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Nashua cat patrol unlikely

We find it difficult to believe the notion that Nashua police are going to abuse their newly granted authority to impound cats. After months of controversy, Board of Aldermen members last week voted to approve an ordinance allowing police to capture felines that are deemed nuisances, ...

This isn’t just about the president

Apparently, President Donald Trump believed he could score some political points by releasing the transcript of a July telephone call between himself and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Whether that is true remains to be seen. But one thing is obvious: Partisan politics has become ...

Big ticket items for Democrats

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization “committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.” The organization estimates the cost of the ambitious Medicare for All plan - advocated by ...

More can be done to limit vaping craze

It has been suggested by some that the current scare over e-cigarettes is overblown. Though hundreds of Americans have been hospitalized with respiratory ailments linked to “vaping” and a few have died, calls to ban the products are not realistic, critics say. But there is a valid, ...

Explore solar options

The roof of Nashua’s Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School may in the near future feature solar panels to serve as the source of electricity for the facility. We urge the Nashua Board of Education to explore the option of solar panels for all of its buildings, but to also make sure they are ...

A public health victory

No doubt recent news about abortions will become a political football within days. It ought to be viewed as one of the great public health triumphs of the past few decades. Abortions have become less common in the United States than at any time since they became legal, through a U.S. Supreme ...