You might have heard the idiom, “Don’t just do something, stand there.”
Instead of tossing a rock wrapped in a MAGA hat through our window, we’re pleased that the individual(s) who chose to express their dissatisfaction with the Sun and columnist David Shribman opted for a more peaceful approach — taping an artfully handwritten poster to the glass door.
The Leavitt’s Country Bakery case made headlines across the country because it was seen as a First Amendment fight. But when the cookies crumbled, the court’s ruling was hardly a landmark moment for free speech.
The Conway School Board and administration may find this hard to believe, but even their most scathing critics — including Sun columnist Bill Marvel — want what’s best for our schools, our students and our dedicated, hardworking teachers.
Once again, Conway voters demonstrated their collective wisdom, even as they navigated a lengthy ballot — a stack of pages, printed on both sides.
For the school board, the administration and taxpayers who pay the bills, the announcement of a potential 40 percent increase in health insurance premiums couldn’t have come at a worse time. With school and town budgets up and homeowners reeling from the recent property revaluation, voters o…
Conway voters face a tough decision in this year’s high-profile selectman's race between Peter Donohoe, former municipal budget committee chair, and Carl Thibodeau, longtime incumbent selectman.
NEWS FLASH: The Sun is not going out of business, nor is it in financial trouble. What we’re doing, as we’ve always done, is staying ahead of the curve: “right-sizing” to adapt to the changing landscape of publishing and politics.Since January, the Sun has experimented with reducing its prin…
About a year ago, in an interview at the Sun, former Vice President Mike Pence said that on the morning of Jan. 6, 2020, when President Donald Trump called to urge him not to certify the presidential election results, he chose to defy him and stand by the Constitution. For a sitting vice pre…
Of all the races that voters feel passionate about this year — and there are plenty — the contest between U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican challenger Russell Prescott has been pushed to the back burner.
In 2016, during the first and most competitive of Gov. Chris Sununu's four races, he and his Democratic opponent, former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, spent a total of approximately $2.5 million.
Executive councilors and state senators occupy an interesting niche in the hierarchy of state officials. There are only 24 members in the upper chamber of the Statehouse and just five executive councilors. Thus, on statewide issues, their individual votes can be very influential.
Conway’s state representatives are Democrats Tom Buco, Steve Woodcock and David Paige. They face a challenge from Republican Karen Umberger, who was in the Legislature, where she served on the powerful Finance Committee, until 2022, when Paige succeeded her.
When an emotion-packed issue like renaming elementary schools ends with a 4-3 decision, the Conway School Board should have expected pushback from the public.
As regular critics of what we consider perennially bloated school budgets, it may come as a surprise that we support paying the next SAU 9 school superintendent an above-average salary.