An open letter to the students, taxpayers and teachers of #MHT

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, August 13, 2015

It is the responsibility of the Mayor to present a fiscally responsible budget year after year. It is the responsibility of the Mayor to be a good steward of the taxpayers dollars. It is the responsibility of the Mayor to not obligate taxpayers, and other boards, to a future of recovering from reckless spending. This is the commitment I have made to the taxpayers of Manchester, one that I do not take lightly and one that I will never ignore – to do so would be irresponsible.

Letters: ‘I cannot wrap my head around Gatsas flatly vetoing the teachers’ contract’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Letter from a recent Central High School grad on the Mayor’s veto of the teachers’ contract.

Today 3 men restricted nearly 13,000 NH women and families’ access to basic preventive health care

Monday, September 23, 2024Thursday, August 6, 2015

On Wednesday the Republican-led Executive Council in New Hampshire upped their attacks on women and working families. In a 3-2 vote the Executive Council voted to defund Planned Parenthood in the NH.

Disappointed in teacher contract veto by Gatsas

Monday, September 23, 2024Wednesday, August 5, 2015

As a member of the negotiating team I am disappointed at the outcome of Tuesday’s vote, but I am not giving up. I will continue working for a solution to this situation, which has been ongoing for three years.

Let’s be frank about the hot dog: Schonland’s wurst is the best

Saturday, January 18, 2025Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Never mind Oscar Mayer. Forget about Fenway Frank. In these parts, there’s only one name that’s synonymous with the hot dog and that name is Schonland.

RIP Antonio & Cecil: Tough week for animals in the wild

Saturday, January 18, 2025Tuesday, August 4, 2015

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign is reporting the magnificent wild horse has died in a government corral, despite a five-month-long effort to rescue him.

Letters: Treatment options not enough for addicts lost in a broken system

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, August 3, 2015

“There is no real help for him, beside myself and his mother, who is utterly on the edge over all of this. I also feel our parole system needs review and education to evaluate each situation, although as stated before it comes down to money.”

Reporter’s notebook, July 31, 1973: Covering Delta Flight #723 crash at Logan on my 20th birthday

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, July 31, 2015

Smoke and fog and an unsettling stench still filled the air around us, and even though it wasn’t anything we’d yet covered in journalism class, I figured that, when you’re confronted with a scene that is simply so other-worldly, the best thing to do was to focus on the work, so I tried to disassociate myself from what it was that I was seeing. Minutes later, at a hastily assembled press conference, airport officials made it known to us that Flight 723 had come in from Grenier Field in Manchester. Disassociation was no longer possible.

Before it was NH Primary central, NHIOP was dedicated to the legacy of the Craft brothers

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, July 28, 2015

As Presidential candidates descend upon New Hampshire in ever increasing numbers, the spectacular NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College becomes an important cog in the wheel that is the Presidential Primary… a dozen years ago, members of the St. Anselm community gathered to remember the two Manchester men for whom that center was named.

Crowdfunding the trend for cash-strapped pet owners with big vet bills

Sunday, June 16, 2024Friday, July 24, 2015

The U.S. Humane Society now includes social media platforms as one of the ways people can finance medical care. The society still publishes a list of established pet charities. But many of the non-profits are broke, almost broke or unable to contribute more than a nominal sum.