I laughed as I read a friend’s 2020 Christmas letter. We all know 2020 has been challenging. But I didn’t realize how much until I read her month-by-month replay of the year and all the unusual things that happened in her family as well as around the world. Besides the obvious, there were ...
It has been an honor to serve on the Hillsborough UNH Cooperative Extension Advisory Committee. During our term we have been able to see firsthand the value that Extension gives to our community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the services they offer include: • A ...
Our family moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in 2014. My wife and I included the income tax savings (as remote employees for Massachusetts based companies) in our affordability calculations and settled in a beautiful community within the Boston MSA. We were far from the first ones to ...
Hate speech should have no place in a civil society. But ‘should have’ is aspirational. The reality is that hate speech is increasingly part of public discourse. My perception, that I readily admit might be skewed by my age, is that social media makes it easier for people to communicate ...
For Christians such as me, Christmas has a special meaning. However, many people of other religious beliefs from Jewish to Buddhists, Muslims to Hindus, Native beliefs as well as Atheists still “celebrate” the giving of gifts, enjoying light displays and being including in pre-holiday get ...
In his letter, December 13, 2020, Senator Kevin Avard, urged the NH state legislature to accept a federal grant so that he can support legislation and Gov. Chris Sununu’s initiative to double the number of charter schools in New Hampshire. Avard states that charter schools have “bipartisan ...