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Time for a savings safari

We’re mad as hell, paying five stinking bucks-a-gallon for regular gas. And that’s just the tip of the “heist-berg.” As in, we are being robbed every time we reach for our wallets. As a result, the term “extreme couponing” has returned to daily conversation. According to a new ...

Mental illness: No longer ‘alien to our affections’

At the invitation of Monadnock Family Services, writer David Blistein, Co-Director Erik Ewers, and Producer Julie Coffman showed a 30 minute preview of the four hour film they call “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness” in Keene a few days ago. Interesting as the filmmakers were to ...

Bridging the opportunity gap, one kid at a time

As most parents know, the toughest word to say is “No.” For parents in low-income housing, this word is likely used when children ask about dance classes, baseball, swimming, hockey, horseback riding and other interests. And that word “No” carries a price tag. Children born in ...

Stand behind the rainbow banner and fight against hate and violence

This ... will be the mightiest day in the history of our lives, the holiest, & the most generous toward us both -- for it makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, & doubles the strength of each whereby to perform it; it gives to two questioning ...

Unwelcome guests

As the weather gets warmer, more and more of the local wildlife have been putting in appearances near our house. Most of these visitors are welcome – the deer, the rabbits, the squirrels, the porcupines, the chipmunks, even the occasional bear. But we are considerably less enthusiastic about ...