalities look to employee contracts to save costs
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Sunday, February 27, 2011
As cities and towns aim to deliver lean budgets in a weak economy, elected officials have tried to toe the line on municipal employee wages …
Hollis teachers contract among those in dispute
By MICHAEL BRINDLEY Staff Writer | Sunday, February 27, 2011
When it comes to contract negotiations, it isn’t always about the money. In Hollis, teachers and School Board members have been locked in a contract …
Candidates for the Brookline Board of Selectmen
Friday, February 25, 2011
2 seats, 3-year terms LINDA A. SAARI Age: 58. Address: 7 Meetinghouse Hill, Brookline. Years of residency: 27 years in Brookline, 32 years in New …
Hollis Budget Committee, 2 seats, 3-year terms
Friday, February 25, 2011
2 seats, 3-year terms RAYMOND “RAY” VALLE Age: 63. Address: 85 Rideout Road, Hollis. Years of residency: Resident of Hollis for 23 years and of …
Milford School Board: 2 seats, 3-year terms
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Name: James A. Rumson. Age: 66. Address: 19 Berry Court Milford Years of residency: 14. Spouse: Amy Rumson. Children: Leanne Rumson 18, graduate of Milford …
Milford Selectman 2 seats, 3-year terms
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Name: Kevin R. Taylor. Age: 50. Address: 31 Marsall St., Milford. Years of Residency: 50 years. Political History: School Board Member ’80s, school budget committee. …
Town manager requirements may be changed
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Sunday, February 20, 2011
MERRIMACK – Merrimack’s next town manager, to be announced in the coming weeks, may not have to live within town borders. Town councilors, who are …
Litchfield budget sees few changes
Sunday, February 13, 2011
LITCHFIELD – Voters at Litchfield’s Town Meeting will consider reducing the amount of funding for conservation land, but not by as much as officials had …
School budget finds little opposition
By TOM WEST Correspondent | Sunday, February 13, 2011
HUDSON – Voters made no major changes to the warrant at the annual School District Deliberative Session on Saturday morning. About 35 people attended the …
Proposed Amherst school budget finds no opposition
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Saturday, February 12, 2011
AMHERST – A combination of few warrant articles and a straightforward proposed operating budget reflecting less than a 1 percent increase allowed the Amherst School …
Proposed Brookline School District budget reflects 4.5 percent decrease
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Saturday, February 12, 2011
BROOKLINE – As public budget hearings go, the School District’s meeting on Thursday night was short and sweet. It was short because the budget is …
Merrimack’s ‘pay as you throw’ draws unhappy response
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Saturday, February 12, 2011
MERRIMACK – Town officials say they didn’t include much waste in their 2011-12 budget proposal. But they did add some trash. Finalizing next year’s spending …
Milford residents in mood to save school positions
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Saturday, February 12, 2011
MILFORD – Trying to restore several staff positions, voters at the School District’s Deliberative Session on Thursday night amended the school’s operating budget by adding …
Proposed budget ends up lower than 2011
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Friday, February 11, 2011
HOLLIS – The School Board’s proposed 2012 operating budget is lower than the one it put together last year. And if voters approve it at …
Library budget big issue for session voters
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Friday, February 11, 2011
AMHERST – Residents had little to say at Wednesday’s town Deliberative Session about bridge repair, the police union contract and keeping the so-called “Blue Bus” …
Students speak up for keeping Latin
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Thursday, February 10, 2011
HOLLIS – Latin may be a dying language, but it’s alive and well in the hearts of students at Hollis/Brookline High School. For more than …
Souhegan security upgrade plan done
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, February 10, 2011
AMHERST – Residents approved the only amendment – the School Board’s motion to “zero out” the article calling for $380,000 in Souhegan High School security …
Hollis budget panel OKs selectmen’s spending plan
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 9, 2011
HOLLIS – The Hollis Budget Committee approved the selectmen’s proposed 2011 operating budget Monday night at a public hearing where residents had a chance to …
Proposals to amend district budget fail
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 9, 2011
MONT VERNON – Residents at Monday night’s School District Deliberative Session defeated a pair of amendments aimed at reducing the district’s proposed $4.73 million operating …
District to ask OK on office plan
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Monday, February 7, 2011
MERRIMACK – Construction might be years away, but town voters could lay the foundation next month for a new central office building for the Merrimack …
Salary raises increase Hudson budget
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Sunday, February 6, 2011
HUDSON – Raises for non-unionized department heads raised a bit of discussion at the annual town Deliberative Session. After lengthy debate, a Board of Selectmen …
27 school jobs slashed from Litchfield budget
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Sunday, February 6, 2011
LITCHFIELD – The idea of a shrinking public school budget became a reality for many residents at Deliberative Session. Faced with an estimated $2.14 million …
Safety complex plan goes to voters
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Sunday, February 6, 2011
MILFORD – During what was probably the longest non-stop meeting in town history, a few dozen residents on Saturday put 28 articles on the March …
Next stop is Town Meeting
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, February 3, 2011
MONT VERNON – Selectmen, b udget co mmittee representatives and the handful of residents at Monday night’s town warrant and budget hearing agreed to a …
Town, school deliberative sessions near
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Thursday, February 3, 2011
MILFORD – Last year the voters who attended the school district’s Deliberative Session increased the district’s operating budget by more than $400,000 to try to …
Board members asked for review of decade-old votes after kindergarten plan fails
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Tuesday, February 1, 2011
LITCHFIELD – School Board members recently reviewed their overarching approach to creating and changing district programs, essentially examining how they represent taxpayers and determine the …
Reduction of $177k sought
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Friday, January 28, 2011
BROOKLINE – The Finance Committee has asked the Board of Selectmen to reduce its proposed 2011 budget by 4.5 percent, or $177,000. But it’s not …
Hudson school budget plan gets day in the sun
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Saturday, January 22, 2011
HUDSON – A meeting to review the proposed school budget for next year was postponed twice because of snowstorms. But luck was on the side …
Teachers work with expired contract
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Friday, January 21, 2011
HOLLIS – While teachers and support staff in the Hollis School District are working under expired contracts this year, prospects are looking bleak as the …
SB2 gets first Mont Vernon hearing
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
MONT VERNON – The School District’s first election season under the Senate Bill 2 format got underway quite smoothly and uneventfully last week when roughly …
Few mull Amherst school $$
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
AMHERST – Reviewing a proposed operating budget reflecting a relatively tiny – 0.7 percent – increase for fiscal 2011-12 made for a quick Amherst School …
For Milford, it’s Brox again
By KATHY CLEVELAND Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
MILFORD – After trying for years to sell a large piece of town-owned property, the town now wants to set up a fund for infrastructure …
Library funding an issue
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
AMHERST – Selectmen and about 20 residents in attendance sailed through a $2.1 million Bridge Replacement Bond, the proposed $10.3 million operating budget and more …
Money, money, money, money, money
By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
AMHERST As proposed operating budgets go, few come as close to level funding as does the 2011-12 Souhegan Cooperative School District budget, which calls for …
Merrimack Budget Committee won’t replace member who resigned
By JAKE BERRY Staff Writer | Thursday, January 20, 2011
MERRIMACK – The Merrimack School District Budget Committee, in the midst of budget deliberations, is moving forward shorthanded. The committee, which is scheduled to meet …
Litchfield facing loss of budget revenue
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Saturday, January 15, 2011
LITCHFIELD – The dismal economy and changes to state education aid strongly influence proposed budgets by the town and school district. The municipal Budget Committee …
Hudson budget proposal lower than current plan
By TOM WEST Correspondent | Saturday, January 15, 2011
HUDSON – A proposed $28.28 million operating budget for the coming fiscal year is $100,000 lower than the plan on which the town is running …
Hollis group wants less money spent on land
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Saturday, January 8, 2011
HOLLIS – Townspeople take pride in the rural landscape, pristine woods and hiking trails, safeguarded over the last decade or more through planning, conservation and …
Expansion of kindergarten stalls
By ALBERT McKEON Staff Writer | Thursday, January 6, 2011
LITCHFIELD – An expansion of public kindergarten will go back to the drawing board. The School Board voted Wednesday to not place on next month’s …
Brookline officials pumped up about new fire truck
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Saturday, December 11, 2010
BROOKLINE – Selectmen are supporting a proposal from the Fire Department to enter a lease-to-buy agreement to purchase a $475,000 fire truck, using $100,000 placed …
Annual meeting season is coming up for all area communities except Nashua, which is a city.
Here are some dates to keep in mind for all area communities; for specific dates, times and locations in each, check the Town Meeting page for that community.
Note that Merrimack has a unique annual-meeting schedule, which occurs about a month later than the traditional dates.
Jan. 19-28 - Filing period for candidates for most town and school district offices.
Feb. 23 - March 4 - Merrimack filing period for candidates for town and school district offices
Tuesday, March 8 - Election day (traditional town meeting day)
Tuesday, April 12 - Merrimack election day
