“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 Debate Continues….
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…
Missing Person: Tyler Miller
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 Investigating Hampshire First Bank Robbery
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,…
Londonderry PD Partners with Nixle.com
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…
Londonderry Town Website Hacked, Again
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…
Economic Development Meetings?
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?
Do You Support National Health Care?
Carol Shea Porter will be holding a Town Hall meeting in Londonderry tonight, April 8th. The meeting will begin at 7 PM in the Moose Hill Conference Room. There have been rumors of protests for and against Porter that will be held before the meeting. Considering the recent debate concerning national health…
Charter Commission First Meeting Tonight
The first Meeting of the Londonderry Charter Commission is tonight, Monday March 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM. The Commission’s task over the next several months: Should Londonderry move to official ballot voting (SB2) under Londonderry’s current Town Council-Budgetary Town Meeting form of government What’s your opinion? Take the poll.
Change of Format
I’ve decided to change the format of the website. The TU web forum is still here and won’t be going away anytime soon. The software I was using to edit the front end of the site was getting dated and did not allow for remote editing of the site. There will be…
Town Meeting…It’s Worked for 200 Years?
Londonderry Town Meeting “It’s Worked for 200 Years, so why change it”, well thats what we hear some people repeating every time the question of changing Town government surfaces. Normally the topic comes up during election season, but this year several members of the Town Council have brought the issue…
Access to Information – What’s the Hold Up?
If you want to keep up to date with what’s going on in Town politics you have few options. Attend the meetings, watch CATV, catch the rerun, or read the minutes of the meeting. The later is, according to state law, the only legally binding record. RSA 91-A Section A:2…
Rules….rules….rules…?
Right now there are now rules on this site. Don’t worry they’ll be at least one or two. Anyone want to start? Rule 1:
The New Look of the TownUnderground
Welcome to the new look of the TownUnderground. The original TU Forum is still up and running and most likley won’t be going away anytime soon. This new site is an experiment with some new software and a bit more asthetics and blogging capbilities. Let me know what you think….