Seacoast Towns Facing Unpaid Tax Bills, Declining Property Values

Seacoast Online In a tight economy, some area towns have been left struggling with their budgets, dealing with rising costs, dropping property values and unanticipated revenues. Seacoast towns, including Exeter, Stratham and North Hampton, recently mailed their...

City Official Needs Attitude Adjustment

Perhaps our CNHT blog section should have a category devoted to Outrage of the Week. This story would be a perfect fit. As you may already know the Rochester Concerned Taxpayers Association were successful at bringing a tax cap to the citizens of the City of Rochester...

Sununu: Democrats Ruining State

Former Gov. John H. Sununu told a packed house of Belknap County Republicans that the Democrats are ruining the state and if he is the new state party chair he intends to put a stop to it. Citing research from the Pew Research Center and the National Council of State...

Hodes and Porter support unions in auto bailout

December 11, 2008 WMUR-TV CONCORD, N.H. — Both New Hampshire representatives have voted for the $14 billion auto industry rescue bill, saying it was needed to protect 12,000 state jobs. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said she is disappointed with the auto...

Audit Suggests Town Clerk Committed Illegal Financial Transactions

December 10, 2008 WCAX-TV A longtime town clerk in New Hampshire is at the center of a financial scandal. An auditor hired by the town of Piermont says town clerk and tax collector Linda Lambert mishandled tax money. It also found she broke several state laws, and...

A bailout for states would hurt NH

December 10, 2008 Union Leader With the bailout frenzy in full swing, governors have now bellied up to the bar and are asking the new President to turn on the printing press one more time and flood the states with billions of dollars. The irony of having a profligate...