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Ruminations from an Unabashed Optimist, an Environmental Patriot and a Radical Centrist
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Ruminations from an Unabashed Optimist, an Environmental Patriot and a Radical Centrist
Saturday’s State Championship Basketball game of Dover vs. Portsmouth High School boys brought out a lot of fans, bleachers of support, and a plethora of green and white. But two fans stood out – Lori Coleman, mother of Ryan Coleman DHS Class of 2018, and Super Fan Brigham Clark, Dover High School class of 1973.
I smile when I think back about the full meals that were included in the price of one’s airfare. I can clearly remember how passengers complained about those meals.
We all think we know our friends and families so well, but sometimes we can be caught off guard by certain reactions and feelings towards our identities.
I love how we New Englanders seem to have built in forgetters, seasonal amnesia. I know I certainly do as I go sort through my gloves, my jackets, my winter gear and think, “Will I ever need this stuff again? Certainly it will never get THAT cold. Heck, who needs these scarves? Not me!”
Of course the majority of folks watched team USA hoping that these great kids would realize their dreams but there’s also been quite a bit of talk about the Russian athlete who was caught blood doping and had his Olympic medal revoked.
TONIGHT, March 15: A similar panel will discuss right to know issues at Littleton Hospital from 7 to 9 p.m. On Monday, a panel of legal and journalism experts offered differing views of the status of right to know issues in New Hampshire as part of a Sunshine Week discussion sponsored by the New England First Amendment Coalition and Right to Know NH at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications on Monday.
Gubernatorial candidate and former Mayor of Portsmouth, Steve Marchand, will launch a tour this week to highlight his longstanding opposition to Northern Pass, Governor Sununu’s unwavering support for the project, and how this project is just one example of the corrosive levels of influence corporate interests frequently have in Concord.
InDepthNH.org is reposting Susan Dromey Heeter’s Joyful Musings from a cold December day because she loves to get outside in Dover no matter what the weather, including today’s blizzard. Thanks Susan