Dotty Mattson held a clipboard as she looked out over the standing-room-only crowd in the meeting room at the Derry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1617. Despite a seasonably warm Sunday afternoon, the room was filled with people awaiting the…
A Derry resident will be allowed to combine three parcels of land to create “community” among his renters after approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA). David Barka appeared before the ZBA at its Aug. 21 meeting to request…
Griffin Morse is all about building community. Pinkerton’s new Headmaster, who started his job July 1, formerly ran a dot-com startup out of Seattle and traveled all over the world. “It’s all about building community,” he said. “You need to…
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…
Serving in public office is far more than an ego boost. It’s a big responsibility, both to the voters and to the future of the community. Getting up to speed – on documents, budgets and personnel – is a major…
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…
The historic Taylor Library, located in East Derry, survived more challenges to its funding and existence at the April 29 Town Council meeting. The library, funded at $187,189 in Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau’s FY 15 working budget, was slated…
Leadership Londonderry, which has trained residents in the inner workings of their government and given them the background as well as the skills to volunteer for their community, is taking a break. New Hampshire’s many forms of government all share…
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…
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…
