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...
Whenever elected officials don’t want to take responsibility for spending, they blame mandates. The city of Concord is using that excuse in its latest attempt to avoid a tax and spending cap. In September, Secretary of State Bill Gardner and officials from the...
DEERFIELD, N.H. — Homeowners still cleaning up after a tornado devastated a handful of towns across New Hampshire in July are now finding out that their tax bills are going up. Many Deerfield residents said they have been making repairs as they can afford it,...
RAYMOND – The “sticker shock” after last week’s mailing of the new property tax rates has some residents eyeing the town’s bill with anxiety. For resident Paul Brown, that initial look at the town’s end-of-the-year statement is something...
MOULTONBORO — Driven by an increase in the county portion, the projected tax rate for Moultonboro residents is on the rise, from $6.99 per $1,000 in 2007, to $7.65 in the current year. Town Administrator Carter Terenzini presented the tax rate to selectmen and told...
Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta and the city’s aldermen have passed on to taxpayers a burden they can ill afford this year: a nearly 5 percent tax increase. And they don’t seem to care. Every year it is the same. In good times — tax increases. In bad...