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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
It’s a taking without compensation
September 15, 2008 Thomas N. Thomson This article was written by Thomas N. Thomson, for the Moltonborough Citizens Allliance. Jaden Thomson, is a great grandson of the late Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr. Will he need a DES permit to dig and build his Sand Castle ? On...
A Win for the Parents of Joel Durham
by Ed Naile “Out of left field” is how Cindi Durham, mother of the 17 year old special needs student, described the decision by Hillsboro/Deering Cooperative School District’s “Life Skills Team” to leave her son, Joel Jr., in the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation...
SAU 44 Fires Superintendent
From the Concord Monitor The school district that includes Northwood severed ties with its superintendent last week, halfway through her two-year contract. District officials confirmed that Judith McGann is no longer employed by SAU 44, which includes schools in...
Milton 16 – Update
September 8, 2008 If you have been following the strange case of the Milton 16 you know that the residents of Utah Way were about to have the only access point to their homes chained off. This was a result of a railroad company disputing the ownership of this and...
NH Deficit May Be Closer to $500 MILLION!
September 4, 2008 NH Center for Public Policy Studies Brief Description It will come as no surprise to those experienced with the state budget that New Hampshire is facing a potential budget deficit in the next – 2010 and 2011 – biennium. In the 1990’s, the state’s...
N.H. on verge of hiking cigarette tax 25 cents
September 3, 2008 Seacoast Online CONCORD — New Hampshire is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax 25 cents a pack. Last spring, grocers pleaded with lawmakers not to raise the tax to help deal with a budget gap. They said they could bring in the same revenues if...