BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett resident Lee Scott wants to reduce his carbon footprint and his energy bills – that is, as long as his property taxes don’t skyrocket in return. That’s why Scott has been working tirelessly with the Hooksett Town Council to pass a local ordinance that would provide property tax exemptions for renewable ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERDennis Couture may not have the ability to speak, but that’s not keeping his mom and dad from speaking out loud and clear for him. “Dennis never worked and never will work. He is at the mercy of everyone and everything,” said his father, Albert Couture, describing his son, 35, who is a nonverbal autistic ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIHooksett’s tax rate is 8 percent lower than last year’s rate. However, due to revaluation of the town’s properties, many homeowners are likely to see a higher tax bill just in time for Christmas. The current rate was finally set on Wednesday, Nov. 26, having been delayed several weeks by the revaluation ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERThe town of Hooksett may be forced to borrow $6 million to pay off its pending financial obligations if its taxpayers choose to wait until the last minute to pay property taxes this year. The Town Council voted Nov. 19 to authorize the administration to seek a tax anticipatory note in case the bills it owes are due before ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett homeowners received their revalued property quotes last week and have until Oct. 24 to appeal the new value to the town’s property assessor. Before new cards were sent last week, about 40 residents turned out to a meeting hosted by the state Department of Revenue that briefly outlined the revaluation process that ...

BY JENN McDOWELLNot only will Hooksett taxpayers be getting their tax bills in the mail a bit late, likely in November, according to Town Administrator David Jodoin, they’re also getting a notification prior to the tax rate setting of the new value of their homes and businesses. The New Hampshire Department of Revenue requires towns to ...

BY JENN McDOWELLHooksett 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 voters showed up at the Cawley Middle School on Tuesday, May 13, and rejected 508- 468 the ...

Having watched this project since 2000, I must point out that it is far better than what the voters approved years ago, and I vehemently fought against.  Check the history, and thank God for intervention.  No other explaination fits. The marsh will remain a marsh, the pond a pond, and the cost/benefit for the town appears positive. No ...

BY JENN McDOWELLSo 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 Hooksett Town Council in November. The program, outlined in state law, offers a tax incentive to ...

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 increment financing, district in the town. The new plan requires voter approval, a decision ...