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Volunteer Greater Nashua website is the place for local volunteering

Have you heard about United Way of Greater Nashua’s Volunteer Greater Nashua web portal which was created through a partnership with The Telegraph? Volunteer Greater Nashua is an easy-to-use website that allows people interested in volunteering in Greater Nashua to search for opportunities by ...

A revolution in American Democracy

“As Maine goes, so goes the nation” was a popular expression paying homage to the state’s political instincts from roughly the Civil War to the dawn of the New Deal era. Maine voters reliably backed 15 of 18 winners in presidential contests between 1860 and 1928. The nation again looks ...

Shattering some common myths about the 401(k)

“So, we’d like you to do for our son what you did for us,” Roberta, a long-time client of mine, told me in a meeting not too long ago. “I know we were skeptical 15 years ago, but it has worked out so well for us, we believe it would be great for him as well.” The interesting thing ...

‘A rested mother is a good mother’

My mother believed that an aspirin could cure most things, and that you shouldn’t take one unless you really needed one. She was not a fan of unnecessary trips to the doctor, and our family doctor, Dr. Jacob Spungin, told me once, “If your mother called the office, I always paid attention, ...

Repairing our foundations

Over the past couple of years, a group of local religious leaders has been meeting every two weeks. Some serve as clergy and others are religiously-steeped community leaders in other roles. We have been reflecting on our own perspectives and work related to justice. As we recommended readings ...