To the Editor: I appreciated the letter from the Hollis woman in last week’s paper. She pointed out that there should be discussions and a study down about the tax apportionment formula that guides the Hollis Brookline school co-op. She had some good points about how complicated ...
To the Editor: The Hollis trails are closed for mud season to horses and mountain bikers. This is done to protect the trails from being torn up until they dry out. Also, due to the deep frost, the trails will have minor sink holes that will have to be repaired for everyone’s ...
To the Editor: On April 8, I hope Merrimack residents take the time to make it to JMUES All Purpose Room and vote. When you do, I would like you to consider re-electing Finlay Rothhaus to the Town Council. I have had the pleasure of serving on the Town Council with Finlay in the past and ...
To the Editor: I support Bill Boyd and Finlay Rothhaus for re-election to Merrimack’s Town Council. I am proud to call them friends, and I am well pleased with the way they’ve served Merrimack. These individuals are intelligent, compassionate, hard-working and ...
To the Editor: My name is Finlay Rothhaus and I am writing to ask for your support in my bid to seek re-election to the Merrimack Town Council. For the last eight years I have enjoyed the privilege of serving on the Town Council. During this time, much has occurred in our community. ...
To the Editor: I am writing to urge the voters of Merrimack to vote yes on Article 4 of the school district warrant on April 8. This article is to eliminate the School Budget Committee and expand the School Board to seven members. The Budget Committee has shown little value to voters in ...
To the Editor: Lenette Peterson has been a true advocate for life, liberty and property while a state representative for Merrimack. She’s now seeking to transfer her advocacy and enthusiasm for issues important to Merrimack residents to the town level. I support her in this endeavor ...
To the editor: I am writing in support of William Boyd III and Finlay Rothhaus, candidates for Merrimack Town Council. Both men have well served our community for a number of years, not only in the council, but also on other bodies including the Board of Selectmen, school district Budget ...
To the Editor: It’s our pleasure to write and express our support of Bill Boyd and his re-election bid to the Merrimack Town Council. I’ve worked and served with Bill on the Planning Board. He was prepared, thoughtful and respectful in his deliberations. I have seen that ...
To the Editor: Cinda has spent the past three years serving on the school district Budget Committee, having diligently chaired it this past year. She is well-researched and inquisitive, actively seeking out information and input from primary sources, stakeholders and community members, ...
To the Editor: What is Project Graduation? Thanks to the ongoing support of our community and local businesses, the all-night event known as Project Graduation has been a great success for many years. Working together, parents and community businesses help provide a safe, substance-free, fun ...
Soon, of course, we will begin to hear what will become the operative word vis a vis Scott Brown: Carpetbagger. And it is certainly true that he is a newcomer to New Hampshire politics. But so what? Bobby Kennedy and Hillary Clinton were, decades apart, newcomers to New York politics. They ...
We have to hand it to the Wilton-Lyndeborough School Board members who worked so hard to convince voters to combine the two towns’ elementary schools. Yes, the vote two weeks ago was incredibly close, but the board got what it wanted – the Lyndeborough Central School will ...
Wilton voters sent a strong message to those relatively few who remain opposed to using a small amount of public money to preserve open space: It’s our money, too, and nowadays we are the clear majority. The Town Meeting vote to use $80,000 in taxpayers’ money for an ...
100 years ago, 1914 In a heavy rain, the cement roof of the Souhegan Bank in Milford began to leak. Water poured in near the big glass dome and soon filled the electric light globes, several of which fell to the floor. Throughout the main office, furniture was swollen so that drawers and ...
To the Editor: The Amherst Board of Selectmen, along with the Cemetery Trustees and the Trustees of the Trust Funds, wish to update the methods and processes by which cemetery maintenance is funded and supported throughout the town. To that end, they have agreed that the BOS should launch a ...
To the Editor: Our Founding Fathers recognized the importance of having citizen politicians. Citizen politicians defined more than 238 years ago as people who participate in the political process, and these people come from all walks of life, such as farmers, businesses, law practices, inn ...
To the Editor: In Ms. Bury’s letter to The Cabinet, printed March 20, she reproves the Democratic-controlled Senate for spending time on climate change. She goes on to say that they should be spending time on a list of what turns out to be Republican talking points, most of which ...
To the Editor: It’s a fact: Today, more New Hampshire teens are using marijuana than tobacco. Why is that? Is it because some do-gooder made it a crime for adults to possess tobacco? Of course not. It’s because education and regulation have proven to be much more effective ...
To the Editor: Mr. Shaughnessy gets my most heartfelt congratulations on his re-election as our town moderator. I want to say thank you to him for his courteous and fair treatment throughout this election process. Our other re- and newly elected get my congratulations as well. I would like ...