BY JILLIAN JORGENSENThe town manager presented a $22,410,681 budget to the Town Council on Oct. 14, meeting the Town Council’s guidance of no more than a 2 percent increase over the town’s portion of the 2009 municipal tax rate. The town tax rate for 2010 in Town Manager Russell Marcoux’s proposed budget is $4.13 per $1,000 in ...

BY DERRICK PERKINSLooking between a projected budget shortfall of nearly $400,000 and hopes of keeping the tax rate flat this year, at least one selectman is keeping the possibility of layoffs on the table. Gov. John Lynch may have backed away from a budget proposal that would have cut state funding to Salem by as much as $1.7 million, but ...

BY SUSAN CLARKWhen voters went to the polls on Tuesday, March 10, they were asked to sign a petition requesting the state return rooms and meals tax revenue to New Hampshire communities – a move that could save Bedford nearly $1.2 million in revenues. Town Manager Russ Marcoux and Councilor Bob Young are expected to appear before a House ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe budget that will appear on the March 10 school district ballot has been crafted with the economy in mind, said School Board Chairman David Sacks. “The school district budget is appropriate for these economic times,” Sacks said. “It continues to ensure quality education can be delivered in the walls of our ...

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 GINGER KOZLOWSKIPembroke voters need to set aside two Saturday mornings to take care of town and school warrants. School The School District Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m., at Pembroke Academy. There are five money warrant articles to be discussed and voted upon. Article 3 asks for $50,000 to be taken from surplus and ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEAn effort to receive public input on a $12 million bond for the town road system and $1 million for the Nashua Road intersection with Route 101 met with limited success at a recent public hearing where only a few residents turned out to speak. The $12 million bond would continue the town road rehabilitation program for another ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESchool Board members said they shaved the budget as close as they could without causing any bleeding, but several residents said they might be comfortable with some bleeding. The speakers at the Monday, Jan. 12, public hearing told the School Board that teachers should not be receiving raises during a recession and that it needed ...

BY TOBY HENRYCandia selectmen and members of the Budget Committee are at odds after a 2008 budget shortfall prompted officials to seek permission for an emergency expenditure from the Department of Revenue Administration. On one hand, Budget Committee members say the fivemember Board of Selectmen failed to take adequate financial precautions ...

BY STEPHEN BEALEThe school district is proposing a budget of $58.3 million, an increase of $1.9 million or 3.3 percent over the $56.4 million in total appropriations for the current school year. Property owners could see an increase of 74 to 88 cents on the 2009 tax rate, depending upon how much funding the district receives from the state. The ...