The Tax Revolt Covered Here

CONCORD – Hard times are spurring tax revolts in New Hampshire. Ed Naile of Deering chairs the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, advising local groups hoping to institute first-ever budget committees, kill construction bonds or run slates of candidates for...

Monadnock School Board Loses Another Member

November 26, 2008 Monadnock Loses Member Keene Sentinel SWANZEY — And then there were 12. What sounds like an Agatha Christie novel has become the Monadnock Regional School Board’s reality show as, one by one, representatives have abandoned its ranks. Swanzey...

Frugality Called ‘Negative Agenda’ in Hopkinton

Let’s preserve what makes Hopkinton so special Our taxes are really no worse than our neighbors’ At a recent meeting of the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen, Chairman Scott Flood stated that there were well over 100 homes for sale in Hopkinton, and that many...

Spending Cap Pledge Debuts in Lakes Region

In what is most likely the first public action involving the recently unveiled spending cap pledge promoted by the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition, members of the Gilford Municipal Budget Committee found themselves voting on a motion to adopt such a cap at its...

Swanzey Pays 30% to Support Monadnock Regional School District

SWANZEY — After enjoying a dip in the local education tax rate last year, Swanzey residents are bearing the brunt of a pendulum now swinging the other way. Swanzey’s total tax rate is $27.84 per $1,000 of assessed value, meaning the owner of a property assessed at...

Recount Madness

Hon. Jason Bedrick, Windham comments: What the reporter failed to mention was that the errors in Windham were known election night by Windham officials. Apparently, at today’s recount, Democrat Carolyn Webber (who defeated Marilinda Garcia by 151 votes) told...