Heather Baldwin is the State Representative for Thornton, Waterville Valley, and Ellsworth. Her page is here
The New Hampshire House of Representatives (state.nh.us)
You can reach her at Heather.Baldwin@leg.state.nh.us or 603.996.1037
Heather Baldwin gets a ZERO score from School District Governance Association of NH
The School District Governance Association of New Hampshire is a non-profit that helps school districts with school boards. They track important bills in the legislature relating to schools. Heather Baldwin, our State Rep for Thornton, Waterville Valley, and...
Heather Baldwin votes to not require dead people removed from voter rolls.
SB576 This bill simply requires that when the Town Clerk is notified of a death in the town, they must notify the Supervisors of the Checklist (i.e. the people who manage the voter rolls) so that person can be removed from the voter rolls. The bill is short, here is...
Heather Baldwin votes against towns and school district tax caps
This is from the bill "This bill creates an additional adjustment to local tax caps based on inflation and population changes. The bill also establishes procedures for adoption of a budget cap by school districts." This bill was passed, despite Baldwin's negative...
Heather Baldwin votes against bill restricting biological males from competing in women’
The bill passed both the Senate and the House and is heading to the Governor's desk for signature. Here is a summary from the bill itself. "This bill requires schools to designate athletics by sex and prohibits biological males from participating in female athletics....
Why do ballots for the high school include warrant articles?
In the 2024 local election, you will notice the PRHS ballot is different than the other two. On this one, there are the warrant articles included. Why are warrant articles included there but not in the other two? The answer is that there are actually two different...
2024 Town and School Election Results
Note there are actually three elections, the town of Thornton, the Thornton Central School District, and the Pemi Baker Regional High School (PRHS) District. If you know voted, you know this because you had three separate ballots. Election results are here:...
WRITE-IN Candidate profile – Bob Hatcher, Town Moderator and Planning Board
Many of you know me as I've been around town politics and activities for several years. A Thornton resident and taxpayer since 2000, I've seen the town both thrive and struggle. My goal in running is to make our town run smoother, to keep the small-town flavor, to...
Results of the School District Annual Meeting, March 8, 2024
All items on the warrant passed including the big one to borrow over $4 million for school renovations. Most warrant articles require a 50% vote but warrant articles for debt over $100,000 require a 60% vote. This one passed with a 70% vote. Here is the warrant...
What happens at a town or school district annual meeting?
Annual meetings are an important part of town governance. At annual meetings, the funding of town or school board operations is conducted. In this document I will refer to the town, but the process is identical for the Thornton Central School school district. The...
Why we advocate voting no on the boiler bond issue.
(The post allows comments, and we welcome comments from the community and from the school board and SAU. See the bottom of this page.) This "boiler issue" has been around for many years. There is no question the school needs a new heating system as the oil-fired...