Opinion
Viewpoint: Alan Edelkind – Consolidation is the right answer for ConVal
By ALAN EDELKIND
I am Alan Edelkind, ConVal School Board representative for Dublin, and proud of it. I am the lead on the ConVal reconfiguration study, but being the lead does not necessarily mean that I support the outcome, although, as you will see, I do and why I...
Viewpoint: Shelley Goguen Hulbert – Experiencing the labyrinth
By SHELLEY GOGUEN HULBERT
I am one of a group of about 40 local folks who will create and host the Peterborough Labyrinth in the Town House for our community to use as a free, meditative walk on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. It is a life-size replica – 42 feet in diameter...
Letter: Antrim Players thank the community
Antrim Players offers profound thanks to our wonderful community from Hillsborough to Rindge and beyond. You filled both performances of our production of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” and brought our 105-year-old theater back to life with laughter,...
Letter: A new way forward for ConVal
Last week we learned of a recommendation from consultants to close four of our smallest elementary schools. No surprise there – the only real question was whether they would recommend closing some or all of them.But has the School Board considered...
Letter: Write in Biden’s name
Write in President Joe Biden in the New Hampshire Primary Jan. 23. The strengthening of the United States under Biden needs to continue. No to another term under Donald Trump. We do not need fascism, dictatorship or monarchy and dissolving of our...
Letter: Prismatic’s bad solution
The early word is that Prismatic is recommending that four elementary schools be closed, saving $2.5 million. For this, ConVal paid $150,000? I have two observations.The $2.5 million is dangling out there as the bait. Do we all realize that ConVal...
Margaret Nelson: View From the River – The beauty of the holiday season
It is the holiday season. Homes are decorated in special ways. Lights appear in windows and on bushes. Choral concerts feature age-old melodies. Stores stay open longer for shoppers. Traditional recipes are made, and family and friends make extra...
Viewpoint: Karen Johannesson – Acid poses danger to New Hampshire lakes
By KAREN JOHANNESSON
When I was a growing up in Peterborough, “acid rain” was a major environmental concern, particularly in New England, where most lakes, ponds and streams are poorly buffered because of the region’s geology.The acid rain problem resulted from the...
Viewpoint: Alan Edelkind – Learn about ConVal reconfiguration
By ALAN EDELKIND
The following is from a communication being sent to ConVal School District residents prior to a community forum on reconfiguration Monday, Dec. 11, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Lucy Hurlin Theater at ConVal High School.The ConVal School Board, Prismatic...
Margaret Nelson: View From the River – Thanks to the volunteers
I want to take this Thanksgiving season to highlight the wonderful work of volunteers.Volunteers often work behind the scenes, supporting the front-line work of nonprofit staff in so many ways. Whether they are on the board, take your ticket at an...
Viewpoint: L. Phillips Runyon III – Days that are etched in memory
By L. PHILLIPS RUNYON III
There are some events in our collective lives that are so momentous for our national identity that they're etched in our hard drives, and we recall their dates every year. Some are ones we've experienced ourselves, and for those we remember exactly...
Viewpoint: Robert Beck – The ongoing tragedy of war
As we honor our veterans and celebrate the 105th anniversary of the end of the “War to End All Wars,” it is instructive to recognize the centrality of war in the international realm. From the Middle East to the bloody battlefields of Ukraine to the...
Viewpoint: Benji Rosen – My Israeli cousin was killed by a Hamas terrorist, but I still have hope
By BENJI ROSEN
When I was a young reporter cutting my journalism teeth in the Granite State during the 2016 presidential primary season, I cannot recall ever telling any of you this gut-wrenching piece of my family history: My cousin was the victim of a Hamas...
Viewpoint: State Rep. Molly Howard – Looking back on year one
By REP. MOLLY HOWARD
My first year in the New Hampshire Legislature has allowed me a chance to research, observe and network. I spent my time learning the lay of the land, listening closely to the debates that precede every vote and researching the background and intent...
Letter: Praise for Viva Bach
My interest in classical music began as a child, led by my dad playing 78s on a wind-up gramophone. Later, my life shaped into a career that did not include music; however, it was included as a leader in brain function and source of amazing and...
Letter: Schools are an essential service
The opinion piece, “School Business,” that appeared on Oct. 17, pushing the idea that public schools are a business, is wrong. Public schools are an essential service for maintaining a thriving, united, educated democratic society. How can you put a...
Letter: Degrading public schools is nothing new
Kath Allen’s Sept. 21 letter, “Reasons for enrollment decline,” while perfectly on the mark, should have pointed out that “degrading by defunding” of our public schools is and has been baked into the cake of policymaking by one of our major political...
Margaret Nelson: View From the River – Stop to enjoy the beauty
There is beauty all around us here in this corner of Monadnock we call home. The leaves are currently working their magic, begging for my attention, asking me to consider the wisdom they have to share with me.I recently passed a row of three trees....
Viewpoint: Robert Beck – Clock is ticking for Ukraine
Sept. 30 marked the 85th anniversary of the Munich Agreement, which gave Nazi Germany the green light to take over limited areas of western Czechoslovakia. The British prime minister at the time, Neville Chamberlain, hailed the agreement as “peace for...
Editorial: Share thoughts on ConVal study with us
What should the ConVal School District look like in the future? Prismatic Services wants to know what residents think, and so do we.Prismatic is conducting public forums for ConVal’s Strategic Organization Committee in each of the district’s nine...
