Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
At a special Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday night, officials approved an ordinance requiring city residents to wear face masks in public. The measure, which passed 10-3, requires employees of all businesses to wear face coverings when interacting with the public and when they are within 6 ...
I think I can identify a couple of memory flashes of my experience many moons ago marching in uniform in a 1960s version of Nashua’s Memorial Day parade. Now, there’s photographic proof it happened. Thanks, Pop, the intrepid photographer. I’m wearing a scowl for the ages. I have no ...
Last weekend, while still adhering to the stay-at-home orders like many others, my wife and I found ourselves in the midst of spring cleaning. She was purging the many calendars collected during the year and discovered amongst them a very unique one I received as a birthday gift a while ...
On March 24, Gov. Chris Sununu called on Granite Staters to serve their communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the month that followed, 1,581 new volunteers registered on Get Connected, Volunteer NH and Granite United Way’s online volunteer portal. Across the state, New ...
With so many great shows and movies to binge-watch as the stay-at-home order reaches a crisis of its own, I’ve found some forgotten gems that you might have skipped over - fear not, I jumped on these grenades to protect the greater good. And trust me, if you have ever seen any of these shows, ...
Fewer people are driving these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home orders that are in place. More cars are parked in driveways and garages than are out on the roads. However, as my family has discovered, just because your vehicle isn’t being driven regularly doesn’t ...
Power to the People is a column by D. Maurice Kreis, New Hampshire’s Consumer Advocate. Kreis and his staff of four represent the interests of residential utility customers before the NH Public Utilities Commission and elsewhere. It is co-published by Manchester Ink Link and ...
Some of my earliest memories are of my family gathering around the television on weekends, taking in popular programs like “Hee Haw,” “Fantasy Island,” “Dallas” and many others. I still fondly remember the whole “Who shot J.R.” story line and can almost hear the music and ...
This has been the longest nine weeks of my life. Nine weeks ago, we lived in a very different world. It does not seem like such a long time, but nine weeks ago we were entering our first week of distance learning in the schools. Nine weeks ago, our economy was just going into a shutdown, and ...
Dear COVID-19, before you read any further, please know that I use the customary salutation in the start of this letter simply out of convention and not because I find anything positive or endearing about you. To the contrary, your presence is both vicious and foul as far as I am concerned. I ...
Throughout the Coronavirus crisis, the prevailing mindset has treated one viewpoint as sacred and the other as morally reprehensible. Now, we find ourselves in a “new normal,” where only the health and safety of others is viewed as sacred and inviolable. Two things can be true at once. ...
It just didn’t seem possible. I mean, how could temperatures in these parts be in the mid-70s in April, then drop low enough come May for ponds and streams to ice over? That’s nothing. Can you imagine it snowing in June? We’re not talking a rogue snowflake or two from a rare ...
Everyone has a role to play in our democracy. Everyone’s voice is critical. Every voice, in a time of crisis, is needed and must be heard. Politics isn’t a game. Politics is a form of public service. At its best, it can serve to unify, lift people up and help solve our collective ...
A weird thing happened on the way to COVID. ... Klu-like symptoms: On May 1, officials in San Diego County ordered residents to start wearing face coverings while in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On May 2, an unnamed man went grocery shopping, where a number of shoppers took ...
Hello dear readers, and welcome to May. The sun is out, the temperatures are rising, and that is a welcome gift right now. I’m not sure about you, but I’ve been taking several walks per day and drinking coffee on my porch whenever I can. There is such comfort in breathing fresh air and ...
Dumpster diving is not an Olympic sport yet, but it could be someday, as you will read. It can’t be any crazier than the biathlon in the winter games, which wraps cross country skiing and rifle shooting into a single event. Could dumpster diving be Olympics-worthy? I informally surveyed my ...
During the Washington Post’s investigation into the Watergate break-in and cover-up, Deep Throat, or Mark Felt, tells reporter Bob Woodward “follow the money,” in the film All the President’s Men. Whether Felt actually said that or if a screen writer penned the iconic quote, belies ...
The old adage, “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” has been running through my head quite a bit lately – for about two months, that is. Normally, I am not the most social person. I got the bar hopping and partying out of my system at a young age. Actually, to be honest, ...
As a member of the Science Technology & Energy committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the past three years, I have been dealing with issues surrounding energy generation, renewable and sustainable energy and energy efficiency. As part of that process, I became aware of ...
