What's new on our website this week...

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

   • Your Letters:  Say what you want, "at the discretion of the chair"
   • Your Letters:  Pancoast, school board, vote to further restrict public comment

Friday, March 4, 2011

   • Your Letters:  Paul Augros is Budget Committee MVP
   • Your Letters:  Phantom school budget cuts
   • Your Letters:  Please vote on March 8th!
   • Your Letters: 
Default school budget DOES protect teachers!
   • Your Letters: 
Vote Skinner for Budget Committee
   • Your Letters: 
Vote YES on Article 14
   • Your Letters: 
Goffstown's average teacher salaries
   • Local News:
 
Trial set for Goffstown man
   • Voter Resources:  Candidate Profiles
   • Voter Resources:
  FINAL Straw Poll Results
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstownBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  The importance of voting on Tuesday
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Woodchuck or Groundhog


Previous updates...

Friday, February 25, 2011

   • Your Letters:  I withdraw my candidacy; please vote for Mary, Leah and Ben
   • Your Letters: 
2011-12 School Budget could cost even more
   • Your Letters:  Vote NO on Article 2 on the school ballot
   • Your Letters: 
School district pay rates ridiculous
   • Your Letters: 
High taxes for high pay?
   • Your Letters: 
Selectmen say 'Yes' then vote 'No'
   • Your Letters: 
Please vote for Sean Skinner
   • Your Letters: 
State aid to Goffstown
   • Town Hall Watch:
  State cuts could add extra $1 to tax rate
   • Local News:
  Police find pot in Tibbetts Hill Road home
   • Voter Resources:  Candidate Profiles
   • Voter Resources:
  Take our Straw Poll
   • Voter Resources:
  Current Straw Poll Results
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstownBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Thank you Jim Raymond

Friday, February 18, 2011

   • Your Letters:  Vote Collis Adams for selectman
   • Your Letters: 
Please support Wolczko, Parah and Hampton
   • Your Letters: 
Don't complain if you don't vote
   • Your Letters: 
Vote out school board incumbents
   • Your Letters: 
Enraged at Allard's behavior
   • Your Letters: 
Voting locally is vital
   • Your Letters: 
MVMS teachers, staff need help from citizens
   • Your Letters: 
Silence, too, can falsify information
   • Your Letters: 
School board can override chairman
   • Local News: 
Crispin’s House needs your help
   • Local News: 
Ordinance would prohibit nuisance sounds
   • Important Information: 
More on Mountain View Watch
   • Important Information: 
Transfer Station closed Sat., Feb. 19th 
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstowBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  MVMS teachers, staff deserve to be heard
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Use of Felt-Soled Waders and Boots Prohibited in Vermont Waters

Friday, February 11, 2011

   • Town Hall Watch:  Allard squashes public comment at meeting
   • Town Hall Watch:  School tax rate will increase again
   • Town Hall Watch:  Town tax rate to be lower than 2010
   • Town Hall Watch:  Tax liens on homes up in down economy
   • Town Hall Watch:  Parks & Rec to start charging for programs
   • Your Letters:  School Board snubs taxpayers again
   • Your Letters: 
Vote "No" on the school budget on March 8th
   • Your Letters: 
Was school budget compromise a mistake?
   • Local News: 
Students, staff support fire victim
   • Local News: 
Home invader leaves after conversation  
   • Local News: 
Former Goffstown resident sentenced
   • Video:  MUST-SEE VIDEO:  Keith Allard squashes public comment at 2/7/2011 meeting 
2011 Allard squashes public comment
   • Important Information: 
Candidate's Night set for Tuesday, Feb. 15th
   • Important Information: 
Transfer Station closed Sat., Feb. 19th 
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstowBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Keith Allard: Goffstown's own 'Desert Fox
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Another Fish Species In New Hampshire Waters

Friday, January 28, 2011

   • Town Hall Watch:  Town budget increased by $410,922
   • Town Hall Watch:  Nearly $1M restored to school budget 
   • Your Letters:  If you have extra cash, use it
   • Your Letters: 
Living Beyond Our Means
   • Your Letters: 
Just do it!
   • Your Letters: 
The proper funding of education
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstowBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Budget Committee delivered - now it's up to you
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  A Cure For Cabin Fever Coming

Friday, January 7, 2011

   • Guest Editorial:  Now is the time to speak
   • Guest Editorial: 
Goffstown spending: Keeping it in check
   • Member Editorial: 
The Solution is the Problem
   • Your Letters: 
Thanks for cutting the school budget
   • Your Letters: 
School Budget Seen from Different Viewpoints  
   • Your Letters: 
Transparency is the key  
   • Your Letters: 
Property Taxes Set to Double
   • Local News: 
Website gives voters look at budgeting process
   • Local News: 
250th Anniversary Finally Here!
   • Local News: 
Woman arrested for gun threat 
   • Important Information: 
www.GoffstowBudgets.com
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  The conspicuous silence of Keith Allard
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Free Winter Ice-Fishing Classes Offered

Friday, December 17, 2010

   • Local News:  County Nursing Home resident turns 102
   • Town Hall Watch:
  Budget Committee aims for level tax rate
   • Town Hall Watch: 
Roundabout complete - for now
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Let's put politics behind us and enjoy the holiday season

Friday, December 10, 2010

   • Local News:  Girl rescued after fall down embankment 
   • Local News:
 
Local man charged with arson, assault 
   • Local News:
 
Judy Pancoast nominated for Grammy
   • Local News:
 
Local woman & children hurt in crash
   • Guest Editorial:
 
Make your own cuts or it will be done for you
   • Your Letters: 
Class sizes must be considered
   • Your Letters: 
Are our schools under-funded?
   • Your Letters: 
A simple explanation of our budgets
   • Your Letters: 
Jim Hunt’s “Unsatisfactory Performance” List
   • Your Letters: 
Taxes Paid by Goffstown Residents
   • Important Information:  Public Hearing on Parks & Rec Fees
 
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Even a level-funded school budget means huge tax increases

Friday, December 3, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  Budget Committee cuts nearly $1.9 million
   • Town Hall Watch: 
Selectmen fire roundabout contractor
   • Local News: 
State encourages Goffstown recycling model
   • Your Letters: 
Deflecting a couple low blows
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  How the Bear Lost His Tail Ice Fishing

Friday, November 26, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Tea Party revolt coming vs. School Board  
   • Your Letters: 
Did Bernie Made-off Live in Goffstown? 
   • Local News:  Two Arrested In Tuesday Night Burglary
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  New website provides vital budget information to voters
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Public Hearing on Wildlife Importation & Furbearer Rules

Friday, November 19, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  The picture is not as bleak as you make it
   • Guest Editorial: 
Hold our elected officials accountable
   • Guest Editorial:  A Zoo in Goffstown?
   • Town Hall Watch: 
School Board: 10 percent too much
   • Local News: 
Local man charged with armed robbery
   • Your Letters: 
Teachers deserve what they're paid
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Take the time to learn the budget process
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Please Don’t Feed the Turkeys

Friday, November 12, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  We stand by our opinion
   • Guest Editorial: 
What is the school board thinking?
   • Guest Editorial:  Follow selectmen's lead - trim your budgets
   • Town Hall Watch: 
School Board defends budget hike
   • Town Hall Watch: 
Roundabout delays questioned
   • Town Hall Watch: 
School Board proposes $37.4M budget 
   • Local News: 
Complaint filed with Attorney General’s office
   • Local News: 
Food Pantry in need of donations
   • Local News: 
Bob Harris hits 4-year anniversary with GRA
   • Your Letters: 
Please adjust budget 10% as requested
   • Your Letters: 
Avoid reckless cuts to services 
   • Your Letters: 
School Board compounds our tax problems
   • Your Letters: 
Goffstown Project Management Woes
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  The odds on Obama, Part Deux
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  A Great 2010 Youth Deer Hunt Weekend for 11 Year-Old Jake Niermeyer
 

Friday, October 15, 2010

   • Local News:  Local man charged with sexual assault
   • Local News:  Goffstown man arrested after car chase
   • Local News:  Police get new tips in abduction attempt
   • Local News:  Pumpkin Festival begins Saturday!
   • Local News:  Lindberg replica to 'land' in Goffstown
   • Your Letters:  John Burt is a man you can trust
   • Your Letters: 
Tax rate must not be allowed to increase
   • Your Letters: 
Town should postpone the Road Plan
   • Your Letters: 
Support fiscally responsible candidates
   • Your Letters: 
Chile beats Goffstown
   • Your Letters: 
The QE2 is Leaving Port
   • Your Letters: 
Mortgage Fraud in NH?
   • Your Letters: 
Vote John Burt for fiscal responsibility
   • Your Letters: 
Dιjΰ vu All Over Again
   • Voter Resources: 
Sample ballot for November 2 election
   • Important Information: 
"Autism 911" Registration Nov. 9
   • Important Information: 
Glen Lake drawdown set for Oct. 30
   • Items of Interest: 
Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off & Regatta Schedule of Events
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  A common sense cure for elections
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Is Pheasant Season Going To Be A Washout?

Friday, September 24, 2010

   • INCIDENT ALERT:  Suspicious Man Reported Near MVMS
   • INCIDENT ALERT:  Suspicious Man Offers Students a Ride
   • Your Letters: 
What’s the bottom line for our schools?
   • Local News: 
Student behavior will be recorded
   • Voter Resources:  Results from the September 14, 2010 Primary Elections
   • Important Information: 
Villa Golf Tourney set for Oct. 1st  
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Obama’s Grand Plan: recession to welfare state
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Don’t Miss Out on Fall Trout Fishing

Thursday, September 9, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  It's Ovide: There is no better choice 
   • Guest Editorial: 
Union Leader endorses Ovide Lamontagne
   • Your Letters: 
Another $50 Billion We Don't Have
   • Your Letters: 
BOS Chairman Just Shrugs His Shoulders
   • Your Letters:  Rep. Hikel reaches out to Democrats
   • Your Letters: 
A New Board Game For Sale in Goffstown
   • Local News:  Goffstown Marine killed in Afghanistan
   • Local News: 
Police investigate Pinardville home invasion
   • Town Hall Watch:  School Board to restrict Glen Lake Parking
   • Town Hall Watch:  Board to teachers: Pass on salary hike?     
   • Voter Resources:  Click here for SAMPLE BALLOTS for Tuesday's primaries
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  A few things you should know about Ovide Lamontagne
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Americans must Respect Hunters and Anglers

Thursday, September 2, 2010

   • Your Letters:  A Town worker not doing his job
   • Your Letters:  Fishing in Glen Lake
   • Your Letters:  Please Define Completed
   • Local News:  New roundabout causing headaches
   • Important Information:  TRACK HURRICANE EARL
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Liberal media downplayed Beck rally
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Too Many Road Kills

Thursday, August 26, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Signs, signs, everywhere signs
   • Your Letters:
 
Wealth Re-Distribution Grows in Goffstown
   • Your Letters:  Written evidence of harassment at MVMS
   • Your Letters: 
Found Money
   • Local News:  Grant $$$ available for flood victims
   • Local News: 
Construction hurting local businesses
   • Local News: 
Recycled Percussion beats civil suit
   • Local News: 
UpReach looking for more volunteers
   • Local News: 
Hopkinton Fair begins Sept. 2nd
   • Important Information:  South Mast Street Road Closure continues
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Newspaper article on $2.7M school giveback a bit misleading
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Free Evening Hunting Talks at NH Fish & Game Department

Thursday, August 12, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Evergreens Grow in Goffstown
   • Local News:  Two Goffstown men arrested in Hudson
   • Local News:  Four towns help put out Goffstown fire
   • Local News:  Goffstown selectmen OK farmers market  
   • Local News:  Sunken pumpkins threaten regatta  
   • Local News:  Goffstown Post 16 narrowly edged  
   • Important Information:  Caution urged using new traffic pattern
   • Important Information: 
South Mast Street Road Closure
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Selectmen went above and beyond
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Something’s Bruin In New Hampshire and It Ain’t Coffee

Friday, August 6, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  Selectmen consider expanding Westlawn
   • Your Letters: 
Insightful or Inciteful?
   • Voter Resources: 
SAMPLE BALLOTS for Sept. Primaries
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Should school spending be audited?
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Mark Your Calendars to Attend This Great Event

Friday, July 30, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  Selectmen prefer Glen Lake as Town Beach
   • Town Hall Watch:  Town launches redesigned website 
   • Local News: 
King Bowling Lanes closing?
   • Local News: 
Local woman writes health, wellness book
   • Local News: 
Goffstown steamrolls to state Legion title
   • Your Letters:  Owning a home in Goffstown
   • Your Letters:  Is There a “FIRE” in Goffstown?
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Tax avalanche will bury us in 2011
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  A Great Opportunity: Ladies Can Learn to Fish From A Kayak

Friday, July 16, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Deficits and Goffstown Home Prices Go Up
   • Local News:  Committee to study Glen Lake Beach   
   • Local News:  Police Make An Arrest In Weapons Burglar
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Goffstown News editorial right on the mark
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Where to see moose in New Hampshire

Friday, July 9, 2010

   • Your Letters:  "Big Spending" Politicians Affect Goffstown
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Litchfield plans cuts while our school board plans increases
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  A Great Spirit Smiles Down On Lake Winnipesaukee

Friday, July 2, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Spending reductions must start NOW
   • Your Letters:  Give voters a real choice this year
   • Your Letters:
  10% and quotable "quotes"
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  School Board has much more than $610K to give back
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris: 
July is a great time to fish Black Crappie

Friday, June 25, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Auditor's Report says we're OK, but...
   • Your Letters: 
Burger King closure should send a message
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Another one bites the dust
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  The Challenge of Summertime Trout Fishing

Friday, June 18, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Budget Committee sent a strong message
   • Your Letters:
  Post public hearings in the Goffstown News
   • Town Hall Watch:
  Town boards discuss taxes, services
   • Local News:  Goffstown man arrested for robbery
   • Local News:  Some Howe’s customers must use mail-order
   • Local News:  Mortgage help stymied by paperwork
   • Local News:  Last class graduates New Morning
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron:  Pierce created 'facts' to support his personal preference
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Wildlife Watching In New Hampshire Is Fun All Year

Friday, June 4, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Continued Irresponsible Decisions
   • Your Letters:
  A New Bar in Goffstown 
   • Town Hall Watch:
  Danis Park boat business denied again
   • Local News:  GHS students organize charity walk
   • Local News: 
New principal hired for Villa Augustina
   • Local News: 
Old Home Day set for Saturday
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Real property tax 'whack' is yet to come
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Coyotes: An Over Populated Threat to Our Wildlife

Friday, May 28, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  Residents upset over roundabout hearing
   • Important Information:  Memorial Day Parade Information

   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Technically, selectmen were correct, but...

Friday, May 21, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Three cheers for the Budget Committee
   • Your Letters:  Thanks, Guy, for fighting for the taxpayers
   • Your Letters:
  Staffing shortage closes MVMS library
   • Your Letters:  There Must be an Election Coming Soon
   • Town Hall Watch:  Another roundabout proposed for Goffstown
   • Town Hall Watch:  Fire Chief now wants two new fire engines
   • Important Information:
  Public Hearing on roundabout May 24th
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Does your $50,000 BMW need $200 in repairs
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Public Hearing on 2011 Fishing Rules Proposals June 16, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  Keith Allard and the dangers of free money
   • Guest Editorial:  May is the Start of Contract Negotiations
   • Town Hall Watch:
  Selectmen say 'No' to proposed town beach
   • Important Information:  Goffstown Business Expo May 15th
   • Important Information:  Public Hearing on roundabout May 24th
   • Important Information:  Memorial Day Parade Information
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Selectmen turn a blind eye to Glen Lake problems
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  New Hampshire Free Fishing Day Fast Approaching

Friday, May 7, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  Two different worlds
   • Local News:
  Fire damages apartment building
   • Local News:  Selectmen uncertain about use of Glen Lake
   • Local News:  Women's prison may close
   • Local News:  Goffstown Business Expo May 15th
   • Local News:  Rails Trail may connect with Manchester
   • Important Information:  Elm St. Water Main Replacement
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Why the indecision on Glen Lake?
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Moose can be dangerous to drivers!

Friday, April 30, 2010

   • Guest Editorial:  The school board's wrongful assumptions
   • Your Letters:
  My two minute wait for nothing
   • Local News:  Goffstown Man killed in head-on collision
   • Local News:  So. Mast closed May 3rd to May 7th
   • Local News:  Police say argument led to dragging
   • Local News:  Healthy Kids Day set for Saturday
   • Local News:  UpReach gets Community Partner Award
   • Town Hall Watch:  Goffstown to take Manchester recyclables
   • Poll Results:  Should use of the Glen Lake Waterfront be restricted to Town residents only? 
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Time for a school voucher system?
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Always Be Careful with Fires and Smokes

Friday, April 16, 2010

   • Your Letters:  ObamaCare just isn't affordable
   • Guest Editorial: 
School Board tactics to watch out for
   • Local News: 
Local man pleads not guilty to embezzlement
   • Local News:  Tree removal causes debate in Goffstown
   • Local News:  Town planner returns to familiar town
   • Town Hall Watch:  Parks & Rec to explore different programs
   • This Week's Poll:  Should use of the Glen Lake Waterfront be restricted to Town residents only? 
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
School Deliberative Session 'Practices' must end
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  New Hampshire’s Youth Turkey Weekend - May 1 and 2, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010

   • Your Letters:  School Board keeps spending, but not on kids
   • Your Letters: 
Lay off teachers, but purchase phones? 
   • Your Letters: 
Take a close, hard look at Mountain View
   • Local News:  GHS theater company receives top honors  
   • Local News:  New planner takes over for Steve Griffin 
   • Important Information:  Board meetings now available online!
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Columns: As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
School board spending priorities completely backwards
   • Columns: Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris: 
‘Tis the Season - Trout, Trout and More Trout

Friday, April 2, 2010

   • Editorial:  Congratulations to Carl Quiram
   • Editorial:  Government control exacts a high price
   • Your Letters: 
$3.40 tax rate jump spawns buyer's remorse
   • Local News:  Nick Campasano achieves Masters Degree
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Upcoming labor negotiations crucial to Goffstown's economic survival
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Feeding deer does more harm than good

Friday, March 26, 2010

   • Editorial:  ObamaCare: American Socialism
   • Editorial:  Health care shot felt 'round the country
   • Editorial:  Obamacare can be repealed
   • Town Hall Watch:  Goffstown tax rate up by $3.40
   • Your Letters:  Questions for the Goffstown School Board
   • Local News:  Goffstown man charged with larceny
   • Local News:  Three from Goffstown arrested
   • Local News:  New Goffstown courthouse dedicated
   • Local News:  Local man wins Foxwoods contest
   • Important Information:  Women's Self-Protection Class April 6th
   • Important Information:  UpReach benefit slated for May 1st
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
School Board propaganda machine churns away
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Be Prepared for The Opening of Salmon Season

Friday, March 12, 2010

   • Editorial:  Thank you Vivian Blondeau
   • Editorial:  Voter turnout should have been higher
   • Local News:  Two local men charged with robbery
   • Local News:  New Morning School to close doors
   • Voter Resources:  Taxes going up 13.84% - how will that affect YOUR particular property tax total? Click here to find out 
   • Your Letters: 
Dear Majority of the Goffstown School Board
   • Your Letters: 
A message from John A. Burt
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
Message from voters was loud and clear
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  A Whopper Of A "Fish" Story

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

   • Voter Resources:  2010 GOFFSTOWN TOWN VOTE RESULTS

Monday, March 8, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  School Board gave false tax rate information to The Goffstown News
   • Town Hall Watch:  Goffstown News corrects online version of the article
   • Town Hall Watch:  Allard responds (finally) this morning
   • Editorial:  Gross and Pierce turn deaf ears to taxpayers
   • Your Letters:  Goffstown voters given bogus tax impact information

Friday, March 5, 2010

   • Editorial:  Bill Bates needs our help
   • Your Letters:  Paul Augros asks for your support for Budget Committee
   • Your Letters:  John Burt asks for your vote on Tuesday
   • Your Letters:  Please vote John Dillon for Budget Committee
   • Your Letters: 
Re-Elect Ivan Beliveau to Budget Committee
   • Your Letters: 
A vote for Scott Gross is "Not Recommended"
   • Your Letters: 
Mark Warden request your "write-in" vote on March 9th
   • Your Letters: 
Please vote John Burt on March 9th
   • Your Letters: 
Please Article 23 NO, NO, NO
   • Your Letters: 
Vote YES on Article 8
   • Voter Resources:
  2010 Candidate Information
   • Voter Resources:  2010 Town & School Voting Guide
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
How I'm voting Tuesday - and why
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Limited Snowmobile Access to Goffstown’s Rails Trail

Sunday, February 28, 2010

   • Your Letters:  Snowmobile Articles are in the best interests of Goffstown 
   • Voter Resources:
  Meet the Candidates Night Tues. March 2nd

Thursday, February 25, 2010

   • Editorial:  Why only blame Scott Gross?
   • Editorial:  Article 9 is very bad for many reasons
   • Your Letters:  Snowmobile Articles on Goffstown's Ballot in March 
   • Your Letters: 
Bill Bates asks for your vote
   • Your Letters: 
Please consider supporting Article #19
   • Your Letters:  More discontent at Mountain View Middle School
   • Local News:
  Property taxes to go up minimum of 12.37%
   • Local News:  Pascucci write-in candidate for Selectman
   • Local News:  New Parks & Rec Director Hired
   • Voter Resources:  2010 Tax Rate Calculator
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron: 
The case in favor of Articles 22 and 6
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Limited Snowmobile Access to Goffstown’s Rails Trail

Friday, February 19, 2010

   • Editorial: 
In answer to Eric Geissenhainer
   • Editorial:  The real hijackers of Goffstown
   • Your Letters:  School District must make tough decisions 
   • Your Letters: 
Support Town Article 22 and School Article 6
   • Your Letters: 
Property tax relief for Goffstown that pays!
   • Local News: 
Snowmobilers want use of Rail Trail
   • Important Information:  2010 Town & School Voting Guide
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • As I See It, by Guy Caron:  What can you do about our record tax increase? Plenty.
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Is It Killed or Harvested - Terminology Questioned

Friday, February 12, 2010

   • Your Letters: 
What's wrong with you people in Goffstown?
   • Your Letters:  Is it really only a small group of voters?
   • Your Letters:  Keith Allard gives incorrect information
   • Editorial: 
The power of a single vote
   • Local News: 
Citizens hit with 2 possible class-action lawsuits
   • Important Information:
  GHS Music & Theater Present "AIDA"
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Ice-fishing for Saltwater Rainbow Smelts

Friday, February 5, 2010

   • Town Hall Watch:  Voters say no to school budget changes
   • Town Hall Watch: 
A torn ballot, a close vote in Goffstown
   • Editorial: 
Goffstown's Debilitating Deliberative Session
   • Editorial: 
Teacher and secretary positions may be cut   
   • Your Letters: 
Crabby Billy is not crabby all the time
   • Your Letters: 
Reply to Pam Whitney     
   • Local News: 
Dave French retires after 32 years
   • Local News: 
Bailiffs disciplined as woman denies thefts
   • Local News: 
Local contractor pleads guilty to tax evasion
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Snowmobile Accidents Are Preventable

Sunday, January 31, 2010

   • Letter to the Editor:  Lorry Cloutier responds to letters in the Goffstown News
   • Letter to the Editor: 
The right outcome wins at the Goffstown School Board thanks to Lorry Cloutier
   • Editorial:  Come out to the School Deliberative Session

Friday, January 29, 2010

   • Editorial:  Some folks just don't get it
   • Editorial: 
Goffstown Voters Have a Choice to Make
   • Editorial:  Thank you, Guy Caron 
   • Local News:  Goffstown citizens group launches new website, fiscal initiatives
   • Local News: 
Danis Park Road floods again
   • Local News: 
Local woman sues Citizens Bank
   • Voter Resources:  Your Guide to Deliberative Sessions
   • Voter Resources: 
Summary of 2010 Town Articles
   • Voter Resources: 
2010 Town Warrant
   • Voter Resources: 
Summary of 2010 School Articles
   • Voter Resources:  2010 School Warrant

   • Voter Resources: 
Candidates for Office, 2010
   • Important Information:
  School Tax Rate Calculator
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Who Says You Can’t Fly-fish On The Ice?

Friday, January 22, 2010

   • Editorial:  Goffstown's chance to learn from Massachusetts  
   • Editorial: 
24 percent school tax increase is outrageous  
   • Editorial: 
Massachusetts politics has arrived in Goffstown  
   • Editorial: 
The School Board's public apology  
   • Editorial: 
Spending, not revenue, is the problem  
   • Editorial: 
How YOU can lower the school budget 
   • Town Hall Watch: 
24 Percent School Tax Hike 
   • Town Hall Watch:  Budget Committee makes further reductions to school budget
   • Local News:  Goffstown citizens group launches new website, fiscal initiatives
   • Local News: 
Concerns aired over plowing runoff 
   • Local News: 
Goffstown man arrested after being fired   
   • Local News: 
Car crashes into Pizza Market  
   • Important Information:
  School Tax Rate Calculator
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Who Says You Can’t Fly-fish On The Ice?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

   • Editorial:  What YOU can do about the school budget (Revised)
   • Important Information:
  School Tax Rate Calculator
   • Important Information:  GTV Channel 16 Broadcast Schedule
   • Important Information:  GTV Channel 22 Broadcast Schedule
   • Town Hall Watch:
  Budget Committee makes further reductions to school budget

Friday, January 15, 2010

   • Editorial:
  What YOU can do about the school budget
   • Town Hall Watch:  Attempted end-run by School Board stuffed
   • Local News: 
Reflections by Dave French
   • Local News: 
Local Man Arrested During SWAT Incident
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Snowshoe Hare Hunting Workshop Coming Soon

Friday, January 8, 2010

   • Editorial:
  Kudos to Carl Quiram
   • Editorial:  Ask the School Board about their budget
   • Editorial:
  GRA membership increases
   • Editorial:  School Board uses CBAs as an excuse
   • Editorial:
  A call for teachers to give up their raises
   • Editorial:  Local residents fear reprisals
   • Local News:  Budget Committee told it didn't cut enough
   • Local News: 
Tax group vigilant in Goffstown
   • Local News: 
Weare Police dump Goffstown Dispatch
   • Local News: 
GHS grad receives ski patrol award
   • Local News: 
Doug Gove dies at 88
   • Local News: 
PLC announces new board members
   • Important Information:  Free H1N1 Clinic in Goffstown
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Enjoy Ice-Fishing, But Be Very Cautious On the Ice


Thursday, December 31, 2009

   • Editorial:  Flat Taxes in Goffstown
   • Town Hall Watch:  Dan Cloutier discusses local budgets & taxes
   • Local News:
  China Gournet robbed

   • Local News:
  Towns try to ride out recession with flat 2010 budgets
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris: 
The Passing of A Dear Friend and Sportsman

Thursday, December 24, 2009

   • Editorial: 
A $3.27 Increase in the Local School Tax Rate?
   • Editorial: 
One less French Fry in the School Board's Happy Meal
   • Editorial:  Employee Enlightenment
   • Editorial: 
Things No Better at MVMS
   • Editorial:  ‘Tis the Season...
   • Local News:  $19.2 million town budget forwarded
   • Local News: 
Four-car accident stalls traffic
   • Local News: 
Merrimack reduces school staff by 14
   • Local News: 
Bedford town pay hikes reduced
   • Local News:  Bedford school board cuts $1M
   • Local News: 
Bow votes for teacher layoffs
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Prepare Now to Attend a Great Show

Friday, December 4, 2009

   • Editorial:  Budget increases are less than requested, but plenty to get by on
   • Editorial:  Math Problems in Goffstown
   • Local News: 
In tough times, town budgets still increase over 2009 expenditures
   • Local News: 
School District budget to be slightly lower in 2010-2011
   • Local News: 
Head-on crash seriously injures driver
   • Local News: 
Marine's wallet returned anonymously
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Important Information:
  Friday Night Under the Lights 12/4
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Amazing Fishing

Friday, November 27, 2009

   • Editorial:
 
Budget Committee must look at salaries
   • Local News:  Goffstown man killed in crash

   • Local News:  ZBA reverses decision on Danis Park business
   • Local News: 
Medvil residents knew hike was coming
   • Local News: 
Girl Scouts hope stars shine for troops
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Important Information:  Friday Night Under the Lights 12/4
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris: 
How’s The Deer Season Going?

Friday, November 20, 2009

   • Editorial:
  Goffstown workers: Raises for no reason
   • Editorial:  Reluctant to Lend and Spend
   • Local News:  Medvil residents face huge increases
   • Local News: 
Outdoors and Free begins fourth year on GRA
   • Local News: 
New equipment added to skateboard park
   • Local News: 
Goffstown gears up to help those in need
   • Important Information:
  Parking Ban in effect 11/15
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Saltwater Fishing License Is Coming

Friday, November 13, 2009

   • Town Hall Watch:  Unexpected windfall lowers tax rate
   • Editorial:
  Let's party on, Goffstown!
   • Editorial:  Hard times? Reduce COLA!
   • Editorial:  Hunt wrong man for the job at MVMS
   • Editorial:  Health Care bill will break the budget
   • Editorial:  Who is stupid?
   • Local News:  Nursing home resident is 102 years old
   • Important Information:
  Friday Night Under the Lights 12/4
   • Important Information:  Uncanoonuc Mountain Hike 11/15 
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  ‘Tis Friday the 13th

Friday, November 6, 2009

   • Town Hall Watch:  DPW, fire to get additional vehicles
   • Town Hall Watch: 
Town to save $48,246 with COLA cuts
   • Local News: 
Alan Dutch leaves Goffstown Post Office
   • Editorial:
  The Dismantling of America
   • Editorial:  The daunting 1,900-page health care bill
   • Items of Interest: 
More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Firearms Deer Season to Begin

Friday, October 30, 2009

   • Editorial: 
What is wrong with this picture?
   • Local News:  Fallen Marine, a St. A grad, is remembered
   • Local News: 
Flu clinic turnout surprisingly low
   • Local News: 
Local laid-off state worker tries to cope
   • Local News: 
Regulations test alternative energy
   • Important Information:
  Glen Lake drawdown set for Sat, 10/ 31
   • Important Information:  Trick or Treat Safety Tips
   • Items of Interest:  Halloween Parade Fri, 10/30, 1 PM 
   • Items of Interest:  Great Pumpkin Hunt Sat, 10/31, 7 AM 
   • Items of Interest:  Trick or Treat Sat, 10/31, 6-8 PM
   • Items of Interest:  More Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Hunters Needed To Help New Hampshire Food Bank

Friday, October 23, 2009

   • Editorial:  The school board is at it again!
   • Editorial: 
The Housing Situation in Goffstown
   • Editorial: 
A Glimmer of Hope?
   • Local News: 
Pumpkin Regatta frosty but fun
   • Local News: 
Recycled Percussion drummer facing charges
   • Important Information:  Free flu shots this weekend
   • Items of Interest:  Halloween Safety Day set for Oct.25
   • Items of Interest:  Fun Facts...
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Hunting Can Be An Opportunity Beyond The Kill

Friday, October 16, 2009

   • Editorial:  An Apology to President Obama
   • Editorial: 
Attend Your SAU Meetings!
   • Editorial: 
Fed-Sponsored Inflation affects Goffstown
   • Editorial: 
A Nobel Prize for disturbing U.S. peace
   • Editorial: 
Return to Sender?
   • Editorial:  Raiding JUA fund is not necessary
   • Local News:  Dave French to retire 
   • Local News:  Goffstown attorney suspended six months
   • Local News: 
Victim's advocate to work in Goffstown  
   • Local News: 
Library celebrates 100 years
   • Important Information: 
Giant Pumpkin Regatta set for Oct. 17-18
   • Items of Interest:  Halloween Safety Day set for Oct.25
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  New Hampshire Youth Deer Hunt - Oct. 24 and 25

Friday, October 9, 2009

   • Editorial:  What next from our SAU Superintendent?
   • Editorial: 
In the Eye of the Housing Hurricane
   • Editorial: 
The Morally Bankrupt Nobel Prize
   • Local News: 
Goffstown woman fakes robbery
   • Important Information: 
Giant Pumpkin Regatta set for Oct. 17-18
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris: 
Don’t Feed Wild Turkeys in New Hampshire

Friday, October 2, 2009

   • Editorial:
  No New Spending!
   • Editorial:
 Their tax credit is our tax increase
   • Editorial: 
Are we getting our money's worth?
   • Editorial:  Fiscal facts about Goffstown
   • Local News:  Goffstown woman seriously injured
   • Local News:  Flu hits preschoolers in Goffstown
   • Local News: 
Brief power outage hits Goffstown
   • Local News:  The nursery nestled in the hills
   • Local News:  Recycled Percussion is Vegas bound 
   • Important Information:  County seeks input from residents
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris (from Sept. 25):  Pheasant Season Only Six Days Away

Friday, September 18, 2009

   • Town Hall Watch:  Superior Court backs ZBA decision
   • Town Hall Watch: 
County seeks assistance from residents
   • Town Hall Watch:  School Board hears teacher grievance
   • Editorial:
  Buckley shows little policy knowledge
   • Editorial: 
Silent majority silent no more
   • Editorial: 
The largest employer in the US
   • Editorial: 
Obamacare: First the spin, now the truth...
   • Local News: 
Recycled Percussion finishes 3rd
   • Local News: 
Volunteerism at UpReach surges
   • Important Information:  Giant Pumpkin Regatta set for Oct. 17-18
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  3 Reasons for Americans to Respect Hunters and Anglers 

Friday, September 11, 2009

   • Local News:  Recycled Percussion reaches final round
   • Local News: 
Hundreds bid farewell to 'Katie'
   • Local News: 
'Boston' Patriots to make history on Monday Night
   • Local News: 
Hillsborough Fair set for Sept. 11-13
   • Editorial:  Employment and taxes in Goffstown
   • Editorial: 
FACT CHECK: Obama uses 'iffy' math on deficit pledge
   • Editorial: 
Is Obamacare already dead? 
   • Important Information:  Public School Board Hearing Tues. 9/15
   • Important Information:  9/11:  Chronology, videos of the attacks, list of victims, tributes and more... 
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Start of the Fall Boating Season 

Friday, September 4, 2009

   • Local News:  Local parents 'appauled' at Obama speech to students
   • Local News:  Hopkinton Fair Schedule of Events 9/3-9/7
   • Local News: 
Goffstown Wood Pellet Distributor Growing
   • Local News: 
Hillsborough Fair set for Sept. 11-13
   • Town Hall Watch:  Parks & Rec Dept. works on master plan
   • Editorial:  Obama speech to students smacks of Orwell's '1984'
   • Editorial:  
Stop Congress' health care grab
   • Important Information:  Glen Lake drawdown set for Oct. 31
   • Important Information: 
Appraisal Day at Historical Society 9/26
   • Outdoors and Free, by Bob Harris:  Hunting and Fishing Day Exposition Coming Soon 


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