The Planning Board reviewed a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for Third Party Review for land development applications but plans further discussions on the matter. Third party review has been an issue, with the Town Council last May dropping Stantec…
The status of a school auditorium – its cost, whether it would ever be built – continues to be a topic of discussion in town. At the Tuesday, Oct. 22 School Board meeting, board member John Robinson noted that the…
The Londonderry School District will be asking State Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry for permission to use the PSAT and other tests in lieu of the planned Smarter Balanced test for students in grades 8-11.
We just have to wonder – what are public officials afraid of hearing? Someone who disagrees with their consensus? A viewpoint different from their own? In recent years, we’ve heard more and more efforts to stifle public comments, whether it’s…
A six-lot conceptual design proposal for 115 Hovey Road was heard by the Planning Board. Engineer Bill Evans of Gregsak Engineering and John LaCombe of Diamond Edge Development asked the Planning Board at its Wednesday, Oct. 9, meeting for a…
The Planning Board mulled what to do with letters from the public, and board chairman Arthur Rugg noted they would be considered public documents. “I think it could raise some Constitutional issues,” Rugg said. “If they want to discuss something…
Resident Mike Speltz recently wrote a letter to the editor that was published in last week’s Londonderry Times, decrying the fact that no public hearing was held by the Town Council on the Development Agreement between the town and the…
For months, the Town of Londonderry expendable trust fund has been paying for repairs to various town buildings. The north and south fire stations, both of which are far from old, regularly need repairs for work that should have been…
The master plan for the Woodmont Commons Planned Unit Development (PUD), which outlines where residential and commercial buildings will be located, as well as infrastructure, signage, and the location of open spaces, continued in its review by Planning Board members.…
How the town handles tax liens on properties and the speed with which it collects on those properties prompted discussion last week. Finance Director Susan Hickey and Town Controller Doug Smith gave the Town Council an update on the fourth…
