June 21, 2009 NH.com Litchfield’s former town treasurer was indicted this week on charges that he embezzled more than $145,000 from the town and a private company. Horace Seymour III, 50, of 13 Mike Lane, has been free on bail since his arrest in March, one day...
by Ed Naile Now that the Windsor municipal audit of years 2000 – 2007, also known as “The Missing Years” is officially in in our small Peyton Place it may be time for reflection. Some $350,000.00 is in limbo, missing, uncollected, vaporized, eaten by...
If you are new to NH and want to get a start on doing a little more than ordinary citizen activism here are a few opportunities to get you in on the ground level. Many towns still have openings for positions that don’t pay or require a lot of time, but will...
At recent Town and School meetings the taxpayers spoke loudly and clearly — among other demands, most notably they instructed officials to control spending. But some boards and committees have decided they will ignore the will of the voters. In Barrington, the...
If this incident doesn’t speak to the fact that private ballot voting is necessary for town and school meetings we don’t know what does. In the town of Atkinson, where moderators think it’s OK to have residents vote away the rights of some while...
On Tuesday March 3, 2009 at the Church Landing in Meredith from 7:00 – 8:30 PM the citizens of Meredith and Moultonborough will have a chance to attend a public forum at which the pros and cons of SB2, ballot voting, will be discussed. It is being put on by the...