With their ill-fated Easter Sunday journey through heavy rain and ankle-deep mud now just a speck in the rearview mirror, George and Nellie Hendrick and 13-year-old Marion were more than ready for what Marion called “our longest trip so far in our single-cylinder Packard.” Today’s essay ...
The aforementioned is the new tagline that I’ve submitted to the honchos at Walmart and some of the Walton heirs. So, keep your fingers crossed that I hear from John Boy or Jim Bob sometime soon. I have some other ideas: “Walmart. When Target is too damned expensive.” ...
Monday marks the two-year anniversary of Eversource’s decision to give up on its plan to construct a $1.6 billion, high voltage, 192-mile transmission line traversing New Hampshire from north to south. The Connecticut-based utility pulled the plug on the project, which would have been the ...
1. Nashua adopted a budget cap by its charter through a city-wide referendum in year 1993. The cap on spending was enforced over a 25-year period, with only a few “override” votes, until city government decided to permanently exclude about $17 million from the cap for sewer expenses ...
The books closed last week on the last two-year state budget, crafted by state-level Democrats. Before turning to this new Republican state budget, let’s take a look at the results of the two-year Democratic state budget. Working together, we crafted a two-year state budget that listened to ...
As another summer winds down and a new school year is on the horizon, the YMCA of Greater wants to remind parents and caregivers that the Y’s before and after-school programs are places where children can remain active, learning and engaged during their time out of school – a critical time ...
