Every so often I feel compelled to throw out a few ideas on how you might want to get involved, and this is especially true during the holiday season. So, this month I’m going to highlight a few things you might not know about, which can make a big difference. These include the Santa Fund, ...
According to the polls, only a few candidates in the still-sprawling Democratic presidential field have a strong shot at becoming the party’s nominee. To everyone’s surprise, one of them is a 30-something mayor with a funny name you never heard of until this year. With less than three ...
Many New Hampshire residents are struggling to afford their health care, particularly those - like me - who are living with a rare or chronic disease. Rising insurance premiums and patient out-of-pocket costs mean that even the cost of maintaining health insurance coverage has become ...
The rising cost of rent is squeezing too many hard-working New Hampshire families. A recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed that our state ranks 12th worst in the country for rental housing affordability for workers. Addressing this issue requires a comprehensive ...
“I would like you to do us a favor, though.” There it is: the password to political power. Once, before the overwhelming infiltration of big money into politics and politics into big money, we thought the password to government of, by, and for the people was, “Let’s try to do the ...
Everyone’s talking about the 2020 elections, and rightly so. But 2019 is an election year, too. All municipal offices in Nashua are elected on odd-numbered years, and this year’s general election is on Nov. 5. The mayor is running for re-election unopposed, but there is an abundance of ...
United Way of Greater Nashua’s “Volunteer Greater Nashua” volunteerism web portal, created through a partnership with The Telegraph is a great place to learn about volunteering in our area. Volunteer Greater Nashua is an easy-to-understand website that allows people who would like to ...
Have you ever heard the term “attitude of gratitude”? Does it make you groan some days when you’re in the middle of your morning commute and reading it on someone’s bumper sticker? Well, Dear Reader, I’m writing today to invite you to survey your attitude and encourage you to ...
Advocates are rightfully celebrating the historic vote on the first standalone marijuana reform legislation ever to pass in the House of Representatives. By addressing access to banking, the law potentially creates access to traditional financing products for small cannabis businesses currently ...
Every day, I go to school not knowing if I will make it home. My friends and I at Nashua High School South live with the fear that we could be the next addition to a list that is already too long. When our biggest worry should be the next test or tonight’s homework, my mind instead fixates on ...
Think of it as “badvertising.” Many an ad campaign has been an embarrassment, like the introduction of the Edsel, hocking New Coke, or showing off your cool kicks by walking onto Air Force One while “donning” toilet paper on your shoe. Here are a few of the dumbest advertisements, ...
Wouldn’t it be really cool to have the opportunity to take a walk around the only remaining working farm in Nashua, and along the way take a pony ride, go on a hayride, pick some apples, do some apple-related crafts, check out a coffee vendor and qualified “nut vendor,” listen and maybe ...
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 ...
“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 ...
“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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Is there anything nowadays for which there isn’t an app? Games, shopping, music, movies, TV, maps, books, there’s even an app for apps! We can do just about anything in our homes with an app, like manage security, heating or air conditioning, turn up the volume on a stereo, turn on lights, ...
When my family first joined the Republican Party in the 1800s, they were conservatives in the original sense of the term. As farmers and businessmen, soldiers and public servants, my forebears were intent on conserving New Hampshire’s most precious assets, from our land and water to our ...
Fall is in the air. School busses are everywhere. Children are back in their classrooms. It seems there is an article, or editorial, every few days about one educational topic or another. They cover English Language Learners, New Hampshire assessment results, the 5-year strategic plan, cell ...