Swanzey Pays 30% to Support Monadnock Regional School District

SWANZEY — After enjoying a dip in the local education tax rate last year, Swanzey residents are bearing the brunt of a pendulum now swinging the other way. Swanzey’s total tax rate is $27.84 per $1,000 of assessed value, meaning the owner of a property assessed at...

Recount Madness

Hon. Jason Bedrick, Windham comments: What the reporter failed to mention was that the errors in Windham were known election night by Windham officials. Apparently, at today’s recount, Democrat Carolyn Webber (who defeated Marilinda Garcia by 151 votes) told...

No more local control of education?

November 24, 2008 CNS News ‘Narcissistic Sovereignty’ Has Kept U.S. from Ratifying U.N. Treaty on Children’s Rights Washington, D.C. (CNSNews.com) – Advocates for a United Nations treaty on children’s rights blamed American arrogance for it not being ratified by the...

Budgets cuts but not the fat?

November 23, 2008 Union Leader New Hampshire has recklessly spent beyond its means, and Gov. John Lynch’s new budget cuts confirmed that last week. The governor said of his $53.6 million in spending cuts, “We are not cutting fat; instead we are making the...

More plans to raise your taxes

November 23, 3008 Fosters CONCORD — A hearing on setting up a quasi-publicly funded campaign financing system for the state was momentarily interrupted Friday when the chairman asked about students standing in the back of the room. They were there with State Sen....

Spike in gun sales after presidential election 2008

November 23, 2008 Eagle Tribune Spike in assault weapon sales following election Fear of a possible crackdown on assault weapons by President-elect Barack Obama is causing a spike in pre-inauguration sales of the weapons and some types of ammunition, according to...