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Distant Dome: Rebuilding a party takes time and a strategic plan

The last few weeks of any session is a constant reminder how the process works. If you are not in the majority party, you are a bystander. All the work you may have done to influence legislation may be lost once the committee of conferences began. Traditionally there is at least one ...

Health and wellness require community

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles provided by Greater Nashua Mental Health in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month, May 1-31. ••• There is no health and wellness without community, and, for NH’s deaf community, this is no exception. Research has ...

Lifeline needs to be extended in Granite State

A federal government report issued this month noted “[t]he COVID-19 pandemic has put extreme stress on the health care workforce in the United States” with workers leaving health care and those remaining suffering “burnout, exhaustion, and trauma.” Yet there can be no hope the federal ...

Remembering when proper dress was the norm for a night out or day at work

Admittedly, a fashion icon I am not. I have never been confused with Beau Brummel. But a recent trip to England prompted me to think about the days when one would not think of going to dinner, church, a movie, or any night out, without a tie and jacket for the gentleman and a somewhat formal ...

Supporting health and healing for local families

As a resident of Nashua, I have seen many of the ways in which the UNH Extension office has made a difference in communities across Hillsborough County. I am the director of the Greater Nashua Smart Start Coalition for Early Childhood Success, and I work very closely with local families. Our ...