Epping Conducts Study of Capping the Landfill
December 19, 2007
Selectmen hired CMA Engineering Inc., to begin a study on the feasibility of capping the town’s landfill.
Selectman Jerry Langdon, who serves on the town’s solid waste committee, recommended the town hire CMA at a previous Board of Selectmen meeting, and after meeting with representatives from the company the board voted 3-1 to follow through on that recommendation.
The $31,550 for the initial review will come out of a closure fund the town has set up for the landfill.
Read the rest of the story from Terrill Covey in Seacoast Online.
Tax System Shouldn’t Punish Disaster Victims
December 19, 2007
Every year, people who lose their homes to fire or flood get a lesson in the harsh realities of New Hampshire’s tax system, a system the Legislature should revisit. For assessment purposes, New Hampshire’s property tax year begins - appropriately in our view - on April Fool’s Day. If a property exists on April 1 and burns down on April 2, it’s taxed as if it existed for a full year.
Jack and Beatrice Knight of Epping, whose home was razed by fire last May, were hit with a full $6,360 tax bill. They have asked Epping’s selectmen for an abatement. Granting one is within the board’s power, but the state Department of Revenue Administration recommends that abatements never be granted. A veteran department official can’t remember the last time it happened. Granting an abatement sets a dangerous precedent, one that could cause problems later when others, whose case may not be as strong, cite precedent and demand similar treatment, state tax officials say.
Read the rest of the editorial from the Concord Monitor
Voters To Have Say on Beer Sales at Dragway
December 5, 2007
Since opening in 1966, New England Dragway has brought race fans to Epping from all over the country. One thing they’ve never been able to do is have a beer while watching the races. On Monday night, Epping selectmen agreed to put the matter to the people in March to determine if alcohol may be served at up to 18 events at the Dragway in 2008.
Jason Schreiber has the story in The Union Leader.
