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OPINION: Nashua High School Walkout Prompts Debate Over Student Speech, Instructional Time, and Administrative Response

Nashua, NH — February 5, 2026 Students from Nashua High School North and Nashua High School South participated in a coordinated walkout during school hours on Wednesday, February 4, protesting federal immigration enforcement policies tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protest, organized by students through social media, took place around midday anddrew … Read more

SMITH: Recognizing Beverley Gustitus

While looking through my phone for another picture, I ran into one that I took in 2020 of a picture that was taken in 1973.  It was taken in the living room of Beverley Gustitus, now 87, of Nashua.  I thought about writing an article about her in the future, but after seeing the new … Read more

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SMITH: Nashua Ink Link and Melanie Levesque

Councilor Wheeler’s constituents have been waiting for Ms Melanie Levesque to make up her mind, but Dems aren’t allowed to think for themselves, especially black Dems.  Want to call me a racist for saying that?  It’s your free speech to do so, but what about Jonah Wheeler’s free speech?  Pay attention because Melanie is now … Read more

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COLQUHOUN: Facts Worth Asking About Nashua’s School Budget

The City of Nashua is designated a “Welcoming City,” and Nashua taxpayers are funding a $191 million school budget, yet there has been very little public discussion about how staffing levels connect to that cost. According to district information, 49 languages are spoken among Nashua students of 9,701, reflecting policies that encourage immigrant and refugee … Read more

SCAER: NH Catholic Hospital Is Captured by the Trans Agenda

St. Joseph Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire, that was founded in 1908. In 1996, St. Joseph Hospital became part of Covenant Health Systems, a non-profit Catholic health care system. In 2018, John Jurczyk was appointed as president of St. Joseph Hospital. In August 2021, St. Joseph Hospital posted a video on YouTube, “St. … Read more

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SMITH: Senate Finance Is On Notice

Let’s call a spade a spade and recognize SB406 for what it is, an urban blue senator’s effort to flip a neighboring red district.  However, its selling points to the Senate Finance Committee when Rosenwald (a member) introduces it to her peers at the January 13 hearing will be all about removing the Daniel Webster … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Viewpoint Discrimination in Plain Sight

Nashua’s Weaponized Decorum In Nashua, the definition of “civility” is not a fixed principle; it is a sliding scale that depends entirely on who holds the microphone. On August 26, 2021, I used a single vulgar word during a public meeting to describe a City Attorney’s conduct. My frustration was the culmination of a seven-month … Read more

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MACDONALD: Nashua Loses, Scaers and Free Speech Win

First Circuit “Punches” That Nashole Jim Donhcess in the Face You will be familiar with the numerous instances of the City of Nashua exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. A commoner with a basic understanding of free speech could see it. But the City of Nashua is suffering from the “leadership” of a Machiavellian Narcissistic Psychopath (just … Read more

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ORTOLANO: The 13-to-1 Problem: How NH Superior Court’s ‘Assigned Docketing’ Utterly Destroys Rights to an Impartial Judge

My six-year fight for government transparency, recognized by the Nackey S. Loeb and New England First Amendment Awards, exposed a cynical failure in the New Hampshire judicial system. My Right-to-Know (RTK) lawsuits sought critical records, from assessing records to an alleged fraudulent federal funding scheme for the Nashua Performing Arts Center, a matter serious enough that the federal government is … Read more

SMITH: Nashua Recounts Saturday 11/15

Action item alert! So begins a “Part Deux” of the Nashua Ruling Class v. Paula Johnson, which I will give readers a quick refresher on in hopes of recruiting some volunteer posse members for Paula.  Ward 5 Alderman-elect Paula Johnson was in a 4-way race for an open seat, beating the next highest scoring candidate … Read more

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SMITH: NH Urban Elections Post-Mortem

Shortly before Nashua’s most recent routine city-wide train wreck, I took some heat for making some inappropriate comments about the surprise death of Ms Gloria Timmons.  To “polite society,” I say that any adjective, including INAPPROPRIATE, is in the eyes of the beholder, but there’s something about Ms Gloria that Ward 2 can learn from, … Read more

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DYER: These Cost Shocks Are Pushing Nashua to The Breaking Point

After receiving the full ESSER I, II, and III expenditure files, I’ve completed a detailed and source-cited analysis of Nashua’s COVID-era funding, current fiscal management, and the broader demographic trends that have been repeatedly ignored. What emerges is a pattern of short-term financial decisions, politicized narratives, and resistance to data-driven planning that has left taxpayers … Read more

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COLQUHOUN: Nashua’s Debt Reality: What Alderman Thibeault Gets Wrong

It was disappointing to read Alderman Derek Thibeault’s recent Union Leader op-ed claiming that “some candidates are distorting the truth” about Nashua’s debt. In fact, it is Alderman Thibeault who has misled the public about the city’s financial position. Alderman Thibeault stated that “claims of Nashua having $500 million in debt are flat-out false” and … Read more

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SMITH: Recruiting Good Ward 2 Voters, How YOU Can Help

Many readers might already be thinking, “But I don’t vote in Ward 2 or even live in Nashua,” a predictable thought.  Many “low information voters” cast their ballots in a mental and/or political trance; some might have ties to you, the reader.  Six degrees of separation is something many of us have heard before.  I’m … Read more

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OROTOLANO: How the Nashua Courthouse Broke My Faith in Justice

Judges are supposed to be fair and impartial. In New Hampshire, they should embody independence, not inheritance. My experience in Hillsborough County South has shown otherwise. The lines between mentorship and favoritism have blurred so deeply that I have lost confidence in the system. When Judge Smith took the bench in Nashua in 2024, she … Read more

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SMITH: Do Better, WMUR, and Support Tyler Gouveia

Most readers are already familiar with WMUR’s reputation and many editorials have been and can be written about it, but with city elections less than three weeks from now, I’m here to fill in some gaping holes in this WMUR story about free flowers and put Fortin Gage on notice.  Fortin Gage, according to a … Read more

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