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Cabinet Editorials

Sing for your order

So there I was, sitting in Union Coffee in Milford, checking out the paper, drinking a Rwanda coffee and watching people go to the counter and order their drinks. I am a people watcher. In Lisbon, I sat at an outdoor cafe drinking a beer and just watching people walk up and down and years ...

Thumbing the Files for Feb. 1

75 years ago, 1943 The Milford Ration Board was receiving frequent anonymous complaints against the misuse of gasoline and fuel oil and said some letters were obviously written as a spite complaint against a neighbor. The board said it was not interested in spite action, nor unsigned ...

16 things every citizen should know about town meetings

“The N.H. Supreme Court has said time and again that technical rules will not be used to defeat the plain intent of the voters, using ordinary common language.” Editor’s Note: This article, written by H. Bernard Waugh, Jr., then New Hampshire Municipal Association legal counsel, first ...

Granite Hammer is making impact

Here are a few headlines to ponder: • Operation Granite Hammer nets four drug-related arrests. • Nashua police arrest 22 for drug crimes in Granite Hammer crackdown. • Granite Hammer nets four drug arrests in Portsmouth. Despite headlines like this, there has been some skepticism ...

For the birds

From my kitchen window I can see a male and female cardinal, red and brown against the snow and far more colorful than the juncos who come every day to feed on the seed I leave for them and then come the bluejays who delight in chasing away the juncos who only come back when the bluejays leave ...

Thumbing the Files for Jan. 25

75 years ago, 1943 The Finnish people of Milford raised another $42.40 for the Red Cross with a coffee party. Real coffee with real cream ... “made the party something out of the ordinary in this period of rationing and shortages.” The Lyndeborough Center school bus driven by Edward ...