Once again I must tip my proverbial hat to my friends over at the New England Historical Society, whose most recent online newsletter conjured some fond memories – and one not-so-fond memory that I nevertheless look back upon with a little bit of nostalgia. We of a certain age often ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was written by Nashua School District Superintendent Jahmal Mosley following the vandalism at Nashua High School North. ––– I hope this letter finds you well and safe. A letter like this is never easy to write and, honestly Nashua, I struggled to ...

I’ve officially reached a new low as stay-at-home 2.0 kicks it into June. Last weekend, boredom took an evil turn. I was channel surfing, somewhere between watching a documentary on how American film titles are lost in foreign translation (“Toy General Mobilization” is “Toy Story” in ...

Over the last month or two amid Coronavirus, I have been busy with interviews about the value of stuff found in attics and basements prompted by the nationwide stay at home orders and home cleaning projects. I have been talking to folks nationwide who have emptied out closets and garages via ...

As businesses throughout New Hampshire re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic and work to accommodate new health and safety standards, there’s bound to be an adjustment period – not only for employees, but also for customers. This is especially true in regards to the restaurant industry. I ...

Telehealth has become part of many people’s vocabulary in the past few months now that the COVID-19 pandemic is with us. While telehealth existed for many years previously, the need for physical distancing to prevent infection by the COVID-19 virus has brought the concept and the practice ...

Community health centers have been a staple of communities in the Granite State for nearly 50 years, delivering an array of preventive and primary care services, including behavioral health, pediatric care, and oral health to nearly 122,000 patients in every county. Community health centers ...

As the season turns from winter to spring and summer, the YMCA of Greater Nashua encourages children and parents in the Greater Nashua community to explore the many benefits of swimming, while also keeping safety top of mind. In Y swim programs, participants can enjoy water sports, enhance or ...

I’m one of those folks who really digs checking out old photos – whether or not I know where they were taken or even who is in them. So it’s always a bonus when these types of what we of a certain age once called “snapshots” find me and I’m able to recognize someone or someones, ...

New Hampshire’s “stay-at-home order” was issued on March 16. Over two months later, we continue to face serious restrictions that limit our ability to earn a living, that restrain our freedom of assembly, and that restrict our right to worship as we see fit. The continuation of this state ...

Representing long-term care providers, the New Hampshire Health Care Association applauds Nashua’s decision to mandate the wearing of masks in public places. In an April 1942 speech, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for every American to exercise “the privilege of making ...

Science and experience has demonstrated that governments worldwide overreacted to the COVID-19 threat and perpetuated misleading information to manipulate the public and consolidate power. Despite these revelations, Gov. Chris Sununu is poised to extend his no longer “State of Emergency” ...

Not often, I miss living in New York. As a magazine reporter there, the perks were great like getting a good table at a booked restaurant. But not so great a perk, that someone would recognize you and interrupt your meal. As I’ve gotten older, I don’t miss the city so much, especially ...

Have you gotten out of the house yet now that we’re flexing back into the good old days of restaurant meals, beaches and being flush with toilet paper? While you were in lockdown, several quarantine scofflaws have been raising eyebrows with their hijinx during the pandemic. I’ve been saving ...

Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...

At a special Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday night, officials approved an ordinance requiring city residents to wear face masks in public. The measure, which passed 10-3, requires employees of all businesses to wear face coverings when interacting with the public and when they are within 6 ...

I think I can identify a couple of memory flashes of my experience many moons ago marching in uniform in a 1960s version of Nashua’s Memorial Day parade. Now, there’s photographic proof it happened. Thanks, Pop, the intrepid photographer. I’m wearing a scowl for the ages. I have no ...