The Planning Board has approved an amendment to the Building Permit and Construction Requirements section of its Zoning Ordinance in light of the recently-updated Property Maintenance Code. Code Enforcement Officer Bob Mackey spoke to the changes, noting that the updating…
They’ve got their work cut out for them. Almost two dozen people attended the inaugural meeting of the Derry Cooperative School District Facilities and Space Needs Committee on Tuesday night, Feb. 17. The group represented a cross-section of the Derry…
A Design Review hearing for the development of the former Floyd School brought a positive response but no decision from the Derry Planning Board. Vice-Chair John O’Connor conducted the Feb. 4 meeting in the absence of Chairman David Granese. The…
While the Center for Life Management (CLM) will close its group residence in Derry by early March, it has not ruled out establishing another group home, but will first concentrate on resettling the residents of the Beaver Lake Lodge. An aging…
The Derry Town Council has approved a revision to its Building Code that will make it easier for the town to be proactive about unkempt buildings and unsightly lots, commonly known as “blight.” The Council reviewed the revisions to Chapter…
After voting down all waiver requests for a proposed apartment building on Kendall Pond Road, the Planning Board agreed to continue to their Dec. 3 meeting a public hearing on the multifamily site plan. A large crowd of neighbors to…
The Derry Planning Board will delay a decision on a proposed 18-unit apartment building for 19 Kendall Pond Road until after a site walk and more study of the impact to the neighborhood. About 30 residents of Magnolia Lane, the…
With several members citing the need for a Town Administrator and a firmer plan, the Derry Town Council voted 4-3 to remove the funding for a Community Development Coordinator from the proposed FY 15 budget. The Council removed the funding…
Council Chair Mark Osborne said this week that a nonpublic session to talk about Town Historian Rick Holmes was intended to give him more information on the historian, his post and his presence in the Municipal Building. Holmes was not…
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…
