Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
08-20-2008, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,983
Sunday Lunch
Try T Bones Their Weekend Brunch is both reasonable and very nice.:)
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Forum: General Discussion
01-12-2008, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 19,112
Just the facts jack
One more plus for changing residence to FL is the fact that I could get a homestead exemption on my property taxes. As many now have pointed out,an income tax in NH would drive many high earners to...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-10-2008, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 19,112
Its not the taxes, its the spending
Great discussion of property taxes and income taxes, so let me add my 3 cents.
Most, in some towns arround the lake, 80 percent of the real estate is owned by seasonal residents who would not pay...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-26-2007, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 17,800
SB 2 and Gilford
I am a long time Gilfrod resident >25 years, and support the SB2 method of managing spending by plebisite. Before SB 2, the town meetings were dominated by special interest groups (supporters of...
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
12-17-2007, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 16,167
Willows reincarnated
Surprise the Willows crew has just opened in the 1875 tavern fromerly run by Johanne Oliver in Tilton. We had a sunday brunch and it was identical to the one from the place in Weirs, including the...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-27-2007, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 5,963
Just a few sticks on the tax bonfire.
I have had a house in Gilford for over 25 years. When I first moved here, it was from NY state and it was like getting a 20% raise, with not paying sales tax or income tax. Today we are faced with...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-06-2007, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 167
Views: 44,082
Ames Farm
I would have really like to see the town buy or make some arrangements with the Ames family, similar to the ones made with other farm owners in GIlford. The farm would be the last major piece of...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-02-2007, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 17,533
NHIS Being Sold
Let there be no doubt the sale of NHIS is all about taking away one of the races. The new 1.5 mile cookie cutter tracks have seating capacity much larger (20/30%) than NHIS. My back of the envelope...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-19-2007, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,837
Press One
Not at the Miami Airport, where all announcments are first made in the Majority Language then English.
We should not allow any other language or signs or whatever in anything but english. My...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-08-2007, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,837
A theory on taxes
One of the reasons we need to be villigant about taxes (state) in NH is that our system of state legislators who work little time and are hardly paid. Just imagine if there was a huge pool of money,...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-30-2007, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,837
School funding and preformance
There have been numerous research projects which have studied the relationship between spending per pupil and student performance. They all agree, spending more does not result in highter levels of...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-27-2007, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,231
It was a dining car attached to a resturant
Back in 79/80 I remember that there was a resturant in this area, that had a dining car attached. The resturant (it may have been called the Station) either closed or burned down, I am not sure.
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Forum: General Discussion
08-27-2007, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,837
Taxes Paid to another state
One of the great mysteries that will unfold if NH passes an Income Tax is the tax credit for taxes paid to another state. There appear to be several alternatives in play.
1- On your NH income tax...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-20-2007, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,837
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Forum: General Discussion
07-26-2007, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,236
Prices and Bargans
From what I see in my area, Gilford, Lake front or near accesss properties are stagnent. However a very important detail is that most, if not almost all of these properties are second homes. As...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-12-2007, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,379
Paying for the infrastructure
It is difficult for towns to cover the costs of infrastructure: school buildings, municipal water, sewerage systems et al using property taxes. Some of the areas that I have property in have...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-10-2007, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,176
Income Tax
I agree with FLA, why dont we duck the political issue :eek: and let the State Supreme Court do the dirty deed ++++++++++++++++++ install a state income tax to support the adequate eduction gambit. I...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-07-2007, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,276
Taxes go down?
I noticed this the last time property values declined in the region, the assessors were very (3 years) slow in dropping the assessments whereas they are quick (each year) to up the assessments if a...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-06-2007, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,226
Wine'ing Butcher
Another Kudos for the small shop in Gilford. We have ordered custom cuts (Roasts) for holiday meals and they were superb. They are very careful to provide not only the highest quality meat, but also...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-23-2007, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,282
Free Lunch
My wife redeems cans a couple of times a year when she visits my daughter in Marina Bay. Her story is once you fight off the street people at the redemption manchines to get your nickel, she gets...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-23-2007, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,282
Road side trash pick up
There must be some sort of program in Gilford, as several times a year, I see two elderly women picking up trash in blue bags along route 11. The bags are then picked up by either the state or...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-18-2007, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 13,400
Circle/Roundabout whatever it is.
Interesting dialogue as I am in Middletown WI this week, and low and behold I came upon an identical (to the Meridith) structure. But the big difference is that the size of the circle is 1.5-2X the...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-12-2007, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,276
Cycles, the lake, und Zoll
I have lived on/near the lake for 25+ years, and yes there was one cycle where real estate values dropped -- early 90's when selling prices were 20% lower than prices in the late 80's. But we should...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-01-2007, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,882
Moose hunting
Two years ago I had a yearling standing in my driveway in Gilford, his mama done run him off. The places I have seen Moose around the lake are on Rt 25 in the swampy fields between Moultonborough...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-29-2007, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,479
How sweet Rt 1 used to be
I can only grin when I think of my many trips to work down Rt 1 in Mass, rotary after rotary. Don't look left or right, don't make eye contact, possesion is 9/10 ths of the law, jump in let them...
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