NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – Funeral arrangements have been set for the Merrimack Marine killed in Iraq last week.

Cpl. Timothy Gibson was among the 31 servicemen killed when their transport helicopter crashed during a sandstorm.

Calling hours at the George R. Rivet Funeral Home in Merrimack have been scheduled for Feb. 4 from 3 to 8 p.m. A burial service with full military honors is to take place the next day at the Last Rest Cemetery in Merrimack.

Sandown Accident

SANDOWN, N.H. (AP) – Services are planned for the 10-year-old girl who died after she was hit by a pickup truck Friday night.

Whitney Turner was pronounced dead just before midnight Friday. The driver of the private plow that hit her was charged with drunken driving and released.

Calling hours at the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium are scheduled for Monday between 5 and 8 p.m.

Meanwhile, police are still investigating to determine whether they will file additional charges against William Steed, 36, of Raymond.

Belmont Growth

BELMONT, N.H. (AP) – Officials have created an ordinance that would regulate the timing of residential growth by limiting the number of building permits issued in a year and spacing out building projects over more than one year.

Town Planner Candace Daigle says the ordinance, if adopted, would only be in effect if there was a significant boom in residential housing proposals.

Daigle says officials are trying to look at the cost of development and how the town can afford to pay for it.

But Welfare Director Donna Cilley says she’s concerned about affordable housing because federally funded projects have to be completed within one fiscal year.

Tax Lawsuit

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) – A local lawyer will have his day in court later this year to argue against a tax he says is unfairly levied against property owners in the Seacoast area.

J.P. Nadeau is scheduled to argue his case in Rockingham County Superior Court in August on behalf of 18 Portsmouth plaintiffs who say they’re being charged a statewide property tax that is disproportionately higher than in the rest of the state.

The plaintiffs are requesting that they be given a refund of all statewide property tax payments they have made since the lawsuit was filed.

A similar attempt to launch a legal fight against the statewide property tax was made by the city of Portsmouth, but that suit failed before the state Supreme Court.