The change in airing time for a Derry Cable Channel 23 program was a matter of taste and protecting younger viewers, the Cable Coordinator said last week. Cable Coordinator Chris Martin said he had no intention of suppressing free speech…
The Derry Town Council has approved the working budget for Derry Community Television, while expressing the need for a workshop to discuss the relationship between the town’s cable department and the school district. Chris Martin and Debbie Roy, cable coordinator…
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…
Derry Town Moderator Margaret Ives couldn’t help being facetious as she reviewed the voter turnout Tuesday, March 11, at Calvary Bible Church, the District 2 polling place. “Did you have trouble finding a place to park?” she asked. “Did you…
The Derry Conservation Commission has set its course for 2014. In a goal-setting meeting Monday, the Commission, under the direction of Chairman Margaret Ives, fleshed out the goals Ives discussed with the Town Council in last week’s meeting with the…
Crews from Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) have been busy installing new cable on North Main Street, adjacent to Pinkerton Academy. Michael Skelton, a spokesperson for the utility, said this week that crews are installing new cable along…
The Derry Town Council will set up a workshop with the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss ways the two entities can work together. EEAC Chairman Maureen Reno, accompanied by vice-chair Mark Flattes, attended the Oct. 1 Council…
Gov. Maggie Hassan paused, her pen poised over a document. “What was the name of your town when it was founded?” she asked a group of Derry fourth-graders. “Nutfield!” they chorused. While most fourth-graders get one trip to the New…
The Derry Town Council will hold several workshops in the near future, to bring both new and seasoned Councilors up to speed on the issues facing their town. At the May 21 meeting, chairman Michael Fairbanks listed the topics he…
Maybe it’s the Live Free or Die philosophy gone haywire, but the State of New Hampshire does not have an ethics code or disciplinary mechanism for local officials. That’s left to individual municipalities, and many have none.
