Another First for NH

Poverty rates lowest in NH New Hampshire will hold onto its bragging rights as the state with the lowest poverty rate in the country, with Rockingham County helping to lead the way. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2007 report on income, poverty and health...

Tax Revolt Comes to Massachusetts

This letter to the editors summed up nicely why Massachusetts surely ought to repeal its state income tax and even more reason why NH should not ever impose one. We fully support these efforts in the state to our south. August 26, 2008 Newburyport News Reasons...

Tax Petitioners Have Enough Signatures

From the Concord Monitor… Efforts to put a tax cap on the ballot in Concord progressed yesterday, when city officials certified that petitioners gathered enough signatures on their second try. The city council must call a public hearing on the idea – and...

Rollinsford voters nix $400G land deal

August 24, 2008 Fosters ROLLINSFORD — Voters on Saturday rejected a proposed bond for a $400,000 land purchase at a special town meeting, shrugging off appeals to look to the town’s long-term goals. With 63 yes votes and 94 no votes, it was clear most voters...

Atkinson police chief weathers another storm

August 24, 2008 Eagle Tribune ATKINSON, N.H. — Police Chief Philip Consentino may be a little bruised, but he has survived the latest in a round of attacks, this one focused on his handling of various police donation accounts. A 40-year veteran of the Atkinson Police...

State House Dome: Workers Upset Over Possible Info Leak

STATE WORKERS, firefighters and the N.H. Troopers Association are upset they weren’t warned their personal and medical information might have been compromised. They complain the New Hampshire Municipal Association’s benefits administration operation should...