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Field of Dreams: The time has come to end the experiment called Safe Station 7.0

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Today we have our city services overburdened with people from outside the city. Today we have a serious quality of life issue in Manchester, especially the downtown area. We have business owners who are at their wit’s end trying to deal with homeless people camping out in front of their restaurants and shops. We have a local park overrun with addicts and homeless while children are participating in band camp nearby. We have needles on the streets and in our parks.

On this Overdose Awareness Day, we must look toward the future with optimism, and not dwell on the mistakes of the past

read more…: On this Overdose Awareness Day, we must look toward the future with optimism, and not dwell on the mistakes of the past

Beyond legislation, we must elevate the voices of those who are most impacted by the drug war. We are the experts in this situation. The answers to solving this crisis are within the recovery community and the community of people who use drugs.

Benchmarking to end surprise billing would hurt senior healthcare

read more…: Benchmarking to end surprise billing would hurt senior healthcare

Independent Dispute Resolution—as outlined in another bill—would protect patients from surprise billing by creating a transparent negotiation process between insurance companies and healthcare providers, creating an environment that incentivizes both parties to put forth their most reasonable offers for payment.

Notes from the rally — I didn’t go for the politics

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I didn’t go for the politics. I went for the spectacle.  And it paid in spades.  And it paid off with promise.  What I see on TV night after night as I torture myself on a daily basis, watching all sides of the news — MSNBC to FOX — I came to see that it is quite possible that the news is somewhat bullshitting most of us.  

I am a minimum wage worker who set up Trump’s stage

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“El Presidente,” he said in the neutral tone which everyone in general society has to adopt while speaking about Trump. He seemed to ask whose side are you on? Tom refrained from making further references to the client, so I wondered the same thing about him. I resigned myself to the work. To leave a job site before dismissal gets you fired from the temp agency.

Aug .17: Catch Senie Hunt at Memorial Field, a gem of a guitarist at a jewel of a venue

read more…: Aug .17: Catch Senie Hunt at Memorial Field, a gem of a guitarist at a jewel of a venue

The tap and strum, that pluck and pick, all of it going off at once. It was hypnotic to me, soothing, like a chime, a repetitive force that slowly works its way inward.  An unworldly talented young man with many world’s ahead of him to feast on. World’s he’s never seen. World’s he’s loved and lived in. World’s Senie hopes to return to someday.

How can I build a life with my ‘little sister from my first mister’? It’s called love

read more…: How can I build a life with my ‘little sister from my first mister’? It’s called love

The reason my friend Bern moving in with me is a little unusual is that she’s my first husband’s second wife. Got that? Or as I call her, my “little sister from my first mister.” When did we meet? About six months after my first husband met and fell in love with her. So this is where a lot of folks stop and re-read that sentence. Yes, that’s how it happened.

A Drunkard’s Dream

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He ordered two quarts of vodka along with a stand-alone pint, a six-pack of beer and two packs of cigarettes. At the end of my drinking, when mouthwash had become my drink of necessity, John’s order would have been answered prayer.

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