Newton-Kingston Recommendations for March 12

Hi Fellow NKTA members, The Town and District Deliberative Sessions were held this past week. There were no substantive changes to proposals brought forward by the District Budget Committee and School Board, nor to those brought forward in the towns. Attached please...

Budget Season is Here

Fellow Taxpayer, Below are two articles for the Carriage Towne News — one for last week, one being published next week. Please know that we are publishing articles on the coming budgets and votes, both at Deliberative Sessions for school and towns in February, and at...

Run for Local Office

Granite Staters will be voting in important local elections for offices such as Town Councilor, Selectman, School Board, Supervisors of the Checklist, and Moderators during their Town Meeting Day, as well as voting on zoning amendments and other citizens petitioned...

Dunbarton’s Petition to Hold Special Meeting Denied

When the town of Dunbarton found over a million dollars in surplus, the town asked for a special meeting to decide what to do with it. The petition was denied because it did not satisfy the requisites for special meetings per RSA 197:3. The decision was that the extra...

Budget Committee and Voters Have Their Say in Dublin

The voters in Dublin, population 1,575, turned down extra hours for an office assistant, so she is leaving. This made news. Sentinel Source – Town meeting vote prompts Dublin employee to resign The important part of the issue is what the voters and budget...

Don’t Be An Annual Meeting Victim

by Ed Naile It’s Town and school meeting time! And as usual CNHT will get stories of woe and grief of how the big spenders showed up in huge numbers and passed everything. That doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Teachers, town employees, and liberal churches work with the...