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• Default budget worries officials as prices increase

  BY JENN McDOWELL Hooksett voters surprised town officials – and in some cases themselves – with how they decided to spend their money, leaving officials to wonder how to fill town gas tanks and cover other expenses. About 12 percent of registered Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, taxes, budget, vote, sewer expansion

• Historic Hooksett buildings can get aid

  BY JENN McDOWELL So far, no one has officially applied for the Community Revitalization Tax Relief Incentive program, which grants tax relief to those who would revamp antiquated or debilitated buildings in the Village District, an area designated by Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:16 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, taxes, Hooksett Heritage Commission

• A new deal on Cabela’s plan – Hooksett to vote on $16 million bond reduction, TIF district Oct. 23

  BY JENN McDOWELL A completely restructured deal that will result in a Cabela’s sporting goods store and a hotel in Hooksett will also reduce an already approved bond authorization from $18 million to $2 million as well as create a new TIF, or tax Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:51 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, taxes, town council, local business, voting

• Tax break – Hooksett reduces impact fees for Cabela’s

  BY JENNIFER MCDOWELL The Hooksett Town Council voted 7-2 on Wednesday, Aug. 22, to skim a half million dollars off of the traffic impact fees Cabela’s would have to pay once the sports retailer’s development begins bringing in tax revenue. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, taxes, town council, local business

• Off the hook – New Cabela’s financing lessens taxpayer risk

  BY SUSAN WARE If a new plan for the Palazzi property goes as expected, a special town meeting may be called in September to ask voters to approve a new finance structure that would lessen taxpayer liability by $16 million. On Wednesday, July 11, Feldco Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:50 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, taxes, town council

• Hooksett readies for Town Meeting - Sewer work, police contract, new park to be discussed April 7

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN Following a year in which an $18 million bond proposal drew hordes of people to the polls, Hooksett’s 2007 town warrant – up for discussion at the Saturday, April 7, deliberative session of Town Meeting – is remarkably Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:37 AM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Hooksett, Police, town meeting, taxes

• Cabela’s sends Hooksett $50,000 for legal fees

  BY NICHOLAS BROWN HOOKSETT – Retail giant Cabela’s is wiring $50,000 for legal fees into the Hooksett town coffers, though some town councilors said they’re uneasy spending the cash without promises from the corporation that Hooksett Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:42 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Cabela's, taxes