Londonderry Voters Go To The Polls On Tuesday

LONDONDERRY, NH — Voters in Londonderry will go to the polls on Tuesday, March 9, for the annual town election.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Londonderry High School, 295 Mammoth Road, in the gymnasium.

Town voters have three competitive races.

Two candidates are seeking a single, three-year town council seat: Jim Butler and Ron Dunn.

Three people are seeking two, three-year budget committee seats: Joseph Gagnon, Tim Siekmann, and Paul Skudlarek.

Three candidates are also seeking a single, five-year seat as supervisor of the checklist: Curtis Litterer, Barbara MacDonald, and Brian McCurley.

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Town voters also have 14 articles to consider.

Article 2 proposes a $38.9 million town budget with a default budget of nearly $39.1 million.

Article 3 proposes spending $180,000 to maintain and repair town facilities.

Article 4 seeks to spend $650,000 for road repairs.

Article 5 proposes raising $28,000 to be put into the GIS capital reserve fund.

Article 6 is $75,000 for cemetery expansion.

Article 7 is $100,000 into the fire equipment capital reserve.

Article 8 proposes a 10-year lease at $650,000 for two six-wheeler trucks and a 1-ton pickup truck.

Article 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 propose money for the master plan capital reserve, the recreation department capital reserve, the cable equipment capital reserve, the purchase of 5-acres of land on Pillsbury Road to be subdivided, and for a water line extension on Orchard View Drive.

Article 14, a citizen petition, urgings the Legislature to redraw election districts and maps without gerrymandering and do so in a fair and transparent way.

To view the town ballot in .pdf format, visit this town link.

The school ballot has one competitive race: Three candidates are seeking two, three-year school board seats: Sara Loughlin, Michael Saucier, and Steve Young.

Article 2 proposes spending $81.5 million for the school operating budget with a default budget of $81.8 million.

Article 3 proposes accepting $3.2 million in school lunch and federal projects money and placing it into a special reserve fund.

Article 4, 5, and 6 propose transferring funds into equipment, technology network, and vehicle and machinery funds.

Article 7 proposes $600,000 for buildings and grounds capital reserve fund.

Article 8 suggests retaining no more than 5 percent of the district's net assessments into a retained fund balance.

Article 9 is $96,000 for the purchase of three food serving lines for the high school and the north and south schools.

The school ballot can be found here in .pdf.

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