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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With the town of Bow completing its final payment to the Merrimack Station power plant this year to settle an old tax dispute, the town’s operating budget is set to decrease next year.The operating budget now stands at $11.4 million, reflecting a 5.2%...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Boscawen residents will consider a $4.9 million operating budget at their town meeting this year, an increase of roughly $54,000, or 1.1%.Relatively small increases spread across departments, many related to rising wages or insurance costs, make up...

By RAY DUCKLER

The deliberative session of the Pittsfield Town Meeting last Saturday attracted less than two dozen residents, who flew through 30 articles in an estimated 30 minutes.“We knocked them right out of the park,” Pittsfield Select Board Chairman Carl...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare will see a proposed $18.71 million operating budget for the town’s two schools, an increase of $231,000 or 1.25%, at the school district deliberate session on Wednesday, Feb. 7.If the budget passes the school tax rate would increase...

By RAY DUCKLER

Allenstown residents chose to reduce the potential operating budget at their deliberative session on Saturday, saving $25,000 by eliminating curbside recycling, which has emerged as a major talking point in recent years.The amended $5.5 million budget...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Faced with ever-rising costs in a school district that already makes up 70% of the tax bill in town, a common complaint emerged Saturday morning in Epsom: The state of New Hampshire needs to do a better job funding education.“One of the reasons we...

By RAY DUCKLER

Select Board Chairman Carl Anderson knows the word “taxes” might cause an uneasy feeling Saturday at the deliberative session of the annual Pittsfield Town Meeting.He also knows that taxes are unavoidable, a way to better serve towns throughout the...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Rising special education and transportation costs in Epsom – two things school officials have little control over – have led to a proposed budget that carries a significant tax increase.If the $14.2 million Epsom school budget is passed, it would...

By DAVID BROOKS

In Bow, incumbent selectman Harry Judd was voted out of office after 18 years Tuesday, as former planning board member Bruce Marshall defeated him easily, 845-563.With three candidates for two seats on the Bow School Board, Bryce Larrabee with 805...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Hot topic: Article 4 would discontinue the practice of the town clerk being paid via stipend from fees generation by the office, such as registering a car or license plate. Instead, the Webster town clerk would be paid $35,000 a year with the...