Effects of Shoreline Protection Act Remain to be Seen

N.H. tightens shoreland protection and results appear positive New rules aimed at better protecting water quality in New Hampshire’s ponds, lakes and rivers are drawing praise from local lake association members. The revised rules, which went into effect July 1,...

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...

Moonbatenomics

by Ed Naile Let us compare our NH self-made budget “crisis” with the US financial collapse we are currently supporting with an $8 billion or so taxpayer IOU life-support bailout. The debt shoveled onto American taxpayers to bail out banks that sold bundled Fannie...