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Organization continues to help out Haiti

People in southern New Hampshire put forth their efforts through the Hollis Helps Haiti organization, which sent supplies to people in Haiti seeking assistance after the devastating earthquakes earlier this year. The organization sent 90 55-gallon drums of donated Coca-Cola, four 250-gallon water storage vessels, …

Friday, March 12, 2010 | By ROBERT MICHAELSON Correspondent
Proposed school budget 2.3% less
HOLLIS – When they gather at Hollis/Brookline Middle School on Monday, voters will be asked to approve a Hollis School District operating budget that’s 2.3 percent lower than last year’s. The $11.38 million budget was recommended by the town’s Budget Committee. The fiscal 2011 budget- making process was particularly challenging, …
Friday, March 12, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Voters to decide co-op budget
HOLLIS – Voters who attend the annual Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District meeting on Wednesday will be asked to approve an operating budget of $18.45 million, recommended by the district’s Budget Committee, but not the School Board. The difference of opinion is likely to spark debate: During the March public hearing, …
Friday, March 12, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
All but 1 Hollis zoning amendment passes
HOLLIS – A controversial attempt to change zoning laws to allow mulch and compost to be stored and sold at private businesses drew much of the attention in Hollis elections Tuesday. The motion, Amendment 6, was the only zoning change rejected: 928-828. The article was put on the ballot by …
Friday, March 12, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Vote lures only about a quarter of residents
BROOKLINE – A lackluster election with only five contests in 18 open town and School Board seats drew a lackluster response: Barely a quarter of Brookline voters cast ballots Tuesday. Incumbents Clarence Farwell and Jack Flanagan won the two open three-year seats on the Board of Selectmen, defeating John J. …
Friday, March 12, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Town meeting election results
This chart shows results for many races in area elections Tuesday. Not all races are shown, if the seat was relatively minor or uncontested. Results are shown for a selection of warrant articles. Key: U - winner BROOKLINE TOWN OF BROOKLINE Board of Selectmen (2 seats for 3 years) John …
Friday, March 12, 2010
Teacher’s robbery hearings delayed
Two probable cause hearings for Gail Rasmussen, the Hollis/Brookline Middle School teacher accused of robbing two banks in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut in December, have been postponed, court officials said. Most recently, the hearing in Lowell (Mass.) District Court, originally scheduled for March 5, was postponed until April 27, …
Friday, March 12, 2010
The calm after the storm

Public safety and public works officials in Hollis and Brookline breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday morning, saying they were grateful that the storm that pummelled the state last Thursday night had left relatively little damage. Meanwhile, students in SAU 41 returned to school …

Friday, March 5, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
3 vying for 2 board seats
Three people are running for two three-year seats on the Brookline Board of Selectmen. They were asked to discuss the effect of the economy on town operations, including how a town should negotiate contracts with its employees. Jack Flanagan: It must also consider what the taxpayer can afford. In today’s …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Cuts face Hollis Budget Committee
Five people are running for two three-year seats on the Hollis Budget Committee. They were asked to answer one question: “In light of the financial problems for local governments, give an example of a service that could be cut to save money and an example of a service that should …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Four run for Hollis school seats
Four people are running for a pair of three-year seats on the Hollis School Board. They were asked to answer one question: “Does this bad economy change the way a school district negotiates contracts with its employees?” Steve Simons: Most definitely. I have been on the committees negotiating with the …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Flints Pond cleanup at issue for town
HOLLIS – Voters who attend the annual Town Meeting Wednesday will be asked to decide whether to let the town take $106,000 from a reserve fund created 16 years ago to cover some of the cost of cleaning up Flints Pond. The remainder of the cleanup money would come from …
Friday, March 5, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Two running for Brookline seat
Two people are running for one three-year term on the Hollis/Brookline Cooper from Brookline. They were asked to answer one question: “Does this bad economy change the way a school district negotiates contracts with its employees?” William Newsham: Of course it does. To answer no, you’d have to think that …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Happy visitors
On Feb. 11, members of the Brookline Community Church’s Youth Group came for an afternoon of fun and games with the residents at Crestwood Care & Rehabilitation Center …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Where to vote Tuesday
Hollis: Hollis/Brookline High School, 24 Cavalier Court, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Brookline: Douglass Academy, 24 Townsend Hill Road, 7 a.m.-7:30 p.m. …
Friday, March 5, 2010
Word play at work

Scrabble fans and word-lovers, or just people looking to get out of the house, have been gathering each week at Hollis Social Library to test out their word play skills. Every Monday night the library hosts a Scrabble night, started by Library Director Gaye Kulvete, …

Friday, February 26, 2010 | By ROBERT MICHAELSON Correspondent
Taxpayers hit with double trouble
HOLLIS – The mold problem at Hollis Upper Elementary School that delayed the opening of school last fall and forced administrators to move students to other parts of the building had a similar effect on the school budget: Requests for spending had to be shifted to accommodate a suddenly changed …
Friday, February 26, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Veteran planner stepping down
BROOKLINE – Michele Hakala will be leaving her position as co-chair of the Brookline Planning Board at the end of her term in March after almost a decade of service to her community. Hakala has served as a volunteer on the board for nine years, and feels the timing is …
Friday, February 26, 2010 | By ROBERT MICHAELSON Correspondent
Charter deal gets 6 more months
HOLLIS – Selectmen have agreed to extend an expired contract with Charter Communications for six months, assuring that the town’s 2,700 subscribers will continue to receive cable and high speed Internet services. But the extension, one of many over the three-and-a-half years since the accord ran out, doesn’t move the …
Friday, February 26, 2010 | By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer
Meet budget committee candidates
Two people are running for one three-year seat representing Brookline on the Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District budget committee. They were asked this question: In light of the financial problems for local governments, give an example of a service that could be cut to save money and an example of a …
Friday, February 26, 2010
Diver conquers ‘Everest’
BROOKLINE – For the scuba diver, the wreck of the Andrea Doria is “the Everest of diving,” resident Joe King told a room full of people on Wednesday, Feb. 10. The ship is deteriorating, and since it lies on its side, the interior is disorienting – what was the floor …
Friday, February 19, 2010 | By JESSIE SALISBURY Correspondent
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