Claremont Seizes FairPoint Building for Failure to Pay Taxes
Friday, May 24, 2013
Claremont — The city has begun taking properties for back taxes and the first one on the list of 19 was the current FairPoint Communications office building on Broad Street. FairPoint did not make any tax payments in 2009 and under state law, a municipality is required to take a property when taxes are delinquent more than three years. In a report to the City Council earlier this month, Finance …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Voting for the special election to fill the New Hampshire House seat representing Claremont’s Ward II is Tuesday, June 4, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Claremont Middle School. Voting is open to Ward II voters only. ∎ Claremont — Two former lawmakers with sharply differing views on a range of issues, including casino gambling, will face off in a special election …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Newport — The owner of the North Country Smokehouse has filed a lawsuit against the company’s longtime office manager, accusing her of stealing more than $600,000 from his Claremont business since 2005 and using the money to buy luxury vehicles, snowmobiles and expensive jewelry. In filings in Sullivan County Superior Court, Mike Satzow accused Bonnie Johnson, whom he says he trusted with his …