March means town meeting for most New Hampshire communities, but about a dozen towns use a different calendar.
March meetings became the norm in colonial times, and 208 towns still hold to that schedule, even though most town budgets start in January.
Eleven towns, however, have moved their meetings to April or May and shifted their budgets to start in July, which makes more sense in terms of fiscal management.
Two towns have town meeting in April. Nine others have town meeting in May.