Gorham’s top paid administrators show generosity

January 23, 2009 WMUR-TV Town Manager Says Other Employees Will Be Able To Get Raises GORHAM, N.H. — Some town workers in Gorham are giving up their raises to make sure that their co-workers get a bump in pay. Town Manager Bill Jackson said that he needed to...

Portsmouth Taxpayers Explores Tax Cap

Seacoast Online PORTSMOUTH — The Association of Portsmouth Taxpayers discussed tax caps last week at their first meeting since the City Council expressed its plans for a zero-increase budget for to 2010 fiscal year. The APT met with Matthew Murphy from the New...

Merrimack Town Council Says NO! to Spending Cap

New Media Militia The Merrimack Town council sent Mike Malzone’s motion to put a spending cap charter amendment on the ballot down in flames. With a vote of 6 to 1 against, with only Councilor Malzone in favor, the councilors made it known that they were uncomfortable...

Local Control an Issue for Raymond School Board Members

Seacoast Online RAYMOND — School board members debated a number of topics ranging from special education to the possibility of a statewide teachers’ contract as they prepared for the New Hampshire School Board Association’s 2009 assembly last weekend....

City budget directive to shake up process

January 22, 2009 Nashua Telegraph Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau wants department heads to keep increases in spending to no more than 1 percent in the next city budget. What can she do for an encore? That’s one of the major questions facing Nashua Mayor Donnalee...

Attendance at town meetings essential

January 22, 2009 Seacoast Online This letter to the editor sums up nicely why it is so essential for everyone, not just North Hampton residents, to attend town and school meetings this spring. This is where you can control spending and taxes. Just DO IT. Absence from...