MANCHESTER – Recent polling confirms that New Hampshire voters, across demographics and political affiliations, overwhelmingly agree that it’s time for the U.S. Congress to raise the federal minimum to $15 an hour, with One Fair Wage for tipped workers. On May 19 and May 20, 2021, in a ...
State leaders recently passed a budget that had handcuffed to it a questionable state law effectively banning the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts” in New Hampshire public schools. What are being framed as divisive concepts or “critical race theory” are efforts to explore and ...
This week’s essay picks up where last week’s left off in following the trials and occasional tribulations that 13-year-old Marion Hendrick and her father, well-known city jeweler George W. Hendrick, encountered as they boldly set out on motoring adventures nearly unheard of some 120 years ...
On a bit of a whim, my family and I decided to go shopping at a popular furniture store for a new sofa and chair for our living room. The place was not particularly busy, and quite often at stores such as this one, you have to shake the sales staff off both of your legs as you drag them from ...
I could never quite figure out what those summertime blues were all about. The rock tune has some kid whining about not having money cause he “didn’t work a lick.” But that same kid called in and told the boss he was sick! Must be during the pre-fringe benefits era. How can anyone be ...
Prof. Michael F. Kenney asks a good question: “What should I tell my grandkids?” who have concerns that transgender girls will excel in sports and take away opportunities for athletic scholarships. I also have young grandchildren, and I know what I’d say: the world can be a scary place ...
