September 27, 2024 •
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By Stu Green
Will our nation peacefully ride out the oppressive, majoritarian impulses of dueling political adversaries locked in an existential struggle? To use a couple of timeworn clichés, we have veered off our path and are now staring into an abyss. Too many of us have forgotten our American selves, believing that, when the fate of the […]
September 27, 2024 •
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By Deborah Aylward
On September 4, the Environment and Agriculture Committee held a subcommittee meeting relative to the interim study of HB 1685, a bill I introduced for the purpose of deregulating the homemade foods industry, which seeks to lift burdensome and oftentimes confusing laws, to include allowing the production of foods requiring refrigeration, such as meat meals […]
September 27, 2024 •
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By Louise Andrus
SALISBURY – My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of William Leber of Andover, who died on September 1. Bill served in many organizations and was a New Hampshire State Representative for four terms, beginning in 1996. He was a great person and helped many people during his life. October is here […]
August 30, 2024 •
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By Louise Andrus
SALISBURY – September 10 will be the New Hampshire Primary. I am encouraging everyone to vote. It is a privilege to vote and is crucial that each one of us be a part of the election process in New Hampshire. Here is a brief summary of several bills: On July 19, 2024, Governor Sununu signed […]
August 30, 2024 •
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By Louise Andrus
SALISBURY – This is in answer to, “Reader Offers Rebuttal to Louise Andrus’s July Beacon Article, written by Lorna Carlisle.” Lorna forgot to tell the readers she is a Democrat candidate and opponent to Louise Andrus for a New Hampshire House seat. Rooms & Meals tax reduction puts money back into the pockets of the […]
August 30, 2024 •
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By Deborah Aylward
I’m hoping that registered but chronic non-voters realize that the 2024 elections are about “something that is more important than oneself.” It is a form of giving back to our great communities and the nation. It’s not about what your elected representatives can do for you, but what you can do for your hard-working representatives. […]
August 30, 2024 •
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By Louise Andrus
September 10 will be the New Hampshire Primary. I am encouraging everyone to vote. It is a privilege to vote and is crucial that each one of us be a part of the election process in New Hampshire. On July 19, 2024, Governor Sununu signed a bill which I was the prime sponsor, HB 1205, […]
August 23, 2024 •
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By Chris Wells
I write to register my strong objection to the Wilmot Select Board’s vote on June 12, 2024 to approve a resolution “to commit the Town of Wilmot to join Merrimack County Community Power to provide default supply service on an opt-out basis to retail electricity customers within the Town of Wilmot’s boundaries.” The effect of […]
August 2, 2024 •
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Thank you to all the volunteers that worked together for months to make a great Fourth of July in Andover. It was a super day. There are people that ask me why I want to be a member of the New Hampshire House. All my life I have been FREE, and I have always appreciated […]
August 2, 2024 •
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By Deborah Aylward
I believe it is vitally important to bring to light the results of certain House roll call votes for important bills considered this past term. I’m hoping these startling results will cause voters, especially independents, to sit up and take notice of what is actually happening in Concord, to the detriment of young innocents and […]