Raptor Release day at Pack Monadnock

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 On Saturday September 20, near the parking lot atop Mt. Monadnock in Miller State Park in Peterborough, biologists with The Harris Center for Conservation Education released three Broad-winged Hawks before a crowd of about a hundred members of the public. The hawks, found injured, had been treated at the Wings of the Dawn Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Henniker. Released separately, each flew off quickly with deep, powerful wingbeats, to the thrill of the children in attendance.

What happens when the press is silenced?

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Studies have shown a link between the decline in the kind of local news coverage the Bow Times offers and increased government spending, growing community polarization, a drop in civic engagement, and lower voter turnout.

Pompous Jackassery: The Ghosts of Beard’s Landing

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The woods behind my house smelled of pine sap, wet moss, and the metallic tang of mud. To me, they weren’t woods but a travel hub for everything extinct or imaginary. Dinosaurs stomped through sandy patches. Crocodiles blinked from rocks that weren’t rocks yesterday. The Cherokee whispered peace terms in the wind, smoke from their fires mixing—somehow—with the neighbor’s leaf pile.

Know Your News: A New England-wide effort to promote media literacy and the role local news outlets play in civic life

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Your right to know — it’s an almost sacred concept here in the United States, enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. What do you know about that right, and the news organizations that keep you informed? Today, we’re talking about something we hope you’re about to hear a lot more of, the Know Your News campaign.

Brewery Scene: Dinner at Republic

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I saw the words KITCHEN SPECIAL. Has the brain-stomach connection ever been more evident? I paused, and said to the waiter, “Whoah, gotta read this special,” taking it in even as I was speaking those words.

It starts in your own backyard

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We walked into the gymnasium, grabbed our ballots, dodged a piece of tumbleweed, and voted in less than five minutes. This begs the question: Where was everyone? 

The Soapbox: ‘Joe Levasseur embodies everything wrong with Manchester politics’

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Joe Kelly Levasseur embodies everything wrong with Manchester politics: a parasitic presence draining taxpayer dollars and bullying anyone standing in his way. As his house of cards collapses, he attempts to gaslight our city into believing his resignation as chairman of the board of mayor and aldermen represented some noble stand.

The Soapbox: At a crossroad

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The question remains: Can we prioritize the well-being of our children, or will we allow influential figures and organizations to dictate our future and impose globalism? It is crucial that we set aside our minor disagreements to effectively confront the threat of globalism. True freedom is not free, and we must move beyond the left versus right narrative.

Pedals & Pathways: Polls, Pine Street, GACIT Hearings

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After voting, Mike Becker put his “I voted!” sticker proudly on the side of his helmet, which I thought was the perfect spot.

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