We are supposed to hunch, shrug and bear it — but I like winter, watching the days lengthen and the light return. I like the ...

This paper explains that a University of New Hampshire poll weighs heavily in favor of Graham Platner. But more space should have been devoted to the small sample size (462 voters), a fifth of whom ...

Piping plovers are here, American woodcocks arrived earlier than ever, and groundhogs have started to show themselves.

Quality affordable child care is on the minds of young parents, but it should be a concern for all of us. Child care is not ...

In addition to the aforementioned killing of hundreds of little girls (which at least could be an accident due to faulty intelligence), a U.S. submarine also torpedoed an Iranian ship, the Dena, which ...

The group of locals opposing the construction of Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing project, have taken a narrow view of community in a neighborhood where it used to flourish.

We just need to grow our way out of it.” More housing. More valuation. More development. More revenue. That thinking is exactly what got many towns into the position they’re in now. Lisbon is feeling ...

As the agency's new executive director, I'm ready to get to work in bringing all the relevant voices together.

Yet one of the most visible and divisive processes in public education remains contract negotiation. While collective bargaining is essential and protected, the current district-by-district model ...

Team USA won gold in women’s and men’s hockey for the first time ever. What a wonderful achievement to celebrate. What a golden opportunity for the sitting president to unite our country behind our ...

I’m responding to letter writer Susan Lara, of Perry, whose recent letter (March 2) attempted to slam the Democrats for their “shameful” actions during the State of the Union address.  I suggest that ...

When a community is forced to argue over the last few thousand dollars in a multimillion-dollar school budget, the problem isn’t the people around the table. The problem is the system itself.