While it wasn’t on the agenda for Monday night’s Town Council meeting, the fate of the Town Common and surrounding area, and the concepts for that part of town as included in the most recent Master Plan, brought a bit…
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,…
Londonderry resident Laura El-Azem asked the school board for a status update on a waiver of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing that is scheduled for next year. The tests replace the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP). Superintendent…
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…
Morgan Hollis of the law firm Gottesman and Hollis outlined to the Planning Board the need for the developer of Hickory Woods to receive an exemption from phasing requirements. Hickory Woods proposes to construct 98 units of elderly housing. The…
With some ordinances on the books for 20 years or more, the Town has decided to conduct an ordinance audit with contracted planner Arnett Development Group. Town Planner Cynthia May said the purpose of an ordinance audit is to see…
Town Manager Kevin Smith told the Town Council at their last meeting that businesses have gone elsewhere because Pettengill Road was not completed. He cited a new development along Route 114 near the Bedford Village Inn, noting a Copper Door…
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.…
The Woodmont Commons development agreement is heading to the Town Council for a vote. The agreement was one of the focuses of the Planning Board at its 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday, Aug. 28, a meeting that followed a 6 p.m.…
Though Bonnie Roberts spends all her working hours with seniors, she has a soft spot for children. Several years ago, she was dismayed when two friends’ children, one 2 years old and one 6 years old, were diagnosed with cancer.…
