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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
Up in Arms Over Taxes
RINDGE — Suanne P. Yglesias, one of the co-owners of Lily’s on the Pond Restaurant in Rindge, was planning to be at her business from 9 a.m. to midnight on an unusually busy Saturday. In the midst of a national economic downturn Yglesias, who, at 60, says she’s “not a...
Derry Will Level Fund 2009-10 Budget
DERRY — Next year is going to be tough on everyone's wallets. That's why the Town Council unanimously decided on Dec. 2 that it would like to level fund next year's budget, so that property owners will not see an increase caused by the town budget when they get their...
Monadnock School Chair Apologizes
Keene Sentinel - Monadnock’s school board aims to bring civility to its meetings SWANZEY CENTER — With people still reeling from an overexcited meeting Nov. 18, Monadnock Regional School Board Chairman Eugene M. White 3rd of Swanzey said he’d try to maintain a higher...
Tax Revolt Leads to Hampton Tea Party
Seacoast Online HAMPTON — Hampton Beach residents came together Wednesday morning, Dec. 3, to have their own Boston Tea Party of sorts in revolt over a recent town revaluation that saw their property assessments and tax bills skyrocket. “We are being taxed out of our...
What is RGGI?
This is an explanation of The Regional Greehnouse Gas Initiative, to which Governor Lynch has committed us, from Michael Harrington, former Commissioner of PUC. He explains that it is nothing more than a tax on your energy bills and thus another shadow or broadbased...
SAU 44 Upholds Superintendent Firing
Fosters - SAU 44 Board upholds school superintendent’s firing NORTHWOOD — After four lengthy sessions spread over the past two months, the SAU 44 Joint School Board late Tuesday upheld its decision to fire Superintendent Judith McGann with cause. The 8-3 vote to...