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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
I have neighbors in their sixties and seventies who no longer sit on the front porches of the houses in which they were born, because there is too much dust and noise from ATVs. The peace and quiet that attracted many second home owners to the region is gone, and it’s increasingly common to hear stories of people thinking of leaving. Even on lakes, people are selling.
“The 50 Most Unforgettable Things You Have to Do Abroad Before You Die.” The author’s recommendations included such activities as a free-dive on a Caribbean shipwreck, a mountain bike ride down Bolivia’s no-rails Road of Death, and hiking with lungs burning to a Bhutanese monastery.
The anniversary of the tornado hit me hard this year, and the news from the southern border haunts me. All those mothers, and all those children, who have lost everything and now have lost each other. Who is there for them? What are their nightmares made of?
Dick Tuck died last month. He was a minor political operative who worked for various Democrats back in the sixties and seventies. His specialty was at getting under Dick Nixon’s skin.
On the eve of national demonstrations protesting the separation of families by federal officials, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – a Quaker organization that has worked for more than a century for peace and justice across the globe – has launched an effort to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
A 24 hour anonymous tip line for students, teachers and parents
A one stop resource center for schools
A school based “See Something Say Something” campaign
Expanding Mental Health Resources
With Overtourism threatening the long-term welfare of favorite state-side destinations like Cape Cod, southern Florida, and our national parks, let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon and some potential solutions.
Stephanie Gleeson will be invited to Washington, D.C., to receive a citation from President Donald Trump and a $10,000 award from the NSF, which administers the award on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
At 7 p.m. on July 14, the company’s founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, will return to Gorham to perform with the North Country Chamber Players at the Medallion Opera House, where they will narrate Prokofiev’s beloved musical tale, Peter and the Wolf.