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Also a place where conversation happens – from Letters to the Editor and Op/Eds to The Soapbox, you’re welcome to tell us how you really feel.

Early retirement feels right on time

read more…: Early retirement feels right on time

The new position did raise a few eyebrows at home.  Most of the kids that I work with at the course, two I nicknamed “The Pope” and “The Pilot,”  are about 35 years younger than me and in high school. They’re also classmates of my son at Pembroke Academy.  “That’s just weird, Dadda,” my boy would say to me.  “You work with kids from my school. You’re like 50-something. I bet they think we’re broke. Do you really make $8 an hour?”  I really do, son, I told him.

The Soapbox: Clearly, the city is intent on moving the homeless from parks – but where should they go?

read more…: The Soapbox: Clearly, the city is intent on moving the homeless from parks – but where should they go?

Let’s be clear in saying that there is absolutely no harm done at all to anyone when someone goes into a park with a shopping cart, a tarp, a large umbrella, or a pair of bicycles. Nobody is being harmed from the use of these items, even when they’re used to create some form of temporary “privacy barriers,” for the people who have absolutely no private places of their own.

Letter to the Editor: In total agreement with Dan O’Neil’s Soapbox on the homeless issue

read more…: Letter to the Editor: In total agreement with Dan O’Neil’s Soapbox on the homeless issue

The readily apparent solution is also a three-part remedy: house, counsel, fund. Unfortunately, there has been historic highly effective community pushback: NIMBY, complete misunderstanding and fear, and “tax payer” opposition. It is ironic that the word “revolting” pertains to that of people resisting change, and also of the public attitude towards the homeless.

The Soapbox: My frustration with how the community deals with the homeless population

read more…: The Soapbox: My frustration with how the community deals with the homeless population

I was very disappointed and sad that Schonna Green left working for the city. During my time in elected office, I found Schonna to be hard-working, dedicated to her efforts and innovative, such as the HOPE program she had presented back in 2021. What I didn’t expect during my time working with her was the amount of pushback she received in the community on trying to bring positive change.

The Soapbox: New Hampshire’s broken bail system

read more…: The Soapbox: New Hampshire’s broken bail system

The horror stories around PR bail are so outlandish that they seem made up. There are instances of people robbing the same store twice on the same day and domestic violence offenders being let out hours after being picked up just to go home and do it all again. The most tragic event happened in my State Representative district of wards 8 and 9.

Breath of melancholy

read more…: Breath of melancholy

“I can’t do it!” My daughter is shouting from the playground. I look up to discover her hanging nearly upside down from one of the metal spider web domes, vainly trying to right herself. But before I can leap up, two other kids come over and boost her up. Crisis averted. My services, unneeded.

The Soapbox: All are welcome here

read more…: The Soapbox: All are welcome here

Therefore, those of us in New Hampshire working closely with immigrant families are incensed and sickened by the inhumane and anti-immigrant policies of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other governors of southern states who have rejected frightened families and sent them off to other communities.

Trivia Fright Night

read more…: Trivia Fright Night

I have this recurring nightmare where I’m about to accumulate thousands of dollars in cash and prizes on Jeopardy when I’m faced with a Final Jeopardy category of Hungarian Opera or Ships of the Vatican City Fleet.

SBA celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month in Manchester and Nashua

read more…: SBA celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month in Manchester and Nashua

The contributions Hispanic business owners have made to entrepreneurship in the U.S. are indispensable. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 350,000 Hispanic-owned employer businesses across the U.S with an estimated $463.3 billion in annual receipts, 2.9 million employees and about $108.4 billion in annual payroll. In New England, there are more than 96,000 Hispanic-owned small businesses.

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