Tax Revolt Leads to Hampton Tea Party

Seacoast Online HAMPTON — Hampton Beach residents came together Wednesday morning, Dec. 3, to have their own Boston Tea Party of sorts in revolt over a recent town revaluation that saw their property assessments and tax bills skyrocket. “We are being taxed out of our...

Troy Tax Rate Up 31.8 Percent

TROY — Rising bills for both the Monadnock Regional School District and Cheshire County hiked Troy’s tax rate this year. The N.H. Department of Revenue Administration has set Troy’s tax rate at $29.03 per $1,000 of assessed value. This rate is $4.56, or 18.6 percent...

Sullivan Tax Rate Soars by Over 37%

New property tax rates may have Sullivan residents wishing they could step back in time. Last year the town’s property tax rate dropped nearly 13 percent because of widespread savings on education costs, but this year’s rate spiked by 37.4 percent. The N.H. Department...

Meredith Tax Bills to Increase

MEREDITH — Town taxpayers will see an increase in their tax bills this year as the town’s tax rate has been set. The 2008 tax rate has been certified by the New Hampshire Department of Revenue at $11.46 per $1,000 of assessed value. This is an increase of 55...

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...

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...