The Concord Monitor sure talks tough on its editorial pages - taking strong pro-income tax and anti-war stances. But apparently the paper gets cold feet when it comes to endorsing candidates, opting for Jeanne Shaheen over Mark Fernald in the…
Sure, Craig Benson announced his neutrality in the GOP N.H. Senate primaries, but that didn’t mean the guv’s aide-de-camp Keith Herman had to abide by his pronouncement. Herman was busy spreading the word shortly before the District 11 primary -…
Remember when President Bush wanted to keep America out of the business of nation building? Apparently his wife has forgotten, or at least wants to. In New Hampshire earlier this month to stump for her husband, First Lady Laura Bush…
Forget about Governor Benson’s by now notorious decision to leave the Republican convention in New York City a day before President Bush’s acceptance speech - he was reported as being “bored,” at least when it came to some of the…
We mean no offense to France, Canada or to Americans of French descent, but an anonymous “White House official” used the term as an epithet about John Kerry when the Massachusetts senator appeared irresolute about invading Iraq. So we are…
Change is in the air and on the airwaves at Clear Channel radio station WGIR in Manchester and its affiliate stations in New Hampshire. The local news/talk network recently dropped morning drive-time host Mike Ball and replaced him with former…
Perhaps it was inevitable that Manchester Mayor Bob “Breakaway” Baines would fly the Queen City coop in the last week of July to attend the Democratic convention in Boston. After all, Baines is both an elected official and a Democrat,…
“It does show that people take elections seriously, and they want to win. In a warped way, that’s a positive thing, I suppose.” - University of New Hampshire pollster Andy Smith finds the glass half full when it comes to…
Early autumn is a time of transition. A jacket to the office, shorts on the tee in the afternoon. But what’s in your glass at the 19th hole? Dropping the “summer brews” for amber ale? Switching from a light Pinot…
Fenway Franks. Chicago-style. Schultz Hot Dogs. Now you can add Shields Provisions Natural Casing Frankfurters to that pantheon of hot dogdom. Seacoast locals loved the Schultz hot dog until a fire in 1990 destroyed the factory. The line was sold…
