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“Our taxes don’t go to public schools, our money doesn’t pay for the roads here; we do not truly consider ourselves Grafton County-ites. When people ask where you go to school, you say Dartmouth. You never say you’re from Hanover, but some far-off place you call “home.” And by voting for one of our carpet-bagging compatriots, we’ve done Grafton a great disservice.” ~ Zachary Gottlieb, Dartmouth College Newspaper on the election of a non-resident to the office of Grafton County Treasurer
Homeschool Alert
From the HSDLA New Hampshire HB 368 Survey to Superintendents Subcommittee Work Session Scheduled Please Attend! The New Hampshire House Education sub-committee has scheduled a meeting to discuss its proposed "Survey to Superintendents" on September 29, 2009, at 10:00...
Rochester Residents Must Reject “Big Picture” Schools
For the Rochester Concerned Taxpayers Association by Jane Aitken (updated 3/24/2012) It has come to my attention that the City of Rochester is being asked to consider the construction of a second, 'small' high school. While I do not dispute the idea that smaller...
The strange case of Utah Way
About a year ago, residents who live on Utah Way in Milton came to CNHT with a unique problem over which they eventually prevailed thanks to the research and assistance of the Coalition of NH Taxpayers. They found themselves in a dispute with town government over...
NH budget can’t use malpractice fund
July 30, 2009 Seacoast Online CONCORD — A judge has rejected the state's claim on a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. The state counted on $65 million of the money to help balance the budget in the fiscal year that just ended and...
Preserving local control — will it be possible?
NH is already under threat of the institution of programs and reforms that do NOT come from the local taxpayers and parents but from places like the National Governor's Association, agreements with other states, or worse yet, crazy schemes from rock stars like Bono......
Another Set of NH Laws Begins Taking Effect
The New Hampshire Legislature’s business might have ended in June, but much of the business legislation approved last session is just taking effect. A number of bills, signed or allowed to go into law last week were effective immediately. Here are some of the changes:...