To the editor: Law-abiding citizens who smoke marijuana responsibly are not part of the crime problem, and we must stop treating them like criminals. In 2003, the last year for which we have data, law enforcement arrested over 755,000 persons…
Don’t you just hate it when someone is justified in saying “I told you so?” Last year, a group of Hopkinton citizens called REACH (Residents Environmental Action Committee for Health) tried to warn us. While some dismissed them as mere…
Big changes are happening in New Hampshire’s education-funding debate. Gov. John Lynch and many of his fellow Democrats are now in agreement with a view held by most Republicans. Our current system of distributing a fixed amount of state aid…
To the editor: Quoting from Walter Lippmann, “The Lost Meaning of Objectivity”: “Journalists who select sources to express what is really their own point of view, and then use their neutral voice to make it seem objective, are engaged in…
Q. I own and operate a small business that depends on well-trained workers. Nowadays, I feel like I’m running a vocational training school for larger, well-heeled companies in my area. As soon as I get a worker trained and up…
Cancer care has become a little more accessible for patients in the Granite State. New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology PA and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have entered an affiliation agreement. “Southern New Hampshire residents will now have enhanced access to…
New London Hospital has moved one step closer to joining the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, an 11-member collaborative organization of hospitals and health-care agencies from New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. At its Jan. 27 board meeting, a non-binding memorandum of understanding…
Rochester Wal-Mart expansion OKd The Rochester Planning Board has approved Wal-Mart’s plans to expand its store on Route 11 in Rochester from 87,171 to 214,569 square feet. Before construction begins, the city council must approve a wetlands replacement proposal. The…
By now, the New Hampshire winter has given us all a pretty good case of cabin fever. That also means it’s a great time to spruce up that cabin, and where else to get some advice and ideas than at…
Hypocrisy is so widely recognized as a universal trait that it’s amazing how often we are shocked—shocked!—to find other people indulging in it. Take the late Strom Thurmond, for example. The late governor and senator-for-life from South Carolina was, as…
