Nassau must assess all property at full value next year
The Columbia County session of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the Town of Nassau must assess all property at 100 percent of full value when next year's tax rates are drawn up in May. It marks the first decision in a series of area lawsuits challenging the state practice of assessments.
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Columbia County
New York State Supreme Court
Nassau
New York State
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Islip
Long Island
New York
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George Dougherty
Dougherty
John J. Burke
Burke
Troy
Marvin Honig
Honig
New Hampshire adopts daily numbers game
New Hampshire's governor and Executive Council voted to add a daily numbers game modeled after Massachusetts, sharing revenue with neighboring states. The plan aims for a $1 million annual state take on up to $10 bets, with tickets printed for an initial launch. The council also rejected two legislative appointments to state boards but kept holdover status, and set liquor stores to close early on Christmas Eve while keeping New Year’s Eve hours.
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N.H
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New Hampshire
New England
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Pennsylvania
Lyle Hersom
R-Groveton
Hersom
Bernard Streeter
Anashua
Meldrim Thomson
Sweepstakes
Edward Powers
Powers
Alan Rock
Nashua
University Systems Board of Trustees
Howard Dickinson
Conway
Pesticides Control Board
James Hayes
Louis D’allesandro
Manchester
Leon Yeaton
Dover
Thomson
Salvatore Grasso
Milford
Water Resources Board
Robert Monier
Goffstown
George Wiggins
Sunapee
Data Processing Commission
Streeter
Falls group seeks FHA funds for 24 senior apartments
Hoosick Falls group led by village attorney Rolf Sternberg plans to apply for Farmers' Home Administration funds to build 24 subsidized senior housing units at the Walter A Wood mansion site if HUD accepts Sternberg's housing survey. If funded, construction would wait at least a year. rents would be subsidized under Section VIII.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Rolf Sternberg
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
Walter A. Wood
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Sternberg
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
CETA workers present grievances in Manchester meeting
In Manchester the Southwest Employment and Training Council heard demands from CETA workers via the CETA Workers Action Committee led by Caroline Fairless. The group sought job security, higher wages, health benefits, and clearer grievance processes, while noting CETA workers hold temporary positions under a law favoring at least minimum pay and fixed term notices.
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Manchester
the Southwest Employment and Training Council
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
CETA
Louis Salebra
Caroline Fairless
Zion Episcopal Church Meeting Hall
Cetas
Ms. Fairless
Massachusetts tightens utility shutoff rules
Massachusetts joins Maine Vermont New Hampshire and Rhode Island in restricting gas electric and water shutoffs for late or nonpaying customers The state requires notice to social services agencies proof of collection efforts before cutting off service to residents over 65 and to protect the sick The rules aim to prevent arbitrary interruptions and align with neighboring states while utilities warn about tenant notification in multiunit buildings.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
New England
Harold J. Keohane
Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
Regulatory Public Utilities Commission
Hampton, N.H
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Donald J. Zero
Zero
Commonwealth
Chuck Newton
Boston Edison
Newton
Nation's oldest practicing doctor dies at 102 in Sharon
Dr. Walter A. Griffin, long believed to be the nation's oldest practicing physician until his January retirement, died Saturday at Norwood Hospital at age 102 in Sharon, Massachusetts.
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Sharon, Mass
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