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Remember fallen on Memorial Day

Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...

Let’s keep our summer safe with programs offered by YMCA

Summer is just around the corner and New Englanders will be enjoying time at pools, at the lake, and at the ocean. Kids need to learn the joy and risks of being around water. Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. The YMCA’s swim lesson program can ...

NH State Loan Repayment Program builds community provider workforce

With New Hampshire’s clinician shortage unequivocally amplified by the novel coronavirus pandemic, it is our duty to prioritize stabilizing our health care workforce in the FY2022-2023 State Budget. In 2019, the NH Legislature, Governor Sununu, and a coalition of over 50 health care ...

Support House Bill 603 to hold illegal drug traffickers accountable

House Bill 603, or “Michael’s Law,” holds drug traffickers accountable for the death or conduct of another resulting from the ingestion of any of the illegal substances they sell. It also removes self defense as a protection should the illegal sale result in a homicide. Every year NH ...

Senior perks and recreation

Yes, I got the email. The one promising “senior perks.” If I walked with a HurryCane, I’d smack somebody with it. I’d trade a folder full of porn spam for an inbox that had no references to A.A.R.P., heart monitors, medic alert paraphernalia, catheters, hearing aids, Stair Lift ...

Juan Valdez spins in his grave

As someone who prefers his iced coffee with just light cream, I nearly dropped my chalupa when I saw a photo on the Internet of a Dunkin’ extra-large coffee that nearly put me into sugar shock. I can’t verify that it was an actual customer order, but I could clearly read the sticker that ...