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The following are results of Tuesday’s local election, Town Meeting and ballot questions from around the region.ANTRIMIn the only contested race Tuesday, Planning Board members John Anderson and Mark D. Murdough were re-elected with 212 and 208 votes,...
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 6/3/2021 12:08:16 PM The Francestown Select Board is pursuing a rehearing after the state Housing Appeals Board reversed the town Planning Board’s rejection of a four-lot subdivision on the corner of Stevens Road and the 2nd NH Turnpike. The HAB ruled in favor of landowners Ron and Melissa Shattuck in a May 7 order, the first conclusion they handed down since forming in 2020. In their ruling, the HAB said that the Francestown Planning Board had made an “unreasonable” decision in rejecting the subdivision and had not cited any objective zoning ordi...
In first ruling of its kind, State Housing Appeals Board rejects Francestown Planning Board decision A ruling by Francestown planning board was overturned by the new Housing Appeals Board. Abbe Hamilton / Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/25/2021 3:55:49 PM For the first time, the state’s Housing Appeals Board has rejected a local planning board decision, overturning the January rejection of a four-lot subdivision in Francestown. The three-person board was created by the legislature in 2020 to speed up appeals of decisions by town or city planning boards, which previously could be a...
The state’s Housing Appeals Board reversed the Francestown Planning Board’s January decision to deny Ron and Melissa Shattuck’s proposal for a four-lot subdivision at the corner of Stevens Road and the 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike. It was the HAB’s...
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 4/19/2021 10:12:06 AM Francestown passed all warrant articles with two amendments at its business portion of Town Meeting, which was held in the Highway Department garage on the 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike on Saturday. The amendments added $100 to the Patriotic Purposes budget for the coming year, and $5,000 towards repairing the town horsesheds. About 45 residents attended the meeting in the garage, where bay doors were open to allow for air circulation and a corner of the room was cordoned off with plexiglas for residents not wearing face masks. “Ther...