Ask any public official if they favor more transparency in government, and they undoubtedly will sing its praises.

There was troubling news out of Belmont this week, when word arrived that the Belmont Senior Center would be closing at the end of the month.

Laconia Mayor Andrew Hosmer hit the nail on the head in his inauguration speech last week, when he said, “As go Laconia schools, so goes Laconia.”Some people might have left it there, but Hosmer went further, adding important context about why it’s vital that Laconia have strong schools.“Sch…

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”The debate over accommodating transgender students in New Hampshire schools — which we saw take place at …