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Letters

A conflict of interest

This letter is a response to recent hit pieces written by Board of Public Works (BPW) candidate Paul Shea. Mr. Shea criticized me for voting to table the disk golf project at Roby Park. I moved to table the project due to the lack of a budget and lack of neighborhood input. The ...

Clarifying the abortion law

There has been a lot of discussion on the recent abortion law and federal funding of Planned Parenthood. I would like to touch on them now. First, some political groups have labeled the new law Chris Sununu’s budget and abortion bill. By the time the budget gets to the governor’s desk, it ...

For the environment

President Joe Biden set the ambitious goal of reducing U.S. carbon emissions to 50% by 2030, and net zero by 2050. This is in line with the necessary global emission reductions needed to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Cellisus for a relatively safe future, according to the UN’s Intergovernmental ...

Remembering 1956 revolution

The public is invited to a remembrance of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution at 3 p.m. on Nov. 3, hosted by the N.H. Friends of Hungary and Rep. Peter Somssich. Our special guest will be the Honorary Hungarian Consul Ga’bor Garai, who is responsible for the New England region. A short presentation ...

Local control

The New Hampshire Secretary of State maintains the REDBOOK, which is a list of all the boards and commissions in the state. It contains the qualifications needed for each of them, with a list of those currently serving and the existing vacancies. As you read down the 197-page document, it will ...

Nonpartisan elections, not really

On Nov. 2, we will be having our nonpartisan municipal elections. Everyone should know we do nonpartisan, so we can avoid a primary, saving the city money. We all know it’s not nonpartisan. For any opponent of the party in power, it’s “nonpartisan.” If you are currently registered as ...