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Future funding of long-term senior care across New Hampshire is in peril

As part of its mission, Catholic Charities New Hampshire has provided facility- and faith-based care to the elderly since our 1945 founding. In 1948, our first two nursing facilities opened – Saint Teresa (Manchester) and St. Francis (Laconia). Still open today, we are proud that both ...

Useless beauty and the birds: Charles Darwin’s peacock

“The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!” – Charles Darwin Why beauty? After a long winter, nothing pleases as much as spring, warmth, and the sounds and sightings of birds. There are no less than 10,000 divergent species on which nature ...

Deeds have not matched actions

After showering 5% pay raises upon New Hampshire Liquor Commission executives, is the state ready to be as generous to caregivers? A rally in front of the Statehouse in Concord on May 6 showed how energized more than 50 groups are in support of Senate Bill 308, to improve health care workforce ...

Oppose HB 481

On behalf of the New Hampshire Academy of Family Physicians, I speak in opposition of HB 481. As a family physician, the commercialization of marijuana would adversely affect the health and safety of our most vulnerable population, children. While, the Academy supports research and ...

The power of belief: The power to change

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James Imagine a solar-powered sign that supplies power to local schools. If the sun hits the sign the same place every day, why not harness that power to make a difference? Imagine planting 1.5 ...

Where Nashua once worked

Long before today’s global economy, with its technology and service industry employment base, many Nashuans got up every morning, drank their coffee, got ready and headed to work. Some travelled by car, many on foot, to our city’s thriving manufacturing plants. Sadly, most of these ...