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City’s own study already argues against barriers

Main Street is home to numerous restaurants that have been happy to make use of the additional seating space provided to them by the concrete barriers, however, Main Street is also home to other businesses that do not benefit from these lane closures. Banks, jewelry stores, pharmacies, yoga ...

Performing arts mainstay Nashua Community Concert Assoc. on verge of demise

NASHUA – As spring was giving way to summer in the second full year of the Great Depression, Nashuans were still in the midst of the grim task of trying to decide what they could, or should, do without until the insidious economic crisis showed signs of turning around. Nevertheless, local ...

We will get to keep our state

New Hampshire’s 1784 Constitution: “All men are born equally free and independent; therefore, all government of right originates from the people, is founded in consent, and instituted for the general good…. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural ...

Ode to the maskless: Taking more extreme steps

Now, before I gift you with my keen insights into the suburban condition, I want to start with a heartfelt thanks to my brave and inspirational neighbors out there. It’s been a wild and wooly year and a half (which is being kind, if we’re being honest) and it’s taken some real steel to ...

Holiday gratitude: A Litany of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a particular time, like the bright and shining poetic moments of Camelot, to express gratitude for our own particular circumstances. It has been my custom for several years now to share with you my own personal litany of Thanksgiving. Looking over these pieces for the last ...

Now is the worst of times

Happy Thanksgiving and pass the Moderna please. Last week New Hampshire hit its all-time high for active COVID-19 cases, approaching 8,000. That is higher than the peak in December and January when the number was between 5,000 and 6,000, which says the Delta variant is both more infectious ...