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• Keeping promise, taxes stay steady

  BY DERRICK PERKINS To keep a promise made to voters last March, Salem selectmen will dip deeper into the town’s unreserved balance rather than raise taxes in December. But higher town taxes will be unavoidable in 2010. The decision came Oct. 19 Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:47 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, Selectmen

• Voters reject union raises in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS For school officials and union representatives it may be back to the drawing board after voters rejected every collective bargaining agreement that affected the tax rate at the ballot box. Voters turned down proposed raises for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:05 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, voting, raises

• Mass. gas tax hike may benefit N.H. businesses

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A 19-cent jump in the Massachusetts gas tax has local gas station owners hoping to see a rise in customers from across the border, though the talk of taxes has left motorists steaming at the pumps. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:46 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Windham, taxes, Pelham

• Salem selectmen fear state revenue loss

  BY DARRELL HALEN Selectmen told a group of local legislators that proposed cuts in state aid and retirement contributions would lead to an increase in the local property tax rate. During a Wednesday, Feb. 18, meeting at Town Hall, selectmen said a loss Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:26 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, selecmen

• Town Fair Tire may impose 5 percent tax on Bay State residents

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Shoppers reacted with a mix of anger and disbelief to a court dispute between Massachusetts and a Connecticut-based retailer that might result in a 5 percent sales tax for Bay State residents making purchases in New Hampshire. On a Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:45 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, Town Fair Tire

• Objections raised to N.H. I-93 toll plan

  BY DERRICK PERKINS State and local officials spoke out against the possibility of a new toll plaza on Interstate 93 by the Massachusetts border with one town selectman calling the measure “ill conceived.” “I understand the state’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:15 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, I-93

• Paying taxes online in Salem would come with a cost

  BY DERRICK PERKINS While selectmen are considering pursuing a plan to allow residents to pay their tax bills and other town fees with credit or debit cards online, that convenience could come with a hefty fee. “People think they can just go online Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes

• Salem won't need to borrow money

  BY JENN McDOWELL The town will likely not have to draw upon a line of credit the Board of Selectmen authorized in anticipation of an end-of-year funding shortage. “‘I’m 99 percent sure that we’re not going to need to borrow at Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:29 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes

• New police station tops town warrants

  By Darrell Halen A proposed $32 million operating budget and a $7 million warrant article to construct a new police station top the list of warrant articles Salem voters will consider when they gather for the town’s first deliberative session of Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:42 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Police, taxes, Budget

• Renovation funds among warrant articles up for debate

  By Darrell Halen A $53.5 million operating budget, money to plan for a high school renovation and a new contract with teachers and other professionals are among the Salem School District warrant articles voters will see this year. The district’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:38 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, teachers, high school

• Company wants slots at Rockingham

  By Darrell Halen An audience of business people, local officials and state legislators got a look at plans for a revitalized Rockingham Park, presented by a company that hopes to bring 3,000 video slot machines to the 101-year-old Salem landmark. William Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, Budget, Rockingham Park

• Selectmen back new police station

  By Darrell Halen A $7.3 million proposal to build a new police station was unanimously backed by Salem selectmen and appears to have the support of most Budget Committee members. Plans call for a 26,000-square-foot building that would be constructed behind Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:37 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, Political, Police, taxes, Budget

• Plowing takes bite out of town budgets

  By Darrell Halen Snowfall isn’t the only thing heavy in this wintry season. So, too, has been the expense of clearing, salting and sanding roads in Salem-area communities. Big snowstorms in December took a big bite out of municipal snow removal Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, town meeting, snowplowing

• Shore Dr. repairs may be extended

  BY Darrell Halen Selectmen may break a oneyear plan to repave Shore Drive into two phases. It’s a move that will help keep tax rate increases to 3 percent and free up money to be spent on flood mitigation, said Selectman Chairman Everett McBride. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:17 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, taxes, roads

• 2007 tax rate reset – Selectmen take money from fund to cut rate from 6 to 3 percent

  BY DARRELL HALEN Salem selectmen voted to withdraw $750,000 from the town’s unreserved fund balance in order to cut the municipal tax increase of the 2007 property tax rate from 6 percent to 3 percent. But during the board’s special meeting Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:50 AM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, taxes, Selectmen