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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
Taxing you, taxing me
September 16, 2008 By Representative Andy Renzullo (R-Hudson-Litchfield-Pelham) for NH Insider That Fellow Behind the Tree “Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'” -Senator Russell B Long The late Senator Russell Long...
Blame It On Education Funding, Home Values Up Again
Imagine the surprise of most Bedford homeowners when they received notice of yet another home revaluation, the second one in four years. According to this explanation from the town, you can blame the higher values on the education property tax. Thank you Jeanne...
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...
Tax and Spend, Pack and Leave
by Ed Naile A long time Democrat-voting “Republican” Concord State Rep., Liz Hager, has been delivered a voter fatwa. Gonzo! She did not make the top four out of the four Republicans who were running. Long over due, and congratulations to the grass-roots campaigner...
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...