The three nephews of Lakes Region Greyhound Park track general partner Allan E. Hart, two of whom were managing the track for more than a decade, were all convicted of charges relating to illegal gambling operations in Massachusetts. All of…
In the late 1990s, while circuit board manufacturers around the country were closing their doors as they fell victim to increasing offshore competition, one Manchester company managed not only to keep its doors open but to maintain its workforce and…
Don’t fret Optek Music Systems of Windham has just made learning to play the guitar a whole lot easier. Instead of chord chart hieroglyphics, Optek Music has developed a MIDI program, Fretlight M-Player, for use with its FG-400 series Fretlight…
Wakefield: The Pine River Steakhouse, a local restaurant, has been charged with serving drinks to two drunk men who killed themselves and four other people in a 100 mph crash a short time later. The restaurant is charged with negligence…
Susan McLane, said the obituary, “fought to save the environment, preserving lakes and protecting wildlife.” There was, alas, one endangered species the veteran state senator from Concord could not save, despite her earnest efforts. If Susan McLane was not the…
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…
