My dearest Eugenista, I write to you with a heavy heart and a shaking hand. It was never my wish to be away from you and the children on this day of all days. As you know, when fate calls upon us to act, we have no choice but to answer its klaxon call. Though I should be at home with those I ...
When I talk with people in the community about homelessness, I am often met with a feeling that the issue is too big… too hard… too onerous for us to tackle. And the truth is, homelessness is, in fact, a tough issue. Individuals – adults and children – and families can and do become ...
An opinion piece published in last week’s Telegraph expressed concerns about the city continuing the use of concrete barriers in Downtown Nashua for expanded outdoor dining, as we have done during the last two summers. While the expanded outdoor dining was initially part of the City’s ...
On a recent afternoon drive through Jefferson, New Hampshire, with the majestic Presidential Range in view, my ever-inquisitive five year-old son wanted to know about our nation’s third president. I paused and recalled what I had learned about Thomas Jefferson as a boy some thirty years ...
My grandson Max is very cranked about Christmas. He was mightily impressed the other day when Santa took time out of his busy schedule to drop in on a classmate’s birthday party. Max and his parents live in Massachusetts. It’s important to us that our daughter and son-in-law feel OK about ...
As Joni Mitchell sings, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone,” and she might as well be singing about the state’s energy efficiency program. About a month ago, the Public Utilities Commission issued an order on a proposed three-year energy efficiency program that had ...
