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
Information on March 7, 2024 School Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Thornton School District will be on March 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Thornton Central School. This is where the townspeople vote to approve budgets and special items. All items to be voted on are included in the official Warrant. A moderator...
Notes from the school budget hearing 2/7/24. The saga continues with a major twist – update 2/8/24
Notes on the energy improvement (i.e. boiler) project The saga continues with a major change in direction as of February 7, 2024 School Board meeting followed by the budget hearing. It seems the school board has abandoned its initiative to proceed with the project on...
Candidate Profile – Richard Tuttle, Planning Board
This candidate has been contacted but so far has not chosen to submit a candidate profile. We will leave it up to the voters to see if this is important or not.
Candidate Profile – Laura Hopkinson, Board of Selectmen
This candidate has been contacted but so far has not chosen to submit a candidate profile. We will leave it up to the voters to see if this is important or not.
Budget hearings for the town and the school district set at the same date and time!
The Town of Thornton will hold it's budget hearing on February 7 at 6.00 PM at the town hall. The Thornton School District (i.e. the Thornton Central School) will hold its budget hearing on February 7, 2024 at 6.00 PM at the Thornton Central School. How and why are...
Budget hearing for town operations – Feb 7, 2024 at 6.oo PM
See this link Post comments on the budget below.
What is a School Board? What does it do?
The Constitution of the State of New Hampshire Part II, Article 83, which states, "it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public...
Did you know that New Hampshire DOES have an income tax?
See this blog article from the Josiah Bartlett Center HERE
It’s done – and it’s not $3.455 million, it’s now $4.417 million – UPDATED
As we said in previous blog posts, one of our biggest concerns is that the school board was approving something and they don't know what it will cost. At the January 4, 2024 school board meeting we now learned that instead of $3.455 million, the actual cost is $4.417...
Kudos to the Board of Selectmen who held the town budget in check.
If you look at the tax table on the home page, you will see that assessment for the town has actually decreased by 9.7%. TTG thanks and congratulates our board of selectmen for keeping out tax rate down while providing excellent services. Kudos to our board: Peter...