A training exercise at Granite Ridge Energy’s power plant last week provided an opportunity for local fire personnel and staff at the plant to sharpen their response skills, should an emergency arise requiring rescue from a substantial height. Londonderry Fire…
ALERT – A Londonderry Emergency Response Team – is fundraising to launch a community radio station. The low-power FM station would serve as a new platform for the non-profit to raise awareness for its mission and work in the community,…
Good Samaritans and members of the Londonderry Fire Department were honored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post 5791 in Hudson on May 2. The Post presented awards as part of its annual VFW Loyalty Day and Scholastic Awards Ceremony,…
The Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) has granted a variance for the proposed site of a FedEx Ground distribution warehouse on Pettengill Road. Attorney Morgan Hollis of Gottesman and Hollis requested the variance to allow a subdivision to create a…
Stu Arnett of the Arnett Development Group and Roger Hawk of Hawk Planning Resources, LLC held a workshop at the Planning Board concerning the town’s Growth Management Ordinance (GMO), with the result that the ordinance will likely sunset at the…
Town Manager Kevin Smith outlined to the Town Council the amount of $20,419.47 taken from the Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund for several projects ranging from winter maintenance to repairs. “We have a number of projects for winter maintenance at the…
With snowstorms coming so close together these past few weeks, it may seem as if this is a winter for the record books, but that still remains to be seen. Nevertheless, it’s been a trial for all of us, but…
Professional Firefighters of Londonderry Local 3160 President Lieutenant Bo Butler and Firefighter/Paramedic Bruce Hallowell explained in a recent interview at the Hallowell home the need for requested funding of $205,000 for replacement costs for the department. “My job is life…
The Fire Department budget discussion with the Town Council became heated when fire union president Bo Butler said he would hold the Council responsible if negative effects resulted from Council inaction on the department’s budget request of $205,000 to fund…
Sometimes events are such that they just beg for comment, and that’s what happened this past week, both at the Derry Town Council and at the Hooksett School Board – the latter a matter of concern because it involves both…
