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By BERT COOPER

Bert Cooper lives in Concord. At last Tuesday’s election, the public resoundingly confirmed what hours of previous public testimony, hundreds of yard signs, and a plethora of communications to the school board had already said: “Don’t move the middle...

By BERT COOPER

Bert Cooper lives in Concord. In 1574, citizens of a Dutch city, as reward for holding off the Spanish, were offered the choice of a university or several years without taxes. They chose the university. Like those Dutch citizens, we in Concord value...

By BERT COOPER

Bert Cooper lives in Concord. Concord citizens are rightfully upset with the proposal to relocate the middle school to Broken Ground. After years of school board plans showing a new building at the Rundlett site, after years of board delay pursuing a...

By BERT COOPER

Bert Cooper is a local attorney living in the South End of Concord. His children attended Conant, Abbot-Downing, Rundlett, and Concord High School. The Concord School Board is unique in our state. It is effectively independent from the citizens of...