The one thing that all Eaton residents look forward to more than springtime following a horrendous winter, is Dr. Q’s annual state of Eaton report. I humbly oblige.
Financial literacy has been a subject recommended as a “required for graduation” must. A subject introduced in my day by courses titled economics, business math, home economics and Junior Achievement and taught at home through the entrepreneurial example of my grandfather and mother and thei…
Over the years, I've spent a lot of time in Kansas, where many of the main streets still wear much of their 19th-century look, especially in towns that have enjoyed the long-term advantage of only modest growth. I'm particularly fond of the brick buildings — mostly banks, or former banks — w…
Recently, Rep. Travis Corcoran (R-Weare) made statewide news, but not in a good way.
It took only a few hours for more than 2,600 comments to pile onto a single political post in a New Hampshire Facebook post. Not thoughtful debate. Not spirited disagreement. Thousands of reactions, many of them dripping with contempt.
School Administrative Unit 9, which is the largest in New Hampshire, faces a clear dilemma: It serves eight school districts with only one high school. This has led to noticeable dissatisfaction among some, directed either at Kennett High School, the SAU itself or both.
Until now, many folks have been faced with having to choose between using cannabis as medicine or recreationally and exercising their constitutionally protected Second Amendment rights.
The Kennett High hockey team played in the Frozen Four semifinals at Plymouth State on Wednesday night, March 11. A photo from that event has been circulating widely ever since, offering amusing evidence of the consequences of subordinating academics to sports. A squad of boys bared their ch…
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Suddenly Donald Trump, who arguably has some mastery of the business arts, is in defiance of one of the fundamental principles of his trade: Hope is not a strategy.
The editorial section of a newspaper should be a place where community members address serious issues affecting their towns. Too often, opinion pages become spaces for complaints rather than meaningful discussion. Addiction is one issue in the Mount Washington Valley that deserves serious at…
The third time was certainly the charm for Democrat Bobbi Boudman who last week won her state house bid in Carroll County's hard red District 7. The special election saw the seat, mercifully vacated by Glenn Cordelli, hotly contested with Republicans outspending Democrats three-fold on a sub…
On Friday, March 13, we held a wonderful service for a pillar of our community, Charles David Weathers. As I looked around at the overwhelming number of people who came to pay their respects, it reminded me of just how big a man Dave Weathers really was — not only in stature but in the impac…
Power to the People
John Roberts was still chairman of the Conway School Board, about 25 years ago, when we had a private discussion about the then-hypothetical new high school. John and I are both Kennett alumni from the mid-1960s, and he probably shared my sentimental attachment to our fathers' old school. We…
When President Donald Trump ordered an armada of naval vessels, fighter planes, bombers and high-tech surveillance drones to the Middle East, he thought he had the answer to decades of tension and terrorism from Iran. He may well be right.
“Cut my property taxes.”