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Pond Hockey Classic venue moved to Lake Waukewan
MEREDITH — Scott Crowder has no interest in skating on thin ice – especially not when 1,200 others will be following him. That's why he's decided to hold the 2012 New England Pond Hockey Classic on Lake Waukewan this year instead of Lake Winnipesaukee's Meredith Bay. Crowder made the ...
Selectmen withdraw support for fire truck but voters will have last word
GILFORD — Selectmen voted unanimously last night not to support the purchase of a new fire engine this year, reversing their previous endorsement of what is now Warrant Article 8. Selectmen could have removed the article from the warrant, altogether, but chose to allow voters to have...
Worsman files for re-election in Meredith
MEREDITH — Colette Worsman, who currently chairs the Board of Selectmen, filed for re-election to a third term yesterday. A native of Londonderry, for the past 20 years Worsman has lived in Meredith with her husband Glenn and together they own and operate Golden Eagle Contracting, In...
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The Golden Rule is not to do unto others what they do to you
To the editor, I am amused by writers who chide me for violating bad laws like the one that would allow students to carry guns in class but have no problem with the U.S. government violating good laws like the ones against preemptive and preventive wars. It is a fact that the war ag...
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School board treats expendable trust funds as their slush funds
To the editor, Recently the Gilmanton School Board presented its new budget for fiscal year 2012-2013. As proposed, it will cost the taxpayers $10,143,013. We just can’t seem to get the board to realize just how much their “small” increases continuously raise our taxes....
When will we join rest of developed world & provide health care for all?
To the editor, After reading of yet another benefit held to help pay medical bills, I wondered when such notices will become a thing of history, and this country will join the rest of the developed world in providing care to all of its citizens? Donald Carey, MD, MPH Gilford
Why is left determined to make voting such a trivial matter?
To the editor, In response to the article about voter ID in the Jan. 25, issue of the Union Leader, in which Claire Abel, executive director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union says, “this is a fundamental constitutional right that you are limiting; this is not about going to ...
Columns
Froma Harrop - It's not about being rich, it's about the 15%
It's no secret that Mitt Romney is rich. He was born rich and got mega-millions richer as a financier. Nor is it a secret that his income is mostly taxed at 15-percent, a far lower rate than middle-class grunts pay. Nor does he have any obligation to pay more in taxes than he legally owes.
Michael Barone - Words in defense of negative campaigning
Those who take a certain pleasure in denouncing the evils negative political advertising should have spent last week in South Carolina. They could have plunked down in front of TV sets, especially during morning, early evening and late evening news programs, and by adroit use of the remote contro...
Obituaries
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William J. Beaupre, 77
FRANKLIN — William John Beaupre, 77, a resident of Franklin, died Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following a brief illness. Bill was born in Franklin, May 31, 1934, son of the late Roger Donald Beaupre and Mildred F. (Durgin) Beaupre. He l... -
Janet A. Howard, 67
MEREDITH — Janet A. Howard, 67, of Pleasant St., died suddenly on January 24, 2012, at Concord Hospital, Concord, NH. Born in Dover Foxcroft, ME, on June 2, 1944, she was the daughter of the late George and Zelda (Clukey) Cuthbertson. She grew up in Sangerville, ME and graduat... -
Dorothy J. 'Dottie' Malone, 83
LACONIA — Dorothy J “Dottie” Malone, 83, passed peacefully January 24 in Laconia, NH, surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 8, 1928, in Stow, Maine, the daughter of Charles and Eleanor (Bryant) Harmon. She attended schools in Lovell and graduated from Fryebu... -
Eugene R. Berry, 68
LACONIA — Mr. Eugene R. Berry, 68, of Union Ave., Laconia, died at Lakes Region General Hospital on Jan. 25, 2012. Gene was born in Winchester, MA on Sept. 30, 1943, the son of Eugene M. Berry and Clara (Mills) Berry. He was raised in Woburn, MA and later lived in Northfield and Fra... -
Marcia L. (Livingstone) VanderMast, 68
WENTWORTH — Marcia L.VanderMast, 68, a resident of Wentworth, NH since 1999, passed away at her sister’s home in Newbury, NH, Friday, January 20, 2012, following a brief period of failing health. Marcia was born in New Haven, CT, September 21, 1943, daughter of the late Alexander Fish...