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COLQUHOUN: Nashua Taxpayers Deserve Accuracy and Transparency in the FY2027 Budget

Nashua residents deserve a budget process grounded in accuracy, transparency, and accountability. Yet the FY2027 Budget Book, distributed publicly and posted on the city website, contains significant omissions and inconsistencies that materially distort the city’s financial picture. Whether these errors stem from oversight or mismanagement, the impact is the same: taxpayers are being presented with … Read more

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SMITH: Don’t Vote To “Sell” Your Right To Vote

Never vote to sell your right to vote.  Your right to vote should be as sacred as free speech and bearing arms.  The latter shall not be infringed.  Unfortunately, there are some people who have no problem with your right to vote being infringed.  Sadly, lots of them are the kind of voters who show … Read more

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ORTOLANO: I Filed a Gender Discrimination Complaint Against Nashua’s Ethics Committee Chairman. Here’s Why

The numbers don’t lie. After years of watching the city’s Ethics Review Committee treat male and female complainants differently, I finally put it on the record. On May 6, 2026, I filed a formal complaint with the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office (ADO) against Attorney Timothy Bush, Chairman of the Nashua Ethics Review Committee (ERC). … Read more

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SMITH: Rosenwald’s Retirement Party On Melanie’s Birthday

Near 10 pm at the end of last Thursday’s super marathon senate session, RPK took to her mic, which means it’s something for the WHOLE senate to hear, the whole 16:8 senate.  She announced a retirement party for Rosenwald late Wednesday afternoon, 5/20, at Arts Alley.  It stands to reason that the whole senate is … Read more

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ORTOLANO: The Subpoena Shell Game – What Nashua Has in Common with the Governor’s Office

A companion piece to Doris Hohensee’s “When Public Meetings Become Police Operations” — GraniteGrok, May 2026 Doris Hohensee’s recent GraniteGrok piece is a must-read account of how nine ordinary New Hampshire citizens were wrongfully arrested at a public Executive Council meeting in October 2021 and then spent the better part of two years navigating a … Read more

SCAER: NH Catholic Hospital Dials Back Support for Trans Agenda

Four months ago, I published a piece detailing how St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH, had been captured by the trans agenda. I shared their videos promoting the trans agenda, their T-shirts promoting the trans agenda, their medical records system that requires patients to fill in nonsensical fields like “Sex Assigned at Birth” and “Gender … Read more

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COLQUHOUN: Nashua Residents vs City Hall

Since moving to Nashua in 2013, I have seen a significant shift in how City Hall interacts with residents. For many years, City Hall operated with an open‑door policy: any resident could walk in, pay or obtain a bill, review assessment files, or speak directly with a city employee without an appointment. Customer service and … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Formal Request for New Public Hearing

This email was sent to the Board of Aldermen, City Clerk, and Corporation Counsel for the City of Nashua, NH. Residents should hope that the City of Nashua does the right thing for its residents Re: Formal Request for New Public Hearing on Resolutions R-26-019 and R-26-020 – 14 Mulberry Street Acquisition – New Material … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Whistleblowers, HUD Funds, and a Dark Filing Cabinet

What Is Nashua Hiding? — The “Unsettling” Hunt for Settlements New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know Law has a provision most people don’t know exists, and one New Hampshire city is apparently counting on that. RSA 91-A:4 VI is short, clear, and unambiguous. Every settlement agreement involving a lawsuit, a threatened lawsuit, or any other claim against a … Read more

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LOTHROP: No Kings Rallies Hate Trump – But Communism Is Okay

Recent ‘No Kings’ Rallies across New Hampshire and the nation were well represented – and well-funded – by the Democratic Socialist apparatus.  While organizers claim a “grassroots” origin, these protests are backed to a $3 billion network of far-left activist groups.  This includes Indivisible, an organization linked to socialist billionaire George Soros, the lead coordinator … Read more

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Press Release: Nashua Republican City Committee on HB323

HB 323 AN ACT requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote The Executive Board of the Nashua Republican City Committee applauds Governor Kelly Ayotte’s signing of HB  323 into law. HB 323 is a commonsense bill that helps ensure election integrity by requiring a valid government-issued ID in … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Power Without Ideology

Nashua’s Selective Enforcement of “Shall” There’s a phrase often attributed, loosely and somewhat inaccurately, to Karl Marx: power without ideology. Whether or not Marx ever said it in those exact words, the concept is unmistakable: power exercised without consistent principle, without accountability, and without any obligation to apply rules evenly. That idea is playing out in real time … Read more

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SMITH: The Filling Of School Board Vacancies

On 11/5/19, the local useful idiots came out in droves to do the NTU’s bidding.  Among those deeds were reinstalling Alderman Dowd and the mayor, ousting Howard Coffman and Doris from the school board, and passing a ballot question that removed every private citizen’s right to vote by way of abolishing special elections.  The elimination … Read more

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SMITH: The Nashua “Bermuda Triangle”

Most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle.  As someone with an above-average memory, I usually recall when and where I first heard something, and who said it.  It was in the mid 70s, and I was riding shotgun with my mother somewhere in the city, but not necessarily on Amherst St. She said … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Part 4 – The ERC Screening Process That Never Occurred

On September 14, 2025, I filed an ethics complaint against Nashua Alderman Derek Thibeault. The complaint was straightforward: three pages identifying a single alleged ethics violation. Under the Nashua Revised Ordinances governing the Ethics Review Committee (“ERC”), complaints are first reviewed in a screening meeting. The purpose of that meeting is limited. The committee determines whether the complaint: … Read more

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