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Candidate Uses Public Forum to Question Council Views

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…

Council Seats Contested, School Board Seat Unclaimed

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…

Embattled Candidate Calls it Quits Just Before Primary

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.…

Town Administrator Finalists Meet the Public

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…

Two Towns with Two Takes

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…

Transparency Time

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…

Debate Continues Over Fate of Town Properties Downtown

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…