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Cabinet Editorials

Grain Elevator Fire

In March 1964, firefighters from five towns battled two major warehouse fires in two days, including this spectacular blaze at the Wirthmore grain storage elevator on Mill Street in Milford.

Year of community impact planned at United Way

It seems like not too long ago that at the United Way we planned one event per year: Day of Caring. That was a great event, where we connected folks to various agencies to go out and in one big day of service help with painting walls, digging gardens, cleaning up basements, etc. Hard to ...

Smart investing for our schools and community

When you head to the ballot box on March 12, please consider voting YES on the Amherst School District Warrant Article 15. This Article will ask you to approve $225,000 to fund a comprehensive study to be conducted by a professional architectural or engineering firm specializing in educational ...

Collision repair program at NCC aims to fill the labor gaps

While a strong economy means Granite Staters are finding work, it doesn’t mean applicant skills evenly match with market demands. Many of the trades continue to find themselves with an aging workforce and a shortage of candidates with the right skills. Community colleges and industry ...

An interesting end

Well, goodbye Amy Klobuchar, it’s been good to sort of know you, more or less. Less. Klobuchar, the Democratic senator from Minnesota, recently announced her campaign to become the Democratic nominee to challenge Donald Trump in 2020 – assuming Trump survives a primary challenge which is ...

Simplicity is best approach for proposed monuments

Milford’s war monuments are all simple and respectful, and we believe all future monuments should be too. So we agree with Vietnam War veteran Rodney Richey’s assessment that the proposal for a Vietnam War memorial would be best as, in his words, “a simple granite memorial and ...