For many people, the most notable date in February is Valentine’s Day. But for those familiar with the history of rock music, two others stand out: Feb. 3, 1959 — “the day the music died,” as Don McLean described it in his 1971 hit “American Pie” — and Feb. 9, 1964, when the ...
At their last meeting of 2022, the Republican-controlled Executive Council put an end to an engineering study and preliminary design for the extension of MBTA commuter rail services from Boston and Lowell, MA to Nashua and Manchester. In a misguided attempt to save money, three Councilors ...
How many times, while catching up on the latest scuttlebutt with folks who have been around town for quite some time, have you heard phrases like “well, when I was a kid ... “ or “I remember when they ... “ followed by a sometimes vague and other times spot-on recollection of Nashua’s ...
Why are Republicans so fearful of their fellow representatives that they feel the need to arm themselves in the NH State House Chamber? Our legislature is a deliberative body. It should be a bastion of civil discourse and responsible government, not the wild west of an armed camp. Yet on the ...
Before Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro ran for reelection in 2022, Trump endorsed him. Atlantic magazine quoted Trump about Bolsonaro, “He fights hard for, and loves, the people of Brazil -- just like I do for the people of the United States.” The magazine article summed up: ...
Headlines since the September release of student assessment results on the NAEP test, the Nation’s Report Card, have loudly echoed the devastating degree of learning loss children experienced during the pandemic’s disruption to schools. The loss is real, and schools are using numerous ...
