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Board’s approach serves the public

The situation facing the Nashua Board of Education is not an enviable one: replace your top three administrators in a fairly short period of time and do it in such a way that the transition doesn't adversely effect the district's students and staff. The departure of Superintendent Mark Conrad ...

Looking back at the week in news

Kuster's decision to share her story was a selfless act When Betty Ford was the nation's first lady in the 1970s, there was no topic she wouldn't talk about, including marijuana use, premaritial sex and her own long-running battle with alcoholism. It changed the national conversation about ...

Meeting a need of the hungry

When organizers with the United Way of Greater Nashua put out the call for volunteers to help package meals for local food organizations like the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, New Hampshire Food Bank, Share Outreach in Milford and Corpus Christi Food Pantry in Nashua, they were hoping to ...

Senate’s 60-vote rule impedes US

Regardless of how you feel about the gun votes that were taken in Washington this week - and Republicans and Democrats both put proposals on the table they knew would be scorned by the other side - an underlying problem is the U.S. Senate itself and its rule that requires 60 votes to bring a ...

Not making it worse isn’t making it better

Far too often, public boards and committees treat the public like a nuisance, or worse. We would put at the head of that list the New Hampshire General Court - the House and Senate - which again let another legislative session lapse without making any significant progress in making public ...

Graduates offer parting thoughts

They marched in under familiar banners - as Panthers, Titans, Broncos, Sabers, Tomahawks, Spartans, Cavaliers, Warriors and Cardinals, among others. Some marched under no banners at all because they attended one of the region's alternative high schools, which may not have sports teams and ...