In March, the Secular Values Legislative Caucus (SVLC) of the NH House made a simple request to the Speaker of the House, Sherman Packard. In view of the highly-evangelical prayers to which house members have been subjected during his tenure, we requested a secular invocation. Since a 2015 ...
Would you rappel 24 stories to make a difference in your community? When I first started at United Way a few years ago, I began presenting some “unusual” ideas to my board for creative ways to fundraise. As many of you are aware, there are a large number of nonprofits in our community and ...
2022 has been a tough year for children in New Hampshire. We have seen increased levels of mental illness, neglect and abuse among children as young as 2, from isolation, domestic violence, bullying on social media, food and housing insecurity, and other factors, not all of which can be linked ...
New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut’s position is that he is against political indoctrination in our public schools. Who can argue, because no one is actually in favor of this? The fact is that our public schools in New Hampshire do not politically indoctrinate ...
This past January, I engaged in a round of pleasantly unproductive email with a state rep from Hillsborough. (I also own property in his district.) The subject was passenger rail in New Hampshire, and the bill now winding through the Legislature again that would preclude New Hampshire from ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles provided by Greater Nashua Mental Health in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month, May 1-31. ••• If you are not familiar with New Hampshire’s Community Mental Health Centers, then you may have overlooked the hidden ...