KINGSTON — Kingston was not the first town to be established in New Hampshire, but its town charter - granted by the king and queen of England on Aug. 6, 1694 - might be the oldest surviving ...

James Kelly spends his free time lately studying town charters. His interest in charters is not a new hobby, however. As chairman of the town’s newly formed charter commission, he has been ...

Beeble said the Charter Revision Commission will meet again Aug. 26, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11, and any proposed changes to Bethel’s town charter will be voted on by residents before they ...

The proposed charter, Holbrook’s first, would turn the town administrator into a town manager who would oversee daily operations and supervise employees who previously reported to the selectmen.

DRACUT — The Board of Selectmen has initiated a 10-year review of the town’s charter as required by the document, but not without disagreement about the role the public should play in the process.

After more than three years since its formation, the Charter Review Commission is preparing to put forward a proposal to move ...

PLYMOUTH -The state doesn't have any significant issues with the language in the revised and expanded Plymouth town charter recently submitted by the Charter Commission.But select board members do.

Kennebunk voters rejected a town charter revision on Tuesday. The vote was 5,078 against, or 65%, and 2,740 in favor (35%). The charter revision would have changed the town’s form of government ...