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...

Deerfield Suffers Tax Increase After Tornado Damage

DEERFIELD, N.H. — Homeowners still cleaning up after a tornado devastated a handful of towns across New Hampshire in July are now finding out that their tax bills are going up. Many Deerfield residents said they have been making repairs as they can afford it,...

Tax Increase in Raymond Has Taxpayers Tightening Belt

RAYMOND – The “sticker shock” after last week’s mailing of the new property tax rates has some residents eyeing the town’s bill with anxiety. For resident Paul Brown, that initial look at the town’s end-of-the-year statement is something...

Tax Rate to Rise 9.4% in Moultonboro

MOULTONBORO — Driven by an increase in the county portion, the projected tax rate for Moultonboro residents is on the rise, from $6.99 per $1,000 in 2007, to $7.65 in the current year. Town Administrator Carter Terenzini presented the tax rate to selectmen and told...

Manchester Slams Taxpayers Again

Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta and the city’s aldermen have passed on to taxpayers a burden they can ill afford this year: a nearly 5 percent tax increase. And they don’t seem to care. Every year it is the same. In good times — tax increases. In bad...

The Windsor Circus Continues

by Ed Naile I have to admit I almost feel a tiny bit of empathy for the hapless Windsor Selectmen who have asked the Hillsboro Superior Court to give them an opportunity for a Special Meeting to immediately raise enough money to pay the NH State Police for patrolling...