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Time and turkey: preserving nature takes patience

“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time, we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” —Linda Hogan A turkey is a turkey is a turkey. Or not. In this season of thanks, cornucopias and the glorious bird, we might learn a ...

A thank you and an offer

Our area’s Jewish community has been touched and overwhelmed by all the support we have received beginning a week ago Saturday, after news of the murder of 11 people in Pittsburgh attending Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Congregation. If you want to know something about Jews, it’s ...

Cemetery Sentiments – Cathedral of the Pines and Armistice Day

“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” – Laurence Binyon The nature of remembrance is as fragile as it is important. And it takes many ...

Let’s get it right this time

It is common knowledge that New Hampshire once had a mental health care delivery system that was a model for the entire country. Today, the state continues to be in the midst of a deepening crisis; compounded further by the ravaging opioid crisis that has a stranglehold on New Hampshire ...

For working families: Paid family leave, as our families should come first

Across our state, there are stories of heartbreak. I’ve heard them from people who couldn’t afford to take time off to be with their loved ones, usually at times of great crisis or illness, but also at the birth or adoption of a new baby. I’ve talked with mothers and fathers and sons ...

Protecting health care

Make no mistake, this Nov. 6, protecting Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions is squarely on the ballot. From children with asthma, to folks with diabetes or heart conditions, if you have any chronic illness in your background, your health care is at stake. With the Trump ...