Heritage Commission asks consultant to revise town survey proposal at lower cost. At the August 12 workshop meeting, Chair Beverly Mutrie and Commissioners Phil Chura, Mary Ann Hill, and John Sobutka met with Reagan Reudig of the Preservation Company to discuss the $17,000 town-wide survey
Planning Board examines controversial 48-foot LED billboard proposal at Seabrook border generating $140,000 annual revenue. Chairman Todd Santora outlined the electronic sign proposed by NorthVision (Wayne Capolupo and Peter McLary) positioned at 50 feet above ground on Stard Road, though operating
Zoning Board approves Stafford garage variance with unanimous vote. Michael and Angela Stafford won relief from the 50-foot setback requirement to construct a 2-car garage at 3 Wadleigh Lane, with the foundation encroaching 10 feet at its maximum point. The board incorporated five variance criteria
Hampton Falls Recreation Commission plans eight fall and winter community programs and welcomed new member Fiona Coughlin. The slate includes free Chi Qigong classes July 31-Aug. 14 at the library garden, FBI "Insights Over Lunch" lectures Aug. 13 and Sept. 10, a Seniors Ice Cream Social Aug. 5,
Energy Committee votes unanimously on second phase Town Hall HVAC upgrades to CIP. The committee, with Scott Bieber, Alan Ganz, and Carol Schutte present, approved presenting a plan to the Capital Improvement Program in September for completing the second phase of Town Hall heating and air
Hampton Falls board confronts Seabrook billboard project affecting town residents. Board members discussed legal strategy to challenge a 50-foot electronic sign Seabrook approved for its border with Hampton Falls, with Vice Chairman Lou Gargiulo recommending the town "seek legal counsel and move
Hampton Falls Conservation Commission addresses Marsh Lane encroachment. The commission determined that a surveyor and 660-foot fence are needed to address an abutter's ongoing encroachment onto a conservation easement, coordinating boundary survey and fence permitting simultaneously. Vice Chair
Hampton Falls Cemetery Trustees approved a revised by-law clarifying burial plot marker requirements. The four trustees, Wendy Harrington, Glenn Johnson, Elizabeth Blankenship, and Robert Woodes (sexton), voted to mandate that plot owners purchase corner markers and install them in consultation
Hampton Falls Planning Board recommends prohibiting data centers in industrial zones. Board members agreed that data center facilities do not fit the town's character and recommended adding language to Section 4 of the zoning ordinance explicitly barring them. In separate action, the board directed
Hampton Falls Selectmen question cemetery road plan. The Board of Selectmen directed staff to explore alternatives to a planned road through Oak Lawn Cemetery that would sacrifice 73 burial plots for access purposes, with Cemetery Chairman Wendy Harrington instructed to have local resident Troy