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New Hampshire pediatrician urges continued mask use in public spaces

As a physician and public health advocate who took a lifelong professional oath to protect, defend, educate and support the patients I serve each day, I say that COVID-19 is real, COVID-19 can make you sick and COVID-19 causes death in the most vulnerable among us. Nothing matters more to me ...

Wild ride ahead for N.H. lawmakers

With an election lurking, a less contentious 2022 legislative session is not a good investment for either party. Controversial issues are plentiful as they are every election year, and the heightened partisan warfare should make this upcoming session memorable. The Republican right-wing had ...

Santa always comes through, and he always will

And finally it’s Christmas. A time for remembrance of happy Christmas past; for enjoying happy Christmas present; for anticipation of happy Christmas future. Many years ago, Francis Church of the New York Sun wrote a famous editorial in reply to a letter from an 8-year-old girl, Virginia ...

This holiday season remember to count your blessings

Some of us remember these lyrics from the Bing Crosby tune “Count Your Blessings,” sung in the 1954 hit movie White Christmas. It reminds us that despite the many troubles and misfortunes we may face, we still have blessings for which to be thankful. While browsing a gift shop in ...

Time Travel: Holman plays host for hockey

Hockey at Fenway Park? Holman Stadium hosted hockey long before anyone thought of outfitting Fenway with a rink. DEC. 26, 1951 – “A reorganized Nashua hockey club has joined in a New England Amateur Hockey Association approved six-team league composed of Suncook, Wolfeboro, Rye, Dover, ...