Pedestrian bridge good for trail, park A pedestrian bridge is expected to connect the Heritage Rail Trail with Mine Falls Park soon. We learned this week the project will likely go to bid this autumn with little cost to the city taxpayers. Despite some initial concerns from homeowners in the ...
Fiscal irresponsibility seems to remain a bipartisan affair. Members of a Republican-led Congress have pitched a budget resolution this month to add $9.7 trillion of new debt over the next 10 years, a move that would increase the total shortfall to $29 trillion. The resolution was justified ...
President Barack Obama may well be hoping to paint congressional Republicans into a corner regarding the health insurance fiasco that bears his name. In reaction to GOP pledges to repeal the Obamacare law, Obama said he has no problem with the idea providing the Republicans come up with ...
How long until Islamic State gets lucky in Asia? ISIS and its followers haven't hit the region with their worst terrorist horrors, but recent arrests in several countries show this isn't for lack of trying. Much of Asia is increasingly fertile ground for terrorist recruitment, and ISIS ...
President-elect Donald Trump was to be briefed Friday on what U.S. intelligence agencies know about alleged Russian efforts to influence the Nov. 8 election. Do not expect Trump to change his mind about the matter. He already has said he does not believe allegations Russian hackers released ...
Making sure we're here to help during difficult times We posted our Wednesday story about overdose deaths in Nashua on Facebook, and it reached more than 2,000 people in a single day. Among them were two local residents who took the time to comment. One was Nancy McWilliams Bernard, who had ...