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By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra hosts the podcast America Unbound. He lives in the Upper Valley.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

These days, thoughts of Husseen Sanon’s Haitian home no longer bring warmth or nostalgia. His mind is consumed with the unrelenting gang violence, the fear of kidnappings and constant worry for loved ones he left behind.

By FRANCES LIM-LIBERTY and ANAIS OVALLE

Frances Lim-Liberty, MD, of New London is a pediatric endocrinologist. Anais Ovalle, MD, of Lebanon is an infectious disease physician.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord Board of Education will hold two public hearings next week on its proposed budget for the 2025-2026 school year. Here’s what you need to know. 

By RICH DIPENTIMA

Rich DiPentima of Portsmouth has served as Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Assistant Director of Public Health for the NH Division of Public Health Services (NHDPHS), Deputy Public Health Director for the Manchester Health Department and is a retired NH Air National Guard public health officer.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

After nearly having school finances cut by 9%, Chichester residents ultimately voted to approve the proposed $8 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

As chair of the board of selectmen, Stephen MacCleery’s hopes to retain his seat for another three years. Matthew Stolnis thinks its time for a fresh set of eyes to look at the town budget and the impact of taxes on residents.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Wilmot has 33 articles in its town warrant this year, but the proposed tax impact increase is lower than in previous years. Two candidates are running for one three-year term on the select board – incumbent Jonathan Schwartz and former member Gary Palumbo.

The Concord Public Library and Concord Public Library Foundation are thrilled to announce that “Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova” by Ty Gagne is the 2025 selection for Concord Reads, an annual city-wide literary event encouraging community members to read and discuss the same book. This year's title was selected to celebrate a New Hampshire author and to provide both education and an opportunity for reflection on a topic relevant to Granite Staters.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Despite a common grumble against rising school costs, next year’s spending plans for districts across Merrimack County show a more modest increase than last year.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Republican-controlled House Education Funding Committee on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to make New Hampshire’s school choice program fully universal starting in 2026.

Hooray for Janet Mills, the governor of Maine. In her response to President Trump’s rebuke on Feb. 21, 2025, she upheld the much honored tradition of Margaret Chase Smith, who spent 30 years in Congress as a representative and senator. Margaret Chase Smith is famous for standing up to Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, who with the help of his lawyer Roy Cohn and feckless fellow senators, conducted a cruel and destructive witch hunt against anyone in the U.S. suspected of having Communist leanings. Many lives and careers were destroyed and an atmosphere of hate and suspicion permeated the country. In a famous address to Congress in 1950, Smith warned senators not to embrace the Four Horsemen of Calumny — fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear. In a recent speech, Illinois Governor Jay Pritzker said “tyranny requires your fear, and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires courage.” Show your courage now!

Last week, we joined with engineers across the country to celebrate Engineers Week, and I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the essential role engineers play in the lives and communities of every Granite Stater. The critical work of engineers makes virtually everything we do in our daily lives possible. Access to clean water, safe roads and bridges, environmentally responsible waste solutions and improved infrastructure are not only critical parts of our communities but they also keep our economy moving. The work that engineers do, in both the private and public sectors, helps keep New Hampshire the best state to live, work and play in, and we need more of them! The focus of Engineers Week 2025 was on designing the future. Not only was it a chance to spotlight the important work of engineers of all disciplines, it also offered us an opportunity to point young people toward a rewarding and empowering career in the field. We need more problem-solvers, thinkers and creators who want to design and build the future for generations to come. If you have a student in your life, discuss engineering as an impactful, rewarding career. Help us inspire and encourage the next generation of innovators, and we’ll design the future together.

As a member of the Northwood Budget Committee, I paid close attention to our School Board’s presentation on its proposed operating budget, especially to the money allocated to be paid into the retirement system. $744,688 was budgeted out of the $15,070,878 total. This represents 4.9% of the budget.

By DAVID BROOKS

The Henniker town budget would increase 3.5% under a proposal that will go before residents at town meeting.

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.

By ALEXIS SIMPSON and REBECCA PERKINS KWOKA

Alexis Simpson is New Hampshire House minority leader. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka is New Hampshire Senate minority leader.

By RUSSEL PERKINS

Russell Perkins lives in Concord.

By CHRISTINA FITZPATRICK

Christina FitzPatrick is the state director of AARP New Hampshire. She lives in Bow.

The rise of Donald Trump has forced his fellow oligarchs out into the open. Oligarchs are business leaders and groups who wield incredible economic and political power. Big business has sought to capture our governments for the last 50 years, starting with the Powell Memorandum of 1971 and capping it with Project 2025. The endgame is here.

Applications are now open for New Hampshire’s largest student journalism award, the Brodsky Prize, which was established seven years ago by the late Jeffrey Brodsky and his father, Howard, to encourage innovation by student journalists. The $5,000 prize is open to all high school students attending public, charter, or parochial schools in New Hampshire.