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Talking in code: Bill should pass

The city's Substandard Living Conditions Committee recommended the city change the way code enforcement is handled. The bill coming before aldermen tonight would make no change to any of the city's codes. It would allow the city to administratively enforce violations to its zoning, health, ...

Sununu remarks do a disservice to many

New Hampshire Executive Councilor Chris Sununu might emerge as the Republican nominee to succeed Maggie Hassan as New Hampshire's next governor. If he does, we hope he shows better judgment than he demonstrated last week when he said that, in the battle against opioid addiction, "No ...

FDA passes up an opportunity

Electronic cigarettes have boomed since their introduction to the U.S. market in 2007, fueling the growth of an industry that went largely unregulated until last month. That's when the Food and Drug Administration finally announced federal restrictions on the devices, including a ban on sales ...

Attack on Hassan an affront to NH

The recent television trash ad attacking Gov. Maggie Hassan on the issue of opioid abuse is the worst kind of electioneering, though it was entirely foreseeable. It involves an outside group, One Nation, spending more than $4 million for ads telling New Hampshire voters that Hassan dropped ...

Looking back at the week in news

Making an impact on kids halfway around the world At a time when it seems to have become trendy in some warped circles to look down upon the less fortunate and people from other countries and cultures, along comes a heartening story from Merrimack Middle School. Sewing students have been ...

Emily Doe has much to teach us

As America grapples with sexual assault on college campuses, the letter that a 23-year-old victim read to her attacker in court last week should be required reading. "Emily Doe" delivered her victim impact statement, a searing 12-page letter, at Thursday's sentencing of ...