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By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker voters breezed through town meeting Saturday, passing an operating budget up 3.5% from last year during a 90-minute session that saw real discussion about only two of 29 warrants.One topic of discussion was the Tucker Free Library, which had...

By SARAH DONOVAN

A proposed change to the way the town governs itself was resoundingly defeated in Pembroke on Saturday.The change from a traditional town meeting format to the SB2 format is allowed through a law enacted in New Hampshire in 1995 that allows...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It’s hard to believe that a drive down Briar Hill Road in Hopkinton – a patchwork of pavement and gravel, with potholes sprinkled throughout – is actually driving down a road, residents say.On Saturday morning, the three-mile-long stretch was at the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After recognizing the contributions of Webster citizens in the military and the volunteers who worked during the snowy town elections, residents approved all the items on the Town Meeting warrant and a slightly lower operating budget than the previous...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Howard Moffett stood next to the placard that listed the prevailing electricity rates for the two major energy suppliers in Canterbury.“We’ve talked a lot about how to spend money; now we get to talk about how to save money,” Moffett said.Unitil...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

While Bow residents approved the every item on the warrant at the school district’s annual meeting held on Thursday evening, the school board’s decision to propose the renovation of Bow Elementary School this year was met with frustration from...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Inflation was the dirty word of the night in Dunbarton. “This was a difficult year,” Selectmen Chairman Michael Kaminski told the sparse crowd of about 30 residents who drove to Town Meeting despite Tuesday’s storm. “Inflation killed us.”Inflation...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The town of Bow has one month to figure out how to broadcast and record all Selectmen and Planning Board meetings following a vote by residents at the town meeting.While the budget and other spending items passed easily without any discussions...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

As voters flock to annual town and school district meetings this week, many were asked to approve new contracts for teachers and school support staff that include salary or benefit increases to make the jobs more desirable.Locally, Merrimack Valley,...

By DAVID BROOKS

Town Meeting 2023 The Hopkinton School District’s budget received strong support for a 7.5% increase at annual meeting Saturday, but not before hearing concern about the effect of ever-rising tax rates.“I don’t know how people my age can move to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Pembroke’s school budget passed smoothly at the annual school district meeting on Saturday.More than 150 voters gathered in the Pembroke Academy auditorium to vote on the $29 million operating budget. The significant increases in the budget were due...

By RAY DUCKLER

Within the next month or so, Epsom officials will no longer be forced to meet at a strip mall to conduct the town’s business.They’ll no longer need to worry about finding parking spaces in a parking lot filled with cars driven by laser-focused parents...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Deerfield residents discussed an increase to the school budget and a boost in teacher salaries, but a 20-year tuition agreement with Concord dominated a lengthy deliberative session this weekend.About 60 voters gathered in the Deerfield Community...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

A $14.6 million school budget will be the focus point for John Stark Regional School District voters in March.Weare and Henniker residents gathered for a deliberative session at John Stark Regional High School Friday night to discuss the school...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For $1 and a line item in the budget, Dan Schroth wants to start a committee to get students talking about ways to reduce the carbon footprint in Pittsfield. But after an amendment to change the school budget failed, Schroth was out of luck again at...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Over the past year, the Bow Fire Department has experienced a number of personnel issues, and the resignations of call members have made it more challenging to fill shifts.A 4.1% increase to the fire department’s proposed budget would add a part-time...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Rising budgets, salary increases for police officers, town employees and paraeducators, and purchasing town vehicles will be a focus for Weare voters on Election Day in March.Weare residents gathered at the middle school to discuss the town and...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Hopkinton town officials hope a bond that’s on the table for the March annual meeting will help make a dent in a vast to-do list of road rebuilds. Meanwhile, residents are torn between supporting the higher of two proposed school budgets and keeping...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the last year, Loudon has seen firefighters, EMTs, a highway employee, the planning and zoning board secretary and members of police department hand in letters of resignation.A pattern is clear among these losses – employees are leaving as other...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The town of Bow will hold a public hearing on Thursday to discuss the proposed town and school budgets for the year 2023. The public hearing is an opportunity for residents to weigh in on the budgets before the town meeting in March.The town’s...