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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
Home Schoolers Update (HB 368)
HB 368 was retained in committee. Chairman Emma Rouse described HB 368 as a "vehicle" to continue to "study" the homeschool laws in New Hampshire. Retained Bill - Survey to Superintendents Subcommittee Work Session: 6/2/2009 10:00 AM LOB 207 There will likely be no...
Grafton County Officials Preparing for the Worst
The saga of the out-of-state treasurer in Grafton continues. As the Valley News continues doing their “fluff” stories I would like to say that all hell is breaking loose at the Grafton County Government level. Between the Commissioners meeting dated 05-05-2009 and the...
NH School Districts to Feds: Pay Up
PEMBROKE – Several New Hampshire school districts have sent out a bill that they say is way past due. The five districts of SAU 53 recently submitted invoices totaling more than $23 million to the U.S. Department of Education for unfunded special education expenses...
Tax Caps for All (HB 183)
HB 183 now carries an important amendment which reads: "An act relative to the removal of town officers and relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes." Bill Text: (original) HB 183 The amendment would allow budget limitation amendments in...
Media Blocks More IB Info to MVSD Parents
The Merrimack Valley School District of NH is seriously considering implementing the expensive program known as International Baccalaureate on a district-wide basis. On the school district's website, is featured a slide show that supposedly contains all the...
Will Souter be Welcome in Weare?
Breaking News: According to this April 30, 2009 NY Times Article - "Souter Said to Be Leaving Court in June", Justice David H. Souter will be retiring from the Supreme Court and moving back to his home in Weare, NH. We wonder if the people of Weare will revisit the...