Lafayette Park, Washington, DC; Portland, Oregon; now Chicago and New York City? German Stormtroopers, (SA), known as Brown Shirts, were founded in Germany in 1921. This was a paramilitary organization whose methods of violent intimidation played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. In Italy, around the same time Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Black […]
USA seen as negligent over handling of virus
My husband and I flew home from Belize, Central America on March 8. Our daughter, Kayla and her then 8 month old son live in Belize. The country is the same size in area as the state of New Hampshire with a population of about 400,000. On March 20, Belize officially closed all of its […]
While I am at this moment reasonably healthy, I am 75 years old, thus, in a high risk age group. By voting absentee, I will not only protect myself and the people I live with, but will minimize the exposure poll workers will be faced with. For me, it is a sign of respect to […]
In the July 2020 Beacon, Louise Andrus and Natalie Wells made it clear that, if elected, they would be unwilling to work with moderate members of their own caucus and others for bipartisan solutions to the state’s challenges. On everything from Second Amendment interpretation to taxation and the “New Hampshire Advantage,” these two candidates desire […]
My name is Faith Minton and I am a candidate for the New Hampshire House of Representatives in District 25, which includes Andover, Danbury, Salisbury, Warner, and Webster. My husband David and I have lived in Warner for over 40 years, and we raised our two sons here. New Hampshire families are currently facing challenges […]
I am pleased to announce my candidacy for the Office of Sheriff. I have served the people of Merrimack County for over 35 years in the Sheriff’s Office as a dispatcher and Court Security Deputy working and training my way to become a full-time Deputy. I was promoted to Deputy 1st Class, Sergeant, and then […]
In 2019, House and Senate Democrats passed a compromise budget and got it signed by the governor, which returned more state funds to New Hampshire towns for the purposes of property tax relief, education, and municipal expenses. This plan is called “revenue sharing.” The state collects a large fraction of the property taxes collected by […]
The Confederate flag and associated items transmit an overt statement of racism for a group of Americans, and for another group of Americans it is a symbol of their American heritage. Is our heritage really honored by symbols of a failed and heinous endeavor? In my opinion, only losers identify with a failed army and […]
If you were driving through downtown Franklin on July 17 between 4 and 6 PM, you saw a number of folks at Trestle View Park holding signs reminding you that absentee ballots are available to anyone who has concerns about going to the polls during COVID-19. Open Democracy Action (ODA) and Franklin’s Three Rivers Coalition […]
030 Opinion – Letters – Ackerson – Absentee Ballot Our United States Constitution reminds us that we have a right to vote, and as such, all barriers must be removed. Our New Hampshire Constitution tells us in Part 1, Article 11, that we must have accessible voter registration. As a resident of Franklin, I am […]