The Derry Town Council has approved working budgets for Human Services, Finance, the Tax Collector’s department, Assessing and “Other Municipal Obligations.” The departments are grouped under the heading “Finance” and are supervised by Chief Financial Officer Frank Childs. The heading…
There is no doubting the interest of former Town Councilor Kevin Coyle in the vacant Derry Town Administrator job. The doubt comes from who may or may not be helping him to get there. Former Town Council Chairman Michael Fairbanks…
The Town of Derry will keep a series of Town Council e-mails private, after a Rockingham County Superior Court judge ruled that the e-mails in question are confidential personnel documents. On Thursday, March 6, Judge Marguerite Wageling heard testimony from…
The Derry Town Council will take a second look at its vote to approve the Professional, Administrative and Technical Employees’ (PATE) collective bargaining agreement. At its Feb. 18 meeting, the Council voted 3-2 to approve the contract, with Councilor Phyllis…
A Rockingham County Superior Court judge is examining documents in the Town of Derry’s effort to keep a series of e-mails private. Judge Marguerite Wageling heard testimony Thursday, March 6, from Kevin Coyle, the resident requesting the documents under RSA…
The Derry Planning Board has put the final touches on its updated livestock ordinance, with a public hearing and adoption scheduled for the near future. Code Enforcement Officer Bob Mackey and Animal Control Officer Marlene Bishop appeared before the board…
The attorney for former Town Administrator John Anderson has asked the 10th Circuit Court to drop two charges of indecent exposure and lewdness against his client. Anderson’s attorney, James Rosenberg of the Shaheen and Gordon law firm, made his arguments…
The Town of Derry is resisting efforts by a former Town Councilor to obtain e-mails written by several Councilors after a non-public session this past September. Kevin Coyle, who is also a Rockingham County Commissioner and is prosecutor for the…
The site of the proposed Dumpster Depot at 41 Ashleigh Drive has changed hands. Assessor David Gomez and Morgan Hollis, an attorney for Dumpster Depot owner David Paul, confirmed last week that the property has passed from the Yvon Cormier…
A frustrated advocate against the Dumpster Depot plans for Derry got answers at the Jan. 22 Town Council meeting, though they weren’t necessarily the ones she wanted. Brenda Wilson of Greenwich Road appeared before the Council in the public forum…
