With a sense of deja vu for those watching, the Taylor Library survived another challenge to its existence at the April 17 Town Council budget meeting. While the library was fully funded in Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau’s working budget,…
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…
Derry Town Moderator Margaret Ives has seen her town grow from paper ballots, a chore to count, to the current electronic voting machines. But one thing hasn’t changed, according to Ives: the need for citizens to get out and cast…
Londonderry Supervisor of the Checklist Geraldine “Gerry” Van Grevenhof wants people to come out and vote March 11. “The elections affect everybody within the town,” Van Grevenhof said. “The money that’s being spent is their tax money and they should…
Cast members in West Running Brook Middle School’s performance of “Annie Jr.” were busy rehearsing last week for the musical’s opening night this coming Friday at Pinkerton Academy’s Stockbridge Theatre. The play, directed by Blake Leister and Jennifer Ciarla, is…
A routine public hearing on grant acceptance turned into an exploration of Town Council etiquette and relationships in a snowy night meeting Dec. 17. The Town Council held a public hearing on a proposed grant from the New Hampshire Department…
A revised contract for the educational assistants in the Derry Cooperative School District gained one vote in a recount Monday night, while the residents who requested the recount said they were not upset about the new total. Two Derry Town…
An area attorney is challenging the Planning Board’s decision not to reconsider the residential site plan application of her client. Patricia Panciocco, representing Lenox Avenue LLC, submitted her letter June 4 for consideration during the June 5 Planning Board meeting.…
Thomas Quigley, Fine Arts chairman at Pinkerton Academy and director of the Pinkerton Players, stopped an ensemble in midsong. “You need to know all the nuances,” he told his chorus members, demonstrating a right over left hand motion. “Some of…
