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Speaking of Words: None, The Oxford, and Kindred Commas
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More and more writers and publishers are joining newspaper editors in the belief that the second-last item in a series needs no comma after it.
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Another Fly Fishing Auld Lang Syne
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The year starts anew when I go out to get my new fishing license. As my favorite Iowa son-in-law quipped, “My license to gill.” You have to love the Bond reference.
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A Gingerbread House May Be Home for the Holidays if Your Frosting Sticks
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So, dear Joyful Musers, you’ve made it to another end, another grand finale of a year, a Christmas Day’s departure, a final moment of life.
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Five Words in a Line
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Some friends and I, with too much time on our hands, have long been collecting examples of such expressions, which we call “autonyms.”
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Always Room at the Jesus Hotel in Dover
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Most families I know have one nativity set. One. They set it up this time of year with the requisite camels, lambs, Mary, Joseph and three Wise Men. It’s simple. It’s done. No great shakes, no need for a Jesus Hotel.
Business & Economy
NH Nonprofit Organization Earns National Award
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The New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators (NHASEA) has been awarded the 2024 CASE Exemplary Small State Unit Award. CASE, Council of Administrators of Special Education, is an international nonprofit professional organization providing leadership, advocacy, and professional development to more than 5,700 administrators responsible for the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).”
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Democracy Needs Us All During News Crisis
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I believe we are in the midst of a news crisis in New Hampshire and need your help to turn it around.
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Distant Dome: Christmas Comes for Some in New Hampshire
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New Hampshire lawmakers have decreed that most of the “gifts” from the state do not go to the needy, but to those on the other end of the economic spectrum.
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Immigrant Advocates Urge Ayotte to ‘Be Governor to All NH Residents’
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In a letter delivered Wednesday to Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte, more than one hundred New Hampshire immigrant advocates have called for the state to avoid involvement in President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation.