Taxpayer Revolt: Petition Seeks Massive Budget Cuts

Proposal draws fire from Claremont city officials CLAREMONT — Cynthia Coolidge Howard, along with 300 other Claremont residents, have petitioned city council and the mayor asking for deep cuts in the city budget and more citizen involvement in the process. At...

More on new fee for saltwater fishing

January 18, 2009 New Hampshire (partial text) We hate to keep banging on the subject of the proposal to license saltwater anglers, but some new and interesting ideas came from New Jersey’s Regional Fishing Alliance that have not been raised here in the Granite State....

NH considers discrimination of non-EZ Pass drivers

January 17, 2009 Newburyport News N.H. proposes ‘open tolling’ in Hampton HAMPTON, N.H. — A Sunday evening traffic jam at the Hampton tolls is as much a part of local summers as baseball and beach pizza. But as soon as next year, sitting in five miles of...

NH Officials Pack Room at FEMA Meeting

Eagle Tribune EXETER — A throng of local officials, armed with bills from the December ice storm, packed the Exeter town office yesterday morning for a face-to-face meeting with decision makers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Earlier this month, the...

Despite opposition Salem refunds kindergarten

January 16, 2009 Eagle Tribune Salem starts kindergarten preregistration SALEM — The school superintendent’s office has announced kindergarten preregistration for a fall 2009 kindergarten program. The school district is identifying kindergarten-age students for...

Importance of attending town and school meetings

January 15, 2009 Union Leader Taxes and Spending: Who has the money? It is public budget time in New Hampshire, and the grand question for aldermen, selectmen, council members, commissioners and legislators is whether to raise taxes or cut spending. And that raises...