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It’s back the Londonderry Workforce Housing ordinance is being revamped, with a new name: 2015 Housing Opportunities Zoning Amendment Page

Workforce Housing Press Release The Current Workforce Housing statutes, RSA 674:58-61, were passed by the state legislature in 2009. Under these new RSAs, all towns were directed to adopt a workforce housing ordinance or be penalized. (New Hampshire is not a home rule state, state law overrules local ordinances) Briefly,…

Town Manager Imposes Indefinite Spending Freeze Londonderry Times April 9, 2015 by Kaitlyn G Woods Town Manager Kevin Smith informed town staff last week he is implementing a spending freeze on all discretionary spending. The Town expended about 2 percent more of the budget by March 31 than Smith said…

In this weeks  Londonderry Times it was reported that the Londonderry Town Manager is seeking legal advise to see where the town can post legal notices. The Town Manager has questioned if they should continue publishing legal notices in the  Londonderry Times and post notices on the internet. The reasoning is that the…

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The Londonderry election season is upon us. As in the past any candidate for office is welcome to submit a position paper, letter to the editor, etc. to Town Update. They will be posted as written and in the order of submission on the ‘2012 Londonderry Town Election / Meeting’ discussion…

I’ve heard a lot about who the republican ‘front runner’ is lately. So I thought I’d put up one of those internet polls. Who do you support? The names below were pulled from the 2012 Presidential Candidates website. I don’t know much about the site other than they have a…

As a resident of Londonderry since 1996 I’ve decided to put my name in for a seat on the Londonderry School Board. Questions, comments and feedback… Have a Question or want to know where I stand? More info Here or Email gdouglas@townunderground.com or Phone 434-2085 Interested in other parts of Town…

A lot of information has been discussed lately concerning the School District Quorum. Given this new information do you believe the current quorum of 500 residents will be overturned? See the following boards for more information: School District Quorum Charter Commission

Michael Kettenbach of Pillsbury Realty Development LLC announced his 20 year plan for a new 630+ acre development in Londonderry. The development dubbed Woodmont Commons will have a ‘new urban’ design. The design is styled after a small ‘walkable’ village layout. The compact layout will allow for more pedestrian traffic and less automobile…

I’ve renamed the site from TownUnderground.com to TownUpdate.com I’ll be phasing out the use of TownUnderground on the site over the next few weeks. For now the domain name www.TownUnderground.com will still be active, so links and short-cuts should be unaffected. I may move the site databases at some point to…

The final public hearing of the Londonderry Charter Commission is this coming Monday night, July 26th at 7PM. If you have an opinion on SB2 or Town Meeting please attend this meeting. If your unable to attend and would like to voice your opinion contact information for the Commissioners is…

I’ve taken a lot of flak for the name of this site over the years. The flack all stems from the word “underground’ it sounds dark…..the ‘underground’ must  bunch of folks sneaking around doing who knows what. I was told once that some people in town feel this is a ‘subversive’ site…

“Officials from the Londonderry Fire Department are hoping to fill a department vacancy in the wake of Fire Marshal Mark Tetreault’s recent resignation, and also hire eight new firefighter/paramedics, pending the approval of a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, Fire Chief Kevin MacCaffrie said Monday.”…

Workforce Housing. The legislators in Concord passed it, now the Towns have to deal with it and Londonderry is no exception. The Planning Board, Town Council, and other Boards and taskforces have been discussing Workforce Housing for months, by some estimates years. The latest group to enter into the discussion is…

Alert Message has been issued by the Londonderry, NH Police Department. Wednesday June 2, 2010 4:04 PM EDT Missing Person: Tyler Miller, 17 yo, male, white, brown hair, 5’10”, 250 lbs., wearing blue t-shirt & tan shorts Londonderry Police Department seeks your help in locating a missing “at risk” person:…

Londonderry Police Press Release: For Immediate Release: Police Investigating Hampshire First Bank Robbery June 1, 2010 Londonderry Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred today at about 12:45 p.m. Employees at Hampshire First Bank, located at 68 Nashua Road, reported that a white male, age 40-50, height about 6-3,…

The Londonderry Police Department announced a new service for Londonderry Residents. The new service is some sort of community notification system. The announcement was sent out thru the School District email list. 5/25/2010 Dear Parents and Families, The Londonderry Police Department has asked us to forward along the information below…

The Londonderry Town website is becoming a popular gathering place. Not by those you would expect, a different group of individuals have taken a liking to the site…the computer Hacker community.  The Londonderry Town website has been hacked 5 times since June of 2009. The site was first hacked by ‘Red…

Recently the Londonderry Town Council has been discussing economic developement. Some members of the Council have indicated thay are in favor of individual Councilors meeting with businesses to foster economic development. In my opinion this is a slippery slope. Elected and appointed officials should conduct business public. What’s your opinion?