I met with a tax assessor from the Town of Pembroke regarding my recent property tax valuation increase. [See my previous rant about that if you haven’t already]  When I arrived at the Town Hall, it was immediately clear that I was not alone in questioning the Town’s numbers and/or their effect on my wallet – ...

  At the beginning of September, I received a letter from the Town of Pembroke informing me of an increase in the valuation of my property.  A 17% increase in value.  I noted that their appraisal occurred in April of 2009.  The previous assessment appraisal occurred when my building was converted from apartments into ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEThe town and school district each have five outstanding bonds that are affecting taxpayers. On the town side, the five outstanding bonds may affect property owners about 80 cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation. The cost is estimated at $3,001,622 for next year. That means the owner of a $300,000 home would pay an ...

By Michelle Kim   NEW BOSTON – An aging sluiceway, a proposed footbridge and confusion over procedural issues took up most of the discussion at the deliberative session of Town Meeting on Feb. 4. About 40 residents attended the meeting, which lasted more than four hours. A pair of citizen petition articles regarding a clogged ...

By Michelle Kim   A dramatically reduced bond article to improve Bolton Field Memorial Park and the reallocation of the land-use change tax were some of the most debated items at the Feb. 2 deliberative session of Town Meeting. Almost 100 residents met at the Center Woods Elementary School gymnasium on a relatively mild Saturday morning ...

By MATT SCHOOLEY  For the most part, the only noise coming out of the Goffstown High School auditorium during the school district deliberative session came during a musical performance, as the meeting went by quickly without any debate. After the high school’s theater group sang the national anthem and the opening scene from their ...

By Stephen Beale GOFFSTOWN – The town deliberative session on Saturday, Feb. 2, cruised through several warrant articles, concentrating on a $2 million bond for land purchases and two petitioned articles on water rights and taxes. The $2 million bond is for the purchase of 27 acres of land at 70 Center St., owned by Joanna and Kilton ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEAll 10 warrant articles, including $445,000 for land and a $55 million operating budget will go on the March 11 ballot as presented at Bedford School District deliberative session. At the Tuesday, Feb. 5, meeting, resident Gus Garceau tried to propose an amendment to Article 2, which seeks $445, 000 to purchase land for the ...

By Darrell Halen  Two three-year seats on the Windham Board of Selectmen are up this March and four men are running: Bruce H. Richardson, former selectman Galen Stearns, Planning Board member Ross McLeod, and state Rep. Charles McMahon, a former selectman. Alan Carpenter and Margaret Crisler are not seeking re-election. Other ...

By Michelle Kim NEW BOSTON – Along with the operating budget, voters can expect warrant articles expanding tax exemptions for elderly and disabled and updates to the solid waste ordinances at the Feb. 4 deliberative session of Town Meeting. The proposed operating budget of approximately $3.7 million is about 8.7 percent higher than ...