I have never been to New Zealand and will never go, I’m sure, but I suddenly have GREAT LOVE for this island country. I’ve always kind of liked it because I listened to Radio Aukland, a classical station that also gives New Zealand news, so I know about accidents on the highways and cold ...

Portsmouth officials, working with Wentworth Senior Living, a senior living community in that city, has, in the words of a press release posted on Seacoast Online, “initiated a movement to become the first dementia friendly city in New Hampshire.” Also involved are Portsmouth Senior ...

As we prepare to enter another new year, perhaps its time to reflect on how good we have it in this country, and we were reminded of this in producing a Thumbing the Files column for an issue in January 2018 when we read this item: “So as not to violate the Office Of Price ...

First, let me thank you for taking a moment to read this. My objective in writing this is to initiate development of a tool to help our family and friends. The tool would be: The tragedies of relapse are the loss of life, health, job, education progress and family. The impact of relapse is a ...

Sigh. I suppose it’s time to make New Year’s resolutions, so here’s mine: I will keep the resolution I made about 50 years ago to never make a New Year’s resolution. I have been quite successful at keeping this resolution, I am proud to say. Oh, I could have, over the years, ...

Once again, we are at the time of year where so many of us are careful in how we greet people, even our friends in some cases. Is it all right to say “Merry Christmas” if you aren’t sure that someone celebrates this Christian holiday? We believe that it is. Here’s why: In wishing ...