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Ah, the library

And you thought the Merrimack Public Library was just about books or CDs or DVDs. Ha. At the height of our most recent power outage, the library was all about helping the community. …

Thursday, March 11, 2010
No blame here
By now, all New Hampshire residents probably have their power back. Or got it back and lost it again. Who can tell with New England weather? What we can tell is that as soon as power is lost, the line crews from our power companies seem to be on the …
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Hoist by her own petard
Last week, Merrimack state Rep. Nancy Elliott had to eat her words and apologize for making the kind of thoughtless comments that have led to so much disdain for elected officials. She was, in a phrase, hoist by her own petard, which is defined as “injured by the device that …
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Cliche alert
Sometimes (here it comes), sport is a metaphor for life. Yes, yes, it’s a horrid cliche, but things become cliches because they are true. Sport really is a metaphor for life, some of it bad, possibly most of it good. Here’s some good, and it comes from our Gary Fitz …
Thursday, February 18, 2010
It’s about time
Recently, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that it’s time to allow gay men and women to serve openly in the military. Shortly after Mullen’s declaration, Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs and a former secretary …
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A point well-taken
Town Councilor Tom Koenig put the annual budget dilemma into perspective when he said last week: “To try to trim further, I think, would start cutting into direct services to the extent that it would not be worth the 10 or 20 dollars in savings you might get at the …
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Rotary’s big project
The local Rotary Club might not be able to put on the annual July 4 parade, but that doesn’t mean the club isn’t still deeply involved in the community. Witness its Kids’ Kove project for which, by the way, they need your help. Anyone who has taken youngsters to Kids’ …
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Guest commentary
Consider phasing out PSNH power plant
Residents of New Hampshire could be better served by the New Hampshire Energy and Climate Collaborative launched by Gov. John Lynch in March. The Collaborative’s mission, based on a statewide Climate Action Plan, is to track and help to implement efforts to address the effects of climate change caused in …
Thursday, January 28, 2010 | By JANET WARD Special to the Journal
Someone step up
The Merrimack Rotary Club has decided that because of a $12,000 cut to the amount of money the town provides for the annual July 4 celebration, it won’t be able to put on the parade, midway and fireworks this year. Well, what can one say? We certainly understand the Rotary’s …
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Enough bad news
Are we sick yet of story upon story, revelation upon revelation, of the four young men charged with murdering a Mont Vernon mother and savaging her young daughter? Yes, but of course there’s much more to come. Stay tuned, as usual. But in the midst of this horror there is, …
Thursday, January 14, 2010
A bowl not of meaning
OK, friends, we’ve just come out of a pretty nasty year. So instead of starting the new year with, as Phil Ochs might have said, “Thundering declarations” about such things as gay marriage (we approve) or the horrors of the property tax (not a good thing), let’s talk about something …
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Texting while driving? Think again.

Shortly after you read this – and let’s hope you’re not reading it while you’re driving your car – you will no longer be able to text or tweet or type on a laptop computer or any other electronic device while you drive. Oh, woe …

Thursday, December 31, 2009
A lesson in belief
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? “VIRGINIA O’HANLON. “115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.” Virginia, your little friends are …
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Some positive news
There were two “feel good” stories in last week’s Merrimack Journal: The Police Department announced that it is sponsoring a food drive to help local food pantries, and the employees of Fidelity Investments’ Merrimack regional center collected nearly 500 winter coats during their participation in the Anton’s Cleaners’ Coats for …
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Dumb move, kids
One would think that, given all the recent publicity about arrests at underage drinking parties, teenagers would either decline to become involved in one or … well, there really shouldn’t be an “or.” Just don’t do it would be the best advice. Yet there were the Merrimack police recently, raiding …
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Skip the violence
In the wake of the horrific home invasion and murder in Mont Vernon in October, we now have a recent home invasion in Peterborough where, thankfully, no one was injured. But a knife-wielding intruder did sneak into a woman’s home and threaten her. One is tempted to ask, what is …
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Shop local for Christmas
So, Christmas approaches. Once upon a time, it approached closer to the actual date; now it seems to approach shortly after Labor Day, which might actually be fitting given the fact that in order to afford Christmas, we have to labor like crazy. Johnny must have that new video game. …
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
No surprise, really
So, the tax rate in Merrimack is up – 23 cents for the town, 31 cents for the school. Naturally no one likes it, not even our elected officials who, after all, have to pay it, too. What does it mean? Well, the owners of a house assessed at $300,000 …
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Be aware
In the wake of the horrific events in Mont Vernon last month, we hope people are being more watchful of what goes on in their neighborhoods, particularly if they live in rural areas. There is anecdotal evidence that on the night of the attack upon the Cates family, at least …
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Senseless acts
So, now we have a murder at a party in Merrimack, with one young man accused of knifing to death another young man. Forgetting, if we can, the specifics – that the life of a particular young man is over and that the life of another particular young man is …
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Some random thoughts
Gas prices are going up as we approach Thanksgiving. Does it mean anything? Can we learn anything from this recent spike? Perhaps the only thing we, as consumers, can learn is that we have no idea why these things happen and the explanations that we get never seem to hold …
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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