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- 3/6/2007: Town drops old assessing company
- 2/18/2007: SB2 grows roots in NH
- 2/15/2007: Mixed views on SB2
- 2/16/2007: Suit filed against Hopkinton ZBA
- 2/15/2007: Hopkinton residents air concerns over retreat
- 2/9/2007: Budget committee wants to cut school spending
- 2/7/2007: Arson case ongoing
- 2/7/2007: Election Filings
- 2/7/2007: Budget committee proposes some cuts
- 2/1/2007: Residents want spending curbed
- 2/1/2007: Hopkinton residents worried about spending
- 1/29/2007: Religious Center stirs up dispute
- 1/25/2007: Center feud - Residents want to look at options before rebuilding senior center
- 1/25/2007: Residents demand lower costs
- 1/24/2007: Town spending may increase
- 1/21/2007: NH is right
- 1/20/2007: Repairs push school spending up 8 percent
- 1/19/2007: Senior center may need money
- 1/18/2007: Slusser Center blaze ruled arson
- 1/18/2007: Senior center panel vows to rebuild
- 1/18/2007: Shocked, yes, but determined
- 1/17/2007: Hopkinton fire was deliberate, officials say
- 1/11/2007: Town wants 7% increase in budget
- 1/4/2007: NH Population declines. Especially young children
- 12/29/2007: Official hopes to expand industrial area
- 12/28/2006: School Board misinterprets Budget Committee's aim
- 12/21/2006: School Board votes on budget -
- 12/14/2006: Hopkinton Aims to limit budget jump - Can/Will they do it?
- 12/14/2006: Selectmen sign TIF contract - Study to see if TIF area is feasible
- 12/14/2006: Hopkinton may increase trash rates - Current rate is $10 per ton but cost is $42 per ton
- 12/01/2006: More Cash requested for repairs - Schools looking for another $450K
- 11/25/2006: Halt construction, taxpayer says - He wants voters' okay on maintaining center
- 11/17/2006: Plans dim for preserving Gould Hill - Owner claims taxes are $200 a day
- 11/09/2006: Slusser Costs under control - No new taxes for building
- 11/03/2006: Hopkinton selectman discuss assessment process - Almost 60 taxpayers show up
- 10/31/2006: Head of Avitar meets public - He defends assessing technology
- 10/26/2006: Hopkinton asks for tax clarification - Open space preservation and education extras all cost money
- 10/26/2006: That view will cost you - View tax ups assessments
- 10/26/2006: Official goes to work for assessing firm - LeMay had worked as assessor for Town of Hopkinton
- 10/24/2006: Residents may get tax answers soon - Residents stirred into action after Gary Roberge's Avitar Associates of New England used their assessing software for the town's recent property revaluation.
- 10/24/2006: Hopkinton Spending Hurts - Residents urged to take back town.
- 10/23/2006: Taxpayers hunt for mistakes in assessments - Many found.
- 10/23/2006: Hopkinton's tax bills could change the town - Family struggles to preserve Gould Hill Orchard.
- 10/22/2006: Angry, Hopkinton? Thank John Lynch - Concord Monitor implies that high property tax values mean Lynch should be considering a broadbased tax, and that this discussion elicits hysteria that we somehow would destroy the "New Hampshire advantage". The paper thinks that a broadbased tax will bring down property taxes even though history shows the opposite to be true.
- 10/21/2006:
Hopkinton's billing system will improve - New Avitar Assessing System in place, town admits "a view factor was assessed..."
- 10/19/2006: SHOCK OVER HOPKINTON TAX BILLS - Taxpayers can file for abatements.
- 10/19/2006: TOWN SHOULD'VE FOREWARNED TAXPAYERS - In some cases, triple bills impossible to pay.
- 10/19/2006: Hopkinton tax bills spark public fire - Farmer will be paying $25,000 more in taxes for this year thanks to 'view' tax used to calculate assessment.
- 10/19/2006: Hopkinton taxpayers deserve an explanation - Avitar is the firm that assessed.
- 10/19/2006: Reassessments squeeze seniors - They can't do it anymore, says one.
- 10/18/2006: Projects put at risk by rising taxes - New bonds not justified in light of tax revolt.
- 10/17/2006: 'You've forced me out of town' - Many residents cite mistakes on their assessments.
- 10/14/2006: They bear brunt of tax frustration - 'Help the greedy, to hell with the needy' to quote one resident.
- 10/13/2006: Tax boost startles residents - Some feel their homes are overvalued.
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