Parkway designs beauty to behold

Monday, February 13, 2012

Since construction is in the early stages, it’s much too soon to know what the Millyard and Tree Streets neighborhood will look like when the …

A Giant letdown for Patriot Nation

Sunday, February 12, 2012

As the New England sports public is well aware, one fan’s parade is another fan’s long, lonely walk. The latest reminder of that came Tuesday. …

Guest Editorial

Worst Legislature ever? Read on …

Saturday, February 11, 2012

A recent letter to the editor referred to the 2011-12 New Hampshire Legislature as the worst in history. There’s no scientific method for fact-checking such …

Feeling upbeat about downtown

Friday, February 10, 2012

The late Ed McMahon, perhaps best known for his 30 years as comedian Johnny Carson’s late-night sidekick, had an interesting take on the importance of …

Santorum shuffles GOP deck – again

Thursday, February 9, 2012

A not-so-funny thing happened this week to Mitt Romney’s inevitable march to his party’s coronation this summer at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. …

Pennichuck salaries should be public

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Next Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Diane Nicolosi will hear arguments in the suit filed by Local 8938 of the United Steel Workers seeking to block …

Congress has work to do to gain favor

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

In most public opinion polls, more than 80 percent of Americans say they disapprove of Congress’ job performance. Lawmakers are viewed as ineffective, insular and …

Several goofy bills a waste of time

Monday, February 6, 2012

With 400 members seeking to prove their worth, it’s expected the New Hampshire House of Representatives will generate a few goofy legislative initiatives every session. …

Patriots are winners despite game results

Sunday, February 5, 2012

There’s never been a better time to be a fan of New England professional sports. With seven major league championships since 2002, no other region …

Guest Editorial

End marriage fight; it’s time to move on

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Nothing has raised the ire of readers in recent times more than the editorial board meeting last month with Scott Moody of Cornerstone Policy Research …

Romney’s ‘poor’ choice of words

Friday, February 3, 2012

Shed no tears for tin-eared Mitt “Antoinette” Romney. Criticism being heaped upon him for his statements Wednesday that he’s “not concerned” about poor Americans is …

Lynch stands firm in his final address

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Much has changed between the two parties since John Lynch took office in January 2005 to serve the first of what would turn out to …

One wasted year for commuter rail

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

When our editorial board chose the expansion of commuter rail as one of our Focus 2011 priorities early last year, the hope was the state …

Some issues came into focus in 2011

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Twelve months ago, our editorial board unveiled Focus 2011, six issues that we felt were deserving of extra attention entering the new year. As such, …

Aldermen could use more leaders

Monday, January 30, 2012

During the last election, we heard the candidates for aldermen all say Nashua was due for something big. Big improvements to the downtown, a big …