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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
As a guide in the White Mountains in my early life I spent a great deal of time worrying about the safety of my charges. Of course, there are plenty of dangers to be aware of when you are hiking, climbing or paddling in the outdoors but few present the immediate dangers to people more than those associated with water, specifically rivers but also lakes, ponds and the ocean.
I am launching this column today to tackle a couple of issues I think are lacking in New Hampshire journalism.
Podcast producer Roger Wood speaks with Lisa Denison, Executive Director of New Hampshire’s largest animal shelter, the NHSPCA in Stratham.
Peter Cass recalls hopping on a chartered bus from his home in Swampscott, Mass. and joining the 1963 March on Washington, now remembered largely for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
One of the major changes the New Hampshire legislature made in recent years is to institute a provisional ballot for those registering to vote on election day without a photo ID.
In fact, as the state’s ratepayer advocate I find it downright refreshing that our state’s chief executive is willing to state forthrightly that it is time to stop infinitely funding public policy initiatives, even virtuous ones, via the electric bills paid by Granite Staters.
Robin Hood made his depredations against the usurper Prince John, not against his monarch, Richard the Lion-Hearted. Pretty Boy Floyd robbed the same banks that were taking the homes of poor farmers.
Patrick Patterson is a professional photographer who lives in the seacoast region. He returned from Ukraine after photographing the people there, and learning the horrific stories of terror by Russian invaders.
Don Kreis of Concord and his daughter Rose Keller make a formidable team. Whether as guests on a podcast or fighting the battle against Cystic Fibrosis.