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Selectmen address concerns related to Brewster Beach April 28, 2021WOLFEBORO — Clark Road resident Patty Monaghan spoke with some urgency to the Board of Selectmen on April 14 about problems at Brewster Beach last summer. Her stated concern pertained to alleged drug and alcohol use, a lack of respect for fellow beachgoers, public urination, intolerably loud music, and accumulations of trash. The purpose of her visit to the Great Hall was to urge the board to form a committee, as recommended with passage of the amended Article # 35, without delay. Monaghan indicated that she was afraid Brews...

Outdoor dining making a return in Wolfeboro April 14, 2021WOLFEBORO — Town Manager Jim Pineo, offering an update from the town's Covid Task Force to the Board of Selectmen on April 7, said it authorized outdoor dining for several businesses that asked to use town property again for dining or parking - Burnt Timber, Bailey's Bubble, El Centenario and the Lone Wolfe Tavern. It also reinstituted a number of five-minute takeout parking spots in the downtown area. Chairman Linda Murray suggested it was time to once again set up picnic tables in Cate Park. Many people frequented the park last sum...

Voters asked to consider new Director of Public Works position February 17, 2021WOLFEBORO — Voters will be asked to consider raising $67,546 to hire a new Director of Public Works this year (Article 34 on the Town Warrant). That amount represents six months of wages and benefits for what is to be a full time position on or after July 1. The director is to oversee the Sdministrative, Highway & Streets, Garage, Solid Waste and Buildings and Grounds Divisions. Current Director of the Department of Public Works and the Water and Sewer Utilities Division David Ford, hired in 2006 to take on...

Town Hall returns to appointment only as COVID numbers rise December 12, 2020WOLFEBORO — Signs declaring, "COVID IS HERE" now greet incoming travellers to Wolfeboro, and business at the Wolfeboro Town Hall is back to by appointment only after what Town Manager Jim Pineo called, "a near miss" with exposure in November. He stated at the Dec. 2 selectmen's meeting, "There is too much work in the pipeline to take chances on exposure with Covid numbers going up." Most meetings with town boards are conducted virtually. The few that are hybrid, which offer members an in person option in the Gr...