Epping To Remain SB 2 Town
March 12, 2008
Epping will remain an Senate Bill 2 town, after petition warrant articles to return to Town Meeting were crushed Tuesday night.
The question was on both the town and school ballots, and it was defeated 992 to 215 on the town warrant, and 948 to 274 on the school warrant.
The town’s operating budget passed 765 to 455, and the school budget passed 630 to 597, in one of the closest votes of the night.
Article 27, which would have granted selectmen the authority to permit the sale of alcohol at the local racetracks, failed by a 645-564 margin.
Karen Sott, with 518 votes, won the three-way race for selectman. Sott defeated Jim McGeough, who garnered 488 votes, and Matt Killen, who had 171.
Read the whole article, including more election results, from Terrill Covey, Seacoast Online
Dean Shankle Is New Town Administrator
February 5, 2008
(photo from Aretao.com)
Epping has a new town administrator, as the Selectmen agreed on Monday night to hire Dr. Dean E. Shankle Jr. to fill the position which had been vacated by Stephen R. Fournier last October.
Shankle comes to the position with considerable experience, having served as the town manager of Merrimack for ten years.
He recently spent almost a year in Moldova, having been chosen to be a Fulbright Scholar, where he lectured on on leadership, change management, strategic planning, and policy analysis in the public sector.
Online, Dr Shankle has a personal blog and a Twitter page. He is the CEO of Aretao.
- By EppingNews.com Editor
More from Terrill Covey, Seacoast Online.
Leddy Center Home is Up For Sale
January 26, 2008
The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, a landmark in downtown Epping for more than two decades, may have to find a new home.
Officials learned Monday that the historic building housing the 190-seat theater and a second building with the Leddy Center’s office, school and costume and props room, will likely be put on the market soon.
The buildings’ owners, Dr. Paul Gustavson and his wife, Elisabeth, offered to sell the buildings to the center, but it can’t afford them, Executive Director Elaine Gatchell said yesterday.
From the Union Leader.
Crowley Reaches 1000 Point Milestone
January 22, 2008
Chris Crowley layed the ball up and in, and was fouled with 8.7 seconds left to reach the 1,000-point milestone Friday night.
It was a great finish to Epping High School boys basketball team’s 65-47 victory over Hillsboro-Deering, and it took the senior captain his entire team and an adoring crowd to achieve it.
“The way the crowd and the team was pushing for him to get it, is a testament to how good a leader he is and how tight a team we’ve become,” Epping coach Tim Sullivan said.
Crowley needed 32 points to reach 1,000, and finished with 34 points. Jimmy Riordon (16) and Chris Dougherty (10) also contirbuted for Epping (4-3). Hunter Tilley led Hillsboro-Deering (0-8) with 12 points.
Town Running Low on Road Salt?
January 9, 2008
It’s been a rough winter thus far here in New England, with record amounts of snowfall in December. The weather this week has been terrific, but there is cause for concern in town offices, as according to this WMUR report, officials are concerned that Epping will run short of road salt before the winter is over.
Big Day For Epping Schools
September 22, 2007
The Epping School board announced the opening of the Epping Middle School and Epping High School Gymnasium on September 23rd.
