by Alex MalmThe Londonderry School Board got updated about different COVID-19 grants that the school district has received and how they have or will be spent during its April 6 School Board meeting, During the meeting Financial Services Manager Lisa…
A warrant article to fund the architecture and engineering costs for a high school auditorium has failed, leaving the decision of how to move forward with the proposed facility in the hands of the School Board. The community voted 1,264…
Although the ballots for this year’s Town and School District elections didn’t feature any contested races, the voters turned out to speak on several important issues presented on the Warrants last week. Voters approved Article 14 to raise and appropriate…
The Conservation Commission told the Londonderry Trailways it may commit $100,000 to help complete Phase Three of the Londonderry Rail Trail. The 1.4 mile stretch connecting Liberty Drive to Seasons Lane, which runs past a peat bog, would make conservation…
At last week’s school budget workshop, Business Administrator Peter Curro proposed the District fund a warrant article for architecture and design costs for the proposed community auditorium, a cost of $500,000, with year-end surplus. Board member Steve Young expressed his…
At the Town Council’s Nov. 15 budget workshop, Town Manager Kevin Smith recommended a $28.5 million default budget for Fiscal Year 2016, which represents a 1.25 percent increase over the previous fiscal year. “The Town Council directed us to come…
While he said he would have Planning Department staff provide more details at a future date, Town Manager Kevin Smith reviewed for the Town Council on Monday night the number of workforce housing units approved in town. Smith acknowledged that…
State Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, is confident that the widening of Interstate 93 from Windham to Manchester, and the accompanying proposed Exit 4-A, will be built in spite of a possible shortage in federal funding. Rausch was the main architect…
Stuart Arnett of the Arnett Development Group, contracted by the town for planning, brought a revised proposal for a recreation guide – at a cost lower than previously offered – to the Londonderry Conservation Commission. The Conservation Commission had previously…
When there’s an overriding need – skyrocketing use of heroin and resulting crimes, expansion of the interstate to handle gridlock, failing bridges, funding to boost economic development (think Pettengill Road), the place we all turn to is the federal government,…
