Month: February 2025

“In an environment where we are accustomed to spending other people’s money on someone else, we end up not maximizing the value of the dollar.” The Public Hearing on the 2025 Town budget was a total disaster! It devolved into a conga line of residents, seeking to have their special interests satiated by the PUBLIC … Continue reading Disappointing, when the Power of the purse is in our hands…and we do such a lousy job with that power…

New Hampshire public library statistics are collected annually by the New Hampshire State Library. The data provide holdings, services, programs, income, expenditures and personnel information. Library personnel can use the data to monitor library trends and to compare their services with libraries of similar size to demonstrate the need for increased funding and expansion of … Continue reading LIBRARY ASKING FOR A FULL TIME BUDGET…WHILE OPERATING PART TIME HOURS??? TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD…NH STATE LIBRARY HAS THE DATA YOU NEED TO SEE…