Controversy Over HB 53 Explored

Right-to-Know faces unclear changes CONCORD – Depending on who you ask, changes to the Right-to-Know law in House Bill 53 are either legislative housekeeping or an assault on the public’s access to information. Rep. Jim Garrity, a co-sponsor of the bill, said...

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...

MVRSD to Hold Hearings on International Baccalaureate

URGENT NOTICE Please spread this to other parents in the MVRSD. There is still time to question the Merrimack Valley School District about their intention to spend extra money on a program called International Baccalaureate. [They have since adopted it] This program...

HB 72 May be Amended

A bill to substantially increase how many voters it would take to call for a secret-ballot vote at Town Meeting will mostly likely be amended, the bill’s prime sponsor reports. State Rep. Betsey Patten, R-Moultonborough, initially sought to increase from five to...