Londonderry
Londonderry news in brief
Key local board meetings scheduled
There are several key Londonderry board meetings scheduled as the new year gets underway.
They include the following:
Jan. 14 at 7 p.m., the school board will be holding a public hearing on the proposed $63 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2011.
The proposed 5.8 percent increase in the budget has raised some eyebrows and may spark passionate debate due to the state's struggling economy.
On Wed. Jan. 13, the planning board will hold a workshop session to discuss, among other things, workforce housing.
This comes in the wake of a December town council meeting, at which the need for additional workforce housing was brought into question.
Council cuts Town Hall position to part-time
The Town Council has voted to cut a Town Hall administrative position from full to part-time, thus saving approximately $35,000, according to Town Manager Dave Caron.
The position, currently vacant, was most recently held by Carolyn O'Connor.
It was considered a "catch-all" position, involving administrative support responsibilities for several town departments. O'Connor was also involved in coordinating the Beautify Londonderry Program.
With the council vote, the position will be reduced from 40 hours a week to 32 hours a week.
Previously, the position had cost the town approximately $84,500 per year, including benefits.
Caron says the new, part-time position, will be advertised with a pay rate of between $20-27 per hour.
According to Caron, some of the position's responsibilities will go back to the respective departments.
The Solid Waste Committee will take on the Beautify Londonderry project as a volunteer-only project.
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Londonderry voters to decide future of Town Meeting
Voters will decide in March whether to break with tradition and move to ballot-style voting. If they opt for the change, it would take effect in 2012 and Town Meeting would be history in Londonderry.
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LHS drummer returns from prestigious arts camp
Adam Rhan, a rising senior at Londonderry High School, recently spent four weeks at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.
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Londonderry Baby Contest is back on
Babies, here's your chance to put on your fancy clothes and smile for the cameras. Parents can enter their precious offspring in the annual Old Home Day Baby Contest next month.
Continued ... - Need for blood donations high in summer
- Former Londonderry High teacher makes plea deal in sexting case
- New Tupelo Hall venue opens in Vermont
- Rupsa Chaudhury and Dr. Matthew Boelig
- Londonderry news in brief
- LONDONDERRY MEETINGS
- Sarah Chretien and John Lacroix
- Wednesday, July 21, 2010
- Londonderry councilors OK grant application for four new firefighters
- Londonderry hopes to keep airport security contract
- Londonderry weighs change in housing units allowed
- Students learn film, robotics at summer camp
- Londonderry police apply for equipment grant
- Dig in at indoor plant program
- Londonderry gallery closes this month
- Pediatrics practice throws open house
- Sara Pope and Craig Johnson
- There's lots to do at Londonderry's Senior Center
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Londonderry voters to decide future of Town Meeting
