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Ayotte wrong, but ...

We disagree completely with Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s vote against expanding firearms background checks. But we also disagree with those excoriating her for the vote simply because she went against the 89 percent of New Hampshire residents responding to a poll who said they want background …

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Thank you, Sen. Ayotte
To the Editor: Yes, thank you, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, for voting against the Toomey/Manchin gun control bill that would have restricted gun rights for Americans. Gun control is a sugar-coated …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Education at its best
High-schoolers may not realize how fortunate they are today. Many may cringe at hearing the old adage from adults, “When I was in school ...” But, when adults were in …
Friday, May 10, 2013
More power and shelter to us
Milford Selectman Kathy Bauer let us know we had an incorrect fact in last week’s story about the new ambulance building. It will have a generator, thanks to a vote …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Brox planning needs cooperation
On the one hand, it seems as if Suzanne Fournier’s heart is in the right place. This animal rights activist and conservationist is using her own money to pay for …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The road is  not yours alone
It seems odd that in a state that is still somewhat rural we have to ask people to be careful when they are driving near or past folks who are …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Littering is unhealthy for all
What is it that causes people to throw trash from their vehicles and onto the road? Are they just little piggies? Or don’t they understand that not everything is biodegradable? …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Apology  not accepted
Rep. Peter Hansen, an Amherst Republican, last week inserted his foot directly into his mouth, then tried to convince people he’d done nothing of the kind, then finally admitted he …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
We must stand united as nation
We, like many of you, are trying to make sense of the two explosions that rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. Listening to reports on the …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Use of ‘terror’ not accurate
By the time you read this, we hope an arrest has been made in the horrible attack upon the Boston Marathon. That would be all to the good. But there …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Dire need of a new plan
It was a close race if you look at the tally for Article 2, but the proposal to grant new office spaces for school employees failed by a 965-912 vote. …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Resignations lack specific reason
Two Wilton sewer commissioners have resigned because, as Jim Tuttle put it in his letter announcing his decision, “the assassination of my character and integrity by Commissioner Thomas Schultz in …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Take lesson from Milford student
Here’s one way to fight childhood obesity: Get more kids involved in the battle. In other words, take a cue from Lily Ayotte. The Milford Middle School 12-year-old is hoping …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
A good vote
Kudos to Wilton Town Meeting voters who finally, as our Jessie Salisbury put it, approved a new fire station. The old station, like the ambulance bay in Milford, is too …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
We go in snow
Recent snow storms, as unwelcome as they might have been, served one continuing purpose: to remind us of how hard our state and local highway departments work and what a …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
For the week of March 28
100 years ago, 1913 Milford firemen held their 23rd annual ball with a concert by the Mace Gay Orchestra. Catherine Quentin of Boston joined the millinery department at H.H. Barber’s …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Who might this be with initials MP?
For the week of March 14 99 years ago, 1914 The Woman’s Humane Society agent, E.C. Maker, arrested Henry Babb of Mason for alleged neglect of his shoats (young hogs). …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Governor’s representative replies to Cabinet editorial
We heard from Marc Goldberg, Gov. Maggie Hassan’s communications director, replying to a March 7 Cabinet editorial on the Milford court. He said there is money in the governor’s budget …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Applause indeed
We join Dina Pitsas in applauding the Milford High girls’ basketball team. Her team. After the Spartans fell in the semifinals of the state tournament to top seeded Lebanon last …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Doing it right
The Milford Planning Board is making a good case for time travel with its concerns about plans for a new Milford Medical Center building on Nashua Street. St. Joseph Hospital …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Good-bye McLane house, hello Super-Save
For the week of March 7-14 99 years ago, 1914 Lt. Elwin Cutts of Milford was given command of the K1, said to be the newest, biggest and best of …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
A bad move, Gov. Hassan
If Gov. Maggie Hassan even dreams about carrying the Souhegan Valley in a bid for re-election in 2014, she’d better rethink the case of Milford court. Money to keep the …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Love ya, George
Is there anybody out there who doesn’t know George Infanti? Is there anybody out there who doesn’t like George Infanti? Steve Desmarais just raised his hand, but we know darn …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Strings aren’t only for puppets, you know
I am a huge fan of string quartets but I have never heard an all-cello quartet. But now ... The Boston Cello Quartet recently released “Pictures,” a CD of well-known …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The pure innocence of love
Life is not fair. No matter how much the government intervenes, how hard we pray, or how much we wish it to be true, the reality is that life does …
Thursday, February 7, 2013 | By HOLLEIGH CIARDELLI TLAPA For The Cabinet
About genetically modified food
We don’t know much about so-called genetically modified foods but perhaps all of us should learn more. Fortunately, this Sunday, there’s a film at Wilton Town Hall Theatre about the …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
For the week of  Jan. 31-Feb.7 99 years ago, 1914 George Stearns of Mont Vernon captured a large bobcat in Antrim. Later in the day, with the aid of Joseph …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Kudos to you, Santa’s elves
The numbers are in and the community came through, just as we had expected. Our readers donated about $109,580 plus tens of thousands more in toys to help children in …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Time to run for office
The filing period for town offices has opened and we hope that a lot of people sign up for the important offices. The election day is March 12, for those …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Most multiple-victim shootings occur in gun-free zones
A few years ago, two famed economists and law scholars, William Landes at the University of Chicago and John Lott at Yale, conducted a massive study of multiple victim public …
Thursday, January 17, 2013 | By BARRY PARQUETT For The Cabinet
Are tweets taking over the news?
In the Wall Street Journal of Friday, Jan. 11, there was an interesting op-ed piece by Peter Funt, who is with www.CandidCamera.com. Titled “News Flash: Twitter Rants Aren’t News,” the …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
O’Mara still an Amherst mystery
Ah, don’t we love mysteries? Here’s one to ponder: 1. Why don’t we yet know why James O’Mara is apparently no longer the Amherst town administrator even though he is …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The business of business
Milford’s bowling alley shut down but has reopened. A barbecue restaurant that featured blues music shut down but hopes to reopen. And The Cabinet will be sold. And we’re not …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Interest grows in watch program in Milford
Milford Police Sgt. Matthew Fiffield has been faithful in his attempts to increase the number of Neighborhood Watch programs in the town and it seems to be bearing fruit. Recently, …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Milford’s Sen. Bragdon reports from NH state Senate
Organization Day for the New Hampshire Legislature is the first Wednesday in December on even-numbered years; it is the day when all state representatives and senators are sworn in and …
Thursday, December 27, 2012 | By SEN. PETER BRAGDON For The Cabinet
Of ‘Pillars of the Earth’ and the Milford library
Let us now talk about books as we come to the end of a year that, in some ways, would be best forgotten. I am appalled to report that someone …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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