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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
Windsor Situation Now Like “Hatfields and McCoys”
This is the speech of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in Windsor, NH who has resigned apparently over the tax collecting issue. Dear Townspeople of Windsor: I am saddened by the tone that Windsor is being portrayed to the public as, through the gossip mill, the...
New elementary school proposed in Windham
July 31, 2008 Eagle Tribune WINDHAM — Construction of a larger elementary school is being considered to provide space for the district's first kindergarten program and growing student enrollment. Superintendent Frank Bass presented a scenario to the School Board last...
Windsor: Running Out of Ideas and Time
by Ed Naile All the blubbering resignations, blame, and heroic tales of self-sacrifice spread before the residents of Windsor, NH who showed up at the Town hall to hear Select Board Chair Tom Carlson abruptly resign really amount to business as usual. In the...
Becoming A ‘No’ Voter
by Ed Naile You hear whispers of them at budget meetings, find references about them in testimony about Senate Bill 2, town managers talk about them in hushed tones, this time of year all the tax and spenders are worrying about... the “NO” voters. How can we get this...
It Takes a Village…
This post was originally written in 2003 but is every bit as applicable today, especially in light of the fact that at least three new Taj Mahal schools have been built despite proof of declining student enrollment in the State of NH. Our extremely popular, "It Takes...
Population up, school Enrollment down in N.H.
July 26, 2008 Seacoast Online Demographer says it's a good reason to worry PORTSMOUTH — A pair of local demographic experts weighed in on the causes behind numbers that suggest that even though New Hampshire's population is trending upwards, there are fewer school-age...