A Town Council candidate continued to ask questions about the Council stipend in the Feb. 17 Council meeting. Marc Flattes, who is challenging Phyllis Katsakiores for the Councilor-At-Large seat, brought up the Council stipends in the Feb. 3 meeting. At…
The election filing period closed Friday, and Derry residents will face two contested Town Council races. For the Councilor at Large seat currently occupied by Phyllis Katsakiores, both Katsakiores and Marc Flattes have filed for office. And for the District…
Regina Birdsell has several caveats before she’ll accept expanded gambling in her state, and one of them is where the money goes. “I want to make sure the local towns have some of the revenue sharing,” she told an audience…
James “Jim” Foley, Derry Republican chairman and candidate for the District 19 Senate seat to be vacated by Jim Rausch, withdrew his name from the September primary after admitting to decades-old accusations of embezzlement, and falsification of military service documents.…
The Derry Town Council held a Community Forum to introduce its top two candidates for Town Administrator to the community, where they could field questions from the audience. The finalists are Stephen Eldridge, whose most recent job was as town…
On a recent weekday, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Walt Havenstein was escorted around Londonderry town offices, the Leach Library and fire station by Council Chairman Tom Dolan, then taken on the obligatory campaign stop at the site of the planned Pettengill…
What are the skills needed to succeed in today’s workplace, and how can a high school student acquire them? These are the questions to be answered in June, when Pinkerton Academy partners with two community colleges to introduce the WorkReady…
As part of its process for finding a replacement for Hampstead Middle School principal Patti Grassbaugh, who is retiring, the school district has invited its three finalists for the post to a public meeting with the community. The names of…
The search for a new Derry Town Administrator is off to a good start, Town Councilors and residents agreed. Progress on the search to replace John Anderson, whose employment was terminated in October, is progressing well, with a Council mostly…
The Abbott Court/Central Court town-owned properties were reviewed by the Town Council. Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau provided an historical perspective on the parcels, which were purchased for potential redevelopment in 2006, 2009 and 2013. “The area has access to…
