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This is a newsletter. One New Hampshire town each time: who lives there, who represents you, what’s nearby, and one thing that changed.
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This week’s town: Weare
Weare is west of Manchester in Hillsborough County. About 9,200 people on 59 square miles. You will need a car.
On the state’s 2024 comparison rate, a $500,000 house is about $7,145 a year in property tax. The town’s posted rate is higher, and your bill can be different.
Most people own. A typical house is worth about $396,000. If you rent, figure about $1,540. Household income is around $118,000. Broadband is common. There is zoning, so ask the town before you assume you can put a shop or a second house on the lot.
In 2024 they voted 3,451 to 2,200 for the Republican for president.
Who represents you
In Washington, the House seat is Maggie Goodlander (D), 2nd District. Both U.S. senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, are Democrats.
In Concord, the state senator is Ruth Ward (R). She is retiring this year. Liberty Alliance graded her A- for 2026.
Weare’s own House seats are Hillsborough 28: Keith Erf (R, A+) and Travis Corcoran (R, A). There is also a two-town seat with Goffstown, Hillsborough 44. Lisa Mazur (R, A+) is the sitting member on the current rating roster.
What’s nearby
You are not in the woods with nothing. Grocery is about 23 minutes (Lanctot’s). Weare Middle School is about 29 minutes. The ER and the hospital that delivers babies are the same place, Catholic Medical Center, about 49 minutes.
If you need a city job, Manchester is about 54 minutes from the middle of town. Plenty of people work closer than that.
Those are map estimates with no traffic. Drive it yourself.
A rule that changed: car inspections
New Hampshire is not inspecting passenger cars right now. That came from the state on February 13, 2026. When you get here you still register at the town clerk. You do not need a sticker first. Keep the car safe anyway. This can change.
If you are buying a house
Ask the seller for the paper New Hampshire makes them give you. It covers radon, arsenic, lead, PFAS, and flood. Then look the lot up on FEMA’s flood map. Regular home insurance usually will not pay if the river comes up.
Crime in Weare
Weare has its own police. In 2024 the FBI counted 10 violent crimes and 15 property crimes. That’s 25 reports in a town of about 9,200. It is not zero.
The rest of New Hampshire is in the same neighborhood: 110 violent crimes per 100,000 people. Weare is not a special case. It is just a quiet town.
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