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The Friendly Kitchen has served us all

Last Sunday night in the Rundlett Middle School library, I watched more than 200 Concord-area residents donate their time, share their talents and open their wallets to help raise funds to rebuild the Friendly Kitchen after last month's fire. The event was communal, but the timing was also of special importance to me on a personal level - because exactly 10 years earlier, on… 1

June 19, 2011
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This budget is bad for business

Wake up, New Hampshire business leaders. Our state's technology- and manufacturing-based economy was strong enough to weather the national recession. But can it really withstand the foolhardiness of the New Hampshire Legislature? After Gov. John Lynch proposed a downright conservative budget that would have made yesterday's Republicans let out a victory cheer, today's new partisans… 2

April 1, 2011
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Nothing says New Hampshire like 'Live Free'

Since I moved to New Hampshire five years ago, our state has advertised itself under at least three different marketing slogans: "The Road Less Traveled,""Make Up for Lost Time" and "You're Going to Love it Here." Of course, everyone knows what our real state motto is: Live Free or Die. 0

February 26, 2006
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