BY SARAH LEBRUNWhen Bow residents attend School District Meeting on March 13, they can expect to see a petitioned article for official ballot law, or SB-2, on the school district warrant. According to Superintendent of Schools Dean Cascadden, this article will on the ballot in May and will not be voted on at the School District Meeting. There ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAfter some discussion, Bow’s Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 to apply $300,000 worth of their unreserved fund balance toward the 2008 property tax rate. According to Finance Administrator Bob Levan, the town saved about $400,423 from what was appropriated at Town Meeting. “That comes from a combination of things, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Bow town officials may be forced to make a decision within the next two months on whether to go forward with a $10 million water and sewer project on Route 3A without having any developers waiting in the wings. Selectmen will discuss the issue further at its Thursday, Sept. 25, meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Part of ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Residents will soon be able to have more state services at a local level, as Bow becomes the latest town to connect with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 20, Bow residents will be able to register vehicles weighing up to 26,000 pounds, renew registrations and choose vanity plates at the town ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIn the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts when selectmen turned off 222 street lights in Bow, voters are now faced with a proposed budget that’s up about $602,000 from last year. This year’s warrant articles go to voters at the Bow Town Meeting Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., at Bow High School. The warrants, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY The town of Bow has announced the tax rate for 2008, a number that may appear to lower taxes by almost one fourth, but higher property values will balance that out, resulting in higher tax bills. A town-wide revaluation last year caused a drop from $27.99 per $1,000 property valuation in 2007 to $21.02 for the 2008 fiscal year ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThe town of Bow’s fiscal year 2007 tax rate has been set and due to the floods in May, the town was unable to apply as much money from surplus as it had originally hoped. The new tax rate is $27.99 per $1,000 assessed property value, or $8,397 on a $300,000 home, a $1.62 raise over last year’s rate of $26.37, or ...