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An open letter to volunteers

With the ongoing COVID-19 community response, I wrote the following letter a few days ago to our MANY tremendous volunteers to update and thank them for their efforts. I thought this might be a good and timely piece to share with everybody, if you will indulge me: On behalf of the United Way ...

How the coronavirus pandemic brought out a new appreciation for the 1980s

I’ve long maintained that Springsteen was about the only good thing to come out of the 80s – both music-wise and in general. Yes, it’s a sweeping indictment of an entire decade, and I certainly go way out on the probervial limb by painting all those years with such a broad brush. The ...

State Fiscal Committee meeting a success

Recently, I had the honor of participating in the first-ever “remote” legislative committee in New Hampshire. This was the Fiscal Committee, a 10-member joint House and Senate group with knowledge and experience on the state’s financial matters. The Fiscal Committee is important because ...

Defending America’s honor

As China ramps up its coronavirus propaganda campaign, President Donald Trump is determined to keep the communist regime from shifting the blame for its deadly outbreak onto America. In a blatant attempt to deflect responsibility for its mishandling of the initial coronavirus outbreak in ...

Be safe, be well, be local

Nature is our ally during this difficult time. It has the power to soothe, uplift and restore. Gov. Chris Sununu has acknowledged the physical and mental health benefits of getting outside as we live under the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, while recommending that all of us play a role in ...

Unsung heroes

For school districts across New Hampshire, it’s been three weeks since 17,000 teachers began remote instruction for almost 200,000 students. With little warning, they brought their classrooms online. This was no easy feat. It meant disseminating student materials, preparing at-home ...