Manchester
Glimpsing beauty in a steel beam or puddle of water, modernist photographers looked at the world in a brand-new way. Their work allows us to see it that way, too, at the Currier Museum of Art's new exhibition, "A New Vision: Modernist Photography." On display through May 13, the show includes 125 works and explores the growth of modern photography, its influence on modern art and…
Updated 17 minutes ago
Henniker
It's a topic that divides Americans, but on the tiny campus of New England College, the subject of gay rights is bringing together students, faculty and alumni in unprecedented ways. The college is one of several across the country - and five here in New Hampshire - putting on a production of Dustin Lance Black's 8, a play based on the trial that challenged California's ban on gay…
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Letter
Come see the wonderful things the students and staff of Epsom Central School are doing together. High academic standards and experienced teachers have helped our students do well on statewide testing year after year, often scoring higher than peers in surrounding towns. Epsom students regularly rank above the state average in reading, math, writing, and science. Epsom Central School…
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Letter
The Republican ability to spin issues is amazing to me. They attack programs that help the poor without considering the fallout to our society if these bare minimum safety nets didn't exist and argue that these programs are bankrupting our country. They look us in they eye and tell us that they need to pay less into our society while shifting their share to the rest of us, arguing…
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Letter
What is going on with all the roundabouts? They are multiplying like rabbits! Just about all of them are completely dysfunctional. The only one that seems to work well is at the corner of Franklin and North State streets (and that one is unnecessary). At a time when financial resources are tight, it does not seem like a time to spend money foolishly. After our first roundabout was…
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Letter
My colleagues and I have watched while the controversial International Baccalaureate program is implemented in a deceitful way throughout the United States. The Merrimack Valley School District is no exception. Once someone questions IB, an open, honest discussion is never allowed. Trusting parents of Merrimack Valley are learning a Swiss non-governmental organization is controlling…
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Letter
The Legislature is giving us a firsthand civics lesson on why we need a strong federal government. In their supposed drive to create their "Free State," lawmakers want to allow religious institutions and businesses who object to a health-care practice to be able to deny it to those who work for them. The Bill of Rights was written to protect the individual from the oppressive power…
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Letter
Those valiant promoters of New Hampshire business in our House of Representatives have found yet another problematic promotion. A private, for-profit group called Cancer Treatment Centers of America wants to build a hospital in an unnamed location in southern New Hampshire. There are more than a few questions to be answered before this happens. First, the bill is sponsored and written…
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from our readers
The walls of the House speaker's office at the New Hampshire Legislature display pictures of the speakers who have occupied the office. While on a visit to the State House 28 years ago, the historian chairman of the Pierce Brigade observed that former speaker Franklin Pierce was not among them. A local artist, Vera Weeks (now deceased), a member of the Pierce Brigade, was engaged…
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State House Memo
The New Hampshire House leadership introduced House Resolution 29 to defend the state's long and proud history of religious tolerance, while pushing back against the deeply flawed law known as Obamacare. The new mandate from the Obama administration requiring religious organizations to offer insurance coverage for practices that go against the teachings and tenets of their faith…
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My Turn
Over a decade ago, the New Hampshire Legislature made the wise decision to restructure the state's electric industry and provide consumers the ability to choose their electric provider. A vibrant competitive generation market developed here and across the region. Consumers have benefited from maximized efficiencies and lower emissions, and investment risks shifted from ratepayers…
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My Turn
State Rep. Marilinda Garcia's recent column, "Hospital plan improves business climate" (Monitor Opinion page, Feb. 18) misses the mark on a number of fronts. Her legislation, House Bill 1642, would create a special exemption from laws to which all other hospitals in New Hampshire must adhere. How does giving preferential treatment to some at the expense of others improve…
February 22, 2012
State House memo
For the third time in the past month, New Hampshire House Republicans recently called a press conference to announce "jobs" as their top priority for the legislative session. If this prioritization sounds like news to you, it's because the only time House Republicans actually talk about jobs is at press conferences. The 2012 legislative session has been dominated by…
February 22, 2012
Letter
For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision. I believe in less government interference in people's personal lives, including whom to marry, when and whether…
February 22, 2012
