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Voices of the personalities and people of the Granite State.
If you saw a photograph of Dick Backus and you thought – “I know him!” it may be because you are of a certain age when you watched daytime soaps like Ryan’s Hope or went to see Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah Wilderness” at the Ogunquit Playhouse, or you even went to see “Butterflies are Free” on Broadway.
Public school officials must feel like they are living in Lewis Carroll’s tale “Alice in Wonderland” hearing the Mad Hatter pontificate.
In the era of Covid, mental health counseling has become more important than ever. At the same time, practitioners are under more stress than ever.
I muse joyfully on wearing a mother’s clothes; I know my own mother’s wardrobe consisted of a lot of polyester pants and orthotic shoes.
A pilot project with big implications.
You can pass resolutions, express your opinion at public hearings and before legislative committees, birddog the lawmakers making the decisions, but you cannot stop the majority party from giving itself every advantage it can to retain power when it redraws political boundaries.
It was snowing and I was sitting by the fire planning my annual trip to Pittsburg, N.H.
The Olympics are almost over. If, like me, you haven’t been paying attention, it’s worth wondering why. Sports are part of our culture, after all. Like it or not, they matter.
HB 1255, still in the hands of the House Education Committee 4 weeks after it was discussed at a public hearing, would prohibit teachers from advocating “subversive doctrines” by expanding a 1949 description of banned doctrines.