Select Board approves new traffic controls on two Goffstown roads. The Board unanimously approved a three-way stop at Lynchville Park Road and Oak Lane and a stop sign at Sage Court and Cinnamon Drive, based on Highway Safety Committee recommendations addressing sight-line and speed concerns.
Goffstown Select Board advanced three ordinances restricting camping and cooking on public property toward October 19 adoption after the second of two required public hearings.
Goffstown Select Board greenlights $178,080 precast bridge replacement at Tirrell Hill Road. Public Works Director Adam Jacobs recommended the concrete option over like-kind steel replacement due to superior longevity, faster timeline, and cost certainty amid tariff uncertainty. The weathered-steel
Goffstown Select Board and Budget Committee chart 2027 budget with 5 percent department spending cap and revised fund balance policy. Chairman Jim Craig presented the 2026 default budget's impacts, including $230,000 in transfers to cover fire overtime and departmental shortfalls, and noted staff
Goffstown Select Board advances three ordinances addressing unauthorized encampments on public property. The board unanimously voted to send the Camping on Public Property Ordinance, Fires and Cooking on Public Property Ordinance, and Campers and Recreational Vehicles on Public Property Ordinance
Select Board authorizes action on unauthorized encampments and adopts water quality standards. Police Chief Eric Sereno presented drone imagery of an expanding encampment at Sarette Field and linked it to thefts and hazardous materials. The Board unanimously directed Sereno to obtain a professional
Goffstown Select Board orders traffic study for gridlocked Main Street intersections. Director Adam Jacobs walked the Board through decades of alternatives, from signalized intersections to roundabouts to a one-way loop, each with constraints; the Board voted unanimously to authorize an updated
Goffstown Select Board backs $250K fire engine and $750K housing infrastructure grants. The Board unanimously approved a $250,000 New Hampshire Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust grant for fire engine replacement, with the town responsible for an $840,979 match, per Fire Chief Benjamin
Goffstown Select Board authorizes CDBG grant hearings for Medvil Cooperative. The board voted unanimously on June 22 to hold public hearings on or around July 13 for a Community Development Block Grant application seeking $750,000 toward infrastructure replacement at the 301-home, age-55-and-over
Goffstown Select Board addresses emergency library elevator replacement. The Board directed Town Administrator Derek Horne to develop funding options for a $37,000 emergency hydraulic power module replacement needed to restore ADA compliance to the Goffstown Public Library, which has been out of
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