In the immortal musical words of Napoleon XIV, “they’re coming to take me away.” OK, so it’s not that bad. After all, we’re only on day six of hunkering down. There are other things that take you away. A Calgon bath. Your mate’s breath in the morning. Kidnappers. As I social ...

When looking at how COVID-19 is exploding across the globe like a surging tsunami gathering strength as it races across open waters, it is quite normal, and very human, to be held in the grip of fear. In just the last few weeks, we have been hit by the sobering reality that this is real, and ...

Each of us is confronting the coronavirus in different ways. Some are self-quarantining, practicing social distancing, home -schooling and yes, some are ill. All are facing this virus and doing what they can to help their communities. As many of you may know, the United Way of Greater Nashua ...

Teachers – both elementary and high school – can have a significant impact on someone’s life, one that truly can last a lifetime. From my first-grade teacher Ruth Ruf to high school English teacher Cyndy Goldsworthy, band director Mike Winland and history and journalism teacher Jim ...

We are faced with an unprecedented public health and economic emergency with the spread of the virus in New Hampshire and across the United States. As I traveled to Washington, D.C., before dawn on Friday morning to vote for the largest economic relief package in American history, I reflected ...

No matter where we go, what we do or which way we turn, there’s no escaping the fact our daily lives have taken a turn toward a place no living man or woman has gone before. We head there not because we’re curious and adventurous like Captain Kirk and his crew were (and still are, thanks ...

Greetings, fellow Nashuans, from Prague, where I am hunkered down for the duration, unable to fly back to the U.S. on April 7, as planned. OK, actually, I am currently allowed to fly back –as a white-skinned American with a WASP-y last name, almost trouble free – but Delta may not be ...

It started with a pain in my shoulder blade. Deep. Throbbing. The first three doctors blamed a pulled muscle. Over a period of two months, I saw multiple specialists trying to find the appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The pain continued, spreading, down my arm, shooting, shocking, tinging, ...

Even in ordinary times, the 177,000 unpaid family caregivers across the Granite State face a daunting set of daily tasks. Oftentimes with little or no training, they may be responsible for wound care, tube feedings, dressing, managing the finances and medical bills of their loved ones, ...

If you spend any amount of time on social media these days, you’re likely familiar with the popular Fred Rogers meme that gets circulated during times of crisis in which he remembers his mother telling him to, “look for the helpers.” Much like Mister Rogers’ mother’s intent at ...

Many times over the years I have written about how newspapers are navigating a new frontier. At The Telegraph, we have been on the forefront of change since our inception in 1832. First there was the printing press, then linotype. We progressed to the era of computers for writing stories and ...

OK, although a great rock tune from the past, right now, that’s probably the last thing anyone is wanting more of. With shelter-in-place recommendations hopefully being adhered to by most, we all need some respite from COVID-19. I now long for the days when Corona was just a beer and social ...

More than ever, our world is changing before our very eyes - quite literally. We watch the news and shake our heads. We hug our loved ones a little tighter, and reach out to those we haven’t spoken to in some time. Maybe we’re even repairing some rickety bridges. So many of us are waking ...

It’s the little things you notice. The small pot of roses planted in the mud, herbs someone planted in a water bottle and little girl with perfectly braided hair. I went to Matamoros, Mexico, recently to witness the effects of Donald Trump’s immigration policy. The Orwellian-named Migrant ...

As our collective stock in toilet paper recovers from the horrific Charmin crash of March 2020, (I found several rolls for sale on eBay), I’m reminded of Donald Trump at the beginning of the month in a meeting with airline CEOs amid the coronavirus sprawling across the globe. White House ...

NASHUA – “Stuck inside these four walls,” begins the Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 hit “Band of the Run,” off its album of the same name. “Stuck inside forever,” or so it may seem to some. By now, as we enter unexplored territory, we’re all quickly learning that keeping our ...

The media is most definitely not your enemy. Far from being the enemy of the people, day in and day out we take our role as the Fourth Estate seriously and work hard to protect your right to know, making public records requests and attending public meetings to keep you informed. Why? ...

Special to The Telegraph CONCORD – Living in New Hampshire, residents are lulled into a dream that most of the world’s misery will never reach our shore. The past two weeks have been a reminder that in this age of air travel, rapid transit and electronic communication, the world is ...

At United Way, we often talk about the need for a strong safety net which guarantees access for all residents to the building blocks of a good life – health, education, and economic mobility. Occasionally, then, I will use this space to do a deeper dive into pieces of that safety net which ...

Our very first inkling that this thing they call “coronavirus” – a name that at first prompted plenty of attempts at humor, especially among beer drinkers – might present a problem for us Americans came in mid-January with news dispatches from the West Coast. A handful of people, first ...