Goffstown Select Board elects new chairman
Goffstown Select Board elects Jim Craig as new chairman amid default budget crisis. Craig received four affirmative votes with one abstention; the board unanimously approved the 2026-2027 meeting schedule and designated DPW Director Adam Jacobs as signatory for a $30,000 stormwater grant. Facing a
Select Board · Meeting of March 16, 2026
NH GOFFSTOWN — Goffstown Select Board elects Jim Craig as new chairman amid default budget crisis. Craig received four affirmative votes with one abstention; the board unanimously approved the 2026-2027 meeting schedule and designated DPW Director Adam Jacobs as signatory for a $30,000 stormwater grant. Facing a default budget after voters rejected the operating budget 60-40, departments confront $194,000 in fire cuts, $65,000 in IT increases, and $435,000 in deferred equipment purchases.
Fire Chief Benjamin Selleck reported emergency calls surged 30 percent, while Police Chief Eric Sereno called the fiscal situation the most challenging in his 20 years of service.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 16, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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