Bubble Farewell Students at Matthew Thornton Elementary School got a bubble wand send off June 25 on the last day of school. Teachers and administrators lined the halls and sidewalks leading to the school buses while waving endless bubbles.

Revised Workforce Housing Ordinance Faces Planning Board
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

Londonderry's town officials are putting the finishing touches on the town's Workforce Housing ordinance, with a public workshop to be held during the July 8 planning board meeting.

During the May 13 planning board meeting, where the board tabled discussions on a proposed Workforce Housing district pending further research, many residents were left with questions concerning the future of their neighborhoods.

House Bill 1472, when it goes into effect at the start of 2010, will require municipalities with land use ordinances to "provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for the development of workforce housing." It essentially provides developers with an easy appeals process where they can challenge any restrictions placed on potential projects by taking towns to court.

Based on Londonderry's 2005 Regional Housing Needs assessment, the town currently comes up short by approximately 1,000 units. more

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Grange Begins Shingle Fund Campaign to Repair Building
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

Members of Londonderry Grange # 44 are hoping to give their Mammoth Road facility a long-awaited makeover, one shingle at a time.

On June 24, a handful of local Grange members gathered in their beloved hall to discuss restoration possibilities for the century-old building.

State Representative Betsy McKinney, R-Londonderry, along with Town Councilor Kathy Wagner, Londonderry Town Historian Marilyn Ham and Boy Scout Troop 521 Master Mike McCullough joined a few longtime Grange members in a discussion led by New Hampshire Grange representative Hannah West.

In June 2005, the local Grange was placed on the state Registry of Historic Places. Today, Grange Master Hank Peterson said the building, which is estimated to be close to 120 years old, is in desperate need of new siding. Grange #44 was chartered in 1876, though the building is newer than that. more

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Town Marketing Plan Well on its Way with Slogan, Logo
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

Town officials and marketing consultants have one overall message they'd like to convey to businesses considering relocating to Londonderry: "Business is Good: Life is Better."

Though Londonderry's new marketing project remains in the conceptual stage, members of the town's Economic Development Task Force last week agreed they liked the sound of the town's proposed new campaign slogan.

That slogan will accompany the town's new logo. As of last week, consultants were considering an image of a crystallized apple with fiber-optic cables woven through it: tradition meets technology. more

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