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City to end trash pickup Dec. 1 for landlords of buildings with 5+ apartments

“If they’re going to provide me with less services, I think I should get a tax abatement,” said Bill Stergios who owns a 21-unit apartment building at 150 Bridge St. where Julian’s Breakfast Place was located. “They say tenants need more affordable housing and now they’re making it more expensive for the tenants because landlords will have an excuse to raise the rents even higher.  They’re hurting the people they said they intend to protect.” READ MORE

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Hooksett bus depot study requested again with new parameters

In a 4-2 vote, the Hooksett Planning Board requested a revised third-party study after representatives of the bus depot applicant, Ridgeback LLC, expressed concerns over the scope of a third-party study requested last month. Specifically, representatives of the applicant felt the third-party study should be limited to just portions of the town’s ordinances relating to noise and emissions within the town’s performance zone, where the depot would be located. READ MORE