The programs are meant as a networking, collaboration and engagement effort to give residents a space to inquire and learn more about both the city and what s new in their community.
ROCHESTER Mayor Caroline McCarley and other city officials didn’t return requests for information Tuesday about whether City Councilor Doug Lachance has resigned from his post.
Lachance, 56, is under investigation for allegedly grooming and sexually abusing teenage boys while he was mayor roughly 20 years ago. The Ward 1 councilor, who couldn t be reached for comment, has denied the allegations and hadn’t been charged with any crimes as of Tuesday.
Lachance had informed McCarley he would resign Monday, according to communications multiple city councilors said they received from McCarley over the weekend. Some said McCarley called them to inform them of the news, while Ward 2 Councilor Palana Belken said McCarley informed her in an email early Monday morning.
ROCHESTER New Hampshire’s mayors are working on a joint letter to Gov. Chris Sununu and the state’s education commissioner and congressional delegation to request they help cities and towns projecting they’ll be hit with millions of dollars of uncontrollable cost increases this fiscal year.
Rochester Mayor Caroline McCarley shared the news Tuesday during a meeting in which her city officials forecasted Rochester’s budget will increase by roughly $3.4 million due to state and federal costs.
“I don’t know that anyone will come of (the letter), but I just did want to let folks know we have been pretty actively engaged in trying to explain why,” McCarley told Rochester City Council’s Finance Committee during a meeting Tuesday night. “The arguments are being made, but we will have to track those very carefully.”
ROCHESTER City Council voted 11-2 Tuesday to buy two pieces of land for $270,000 to help accomplish the intersection upgrades needed as part of gunmaker Sig Sauer’s plan to create a new campus along Route 125 in Rochester.
The city will buy 8 Amarosa Drive and 0 Milton Road, located in front of Sig’s planned multi-building campus at 7 Amarosa Drive in North Rochester, and perform the intersection upgrades.
Sig, according to a letter of intent it has signed with the city, will contribute $500,000 to the multimillion-dollar intersection project and later purchase any and all of 8 Amarosa Drive and 0 Milton Road not used to perform the upgrades.
Why is Rochester buying property for Sig Sauer? ex-councilor asks
ROCHESTER A former city councilor urged Rochester leaders during a public hearing Tuesday night not to purchase land to help Sig Sauer make intersection improvements near the site of the firearms manufacturer’s new campus.
Ray Barnett, a former Ward 1 city councilor, alleged “there’s just so many things wrong with the proposed deal,” referencing things like the millions of dollars Sig is receiving from state and federal governments as well as the explanations city officials have provided for the land purchase.
“What in God’s name is Rochester doing buying property for Sig Sauer?” said Barnett. “What the heck is going on? What are you guys thinking?”