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By DAVID BROOKS

Deliberative sessions are all about local control but it was state actions and their effect on property taxes that dominated much of Wednesday’s discussion for voters in the Weare School District.

By DAVID BROOKS

In what might be the region’s only case of its kind during this season of school budget presentations, the John Stark School District budget says it is facing a large decrease in the two items that usually drive cost increases: salaries and benefits.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The cost of special education and the role of state assistance for schools took center stage at Epsom School District deliberative session Tuesday during one of the town’s most widely attended meetings in years, which drew more than 250 people to the Epsom Central School.

By DAVID BROOKS

These might be tumultuous political times but you wouldn’t know it from the Henniker School District’s annual deliberative session.

By REBECA PEREIRA

In 2022, after more than two decades behind the moderator’s podium, Dennis Fowler retired from overseeing Allenstown’s deliberative sessions. As he approached the microphone on Saturday, he was free to slough off the obligatory cloak of impartiality that came with the position.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Keith Cota wanted to say thank you, but he still had concerns.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

After a steep increase in school taxes due to special education and transportation costs last year, Epsom is facing a steeper hike this year.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Last year, the deliberative session of the Pittsfield Town Meeting lasted about 30 minutes. With less than two dozen residents, the session breezed through 30 articles.

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare and Henniker will have a chance to attend three school district deliberative sessions this week but no matter which they go to, they’ll hear one message: Cuts in state aid are raising local property taxes.