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Woman girl sexual assault help

BEST: New Hampshire’s SART Problem

The system currently in place for Sexual Assault Response Training allows the rapist to get away and the wrong person to get framed.  The State must do better if it really wants to keep rapists off the streets. The main official New Hampshire materials tied to the SART program under the Attorney General’s “A Model Protocol … Read more

Somerville Powderhouse 1935

BOLDIN: Before Lexington and Concord

The British Gun Grab that Led to the War for Independence Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of Sept 1-2, 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to subjugate them. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The event … Read more

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BEST: No Formal Role in State Legislative Activity?

Dear Mr. Conforti, You state that “the City plays no formal role in State Legislative activity”. This is contradicted by the following: Councilor Schultz is an elected official for the State House. Mayor Jim Bouley’s firm Dennehy & Bouley is a paid lobbyist for/against bills presented to the legislature. Steve Shurtleff was both a councilor, … Read more

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The New England Take: Concord Good News, LPNH & Kauffman Problems, and the Bangor Fecal Matter

This week, on The New England Take, A. J. dives into some recent headlines: Concord considers composting, the Concord Monitor shifts to USPS delivery, Jeremy Kauffman hurts the Republicans’ progress, and the Bangor Daily News publishes an unhinged article involving homeless feces. Concord Monitor: “Concord explores food waste drop-off proposal”:  https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/05/13/concord-composting-food-scraps/ Concord Monitor,:”To Our Readers: … Read more

Forest fire leaves branch Photo by Alfred Kenneally on Unsplash

MACDONALD: Brush Fire Blame

Given the opportunity, a Proglodyte will lie about anything. Take Global warming. Everything is caused by it, relabeled as climate change to ensure the hymns matched the dogma. Heat, cold, rain, drought, sun, shade, storms, quiet, no snow, more snow, everything is the result of their sky god, while yours is just a fake thing … Read more

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BEST: Concord City Council Meeting – Fireworks, Tears, Cops and an “Agent of Chaos” – Preserving the “Brand”?

The optics are not good for the Concord City Council, whose message for 2026 is to preserve the “Brand”…… https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/city-council-consider-removing-ward-5-councilor-concord-mayor-champlin The January 12th council meeting ended with fireworks: Ward 5 Council member Stacey Brown was called an “Agent of Chaos” by Mayor Byron Champlin. Councilmember at large, Amanda Grady Sexton, allegedly said “she was going … Read more

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MACDONALD: Concord’s Screwed Up City Ward Redistricting

Concord, New Hampshire’s State Capitol, is, like many state capitols, mostly or entirely captured by the government class that accumulates to run the state. This often, if not always, results in a majority center-left constituency and a Democratic majority city government. So, why would they lie about the population to redistrict city wards? Because they … Read more

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MACDONALD: A Few Thoughts on the Concord PD (Pronoun Department) And the AG’s Civil Rights “Itch”

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has been desperately trying to scratch an itch it can’t quite seem to reach—a high-profile case it could use, at least in my estimation, to leverage civil rights law to suppress protected speech. Create a hate speech exception, tied to state civil rights law, and let the Orwellian pall … Read more

Amanda Grady Sexton

BEST: Who is Amanda Grady Sexton?

Running for re-election in the City of Concord as an “at-large council member” Here is a link to Amanda Grady Sexton’s profile for her re-election campaign to the City of Concord. I was pretty shocked to see a “No” as her answer to the question asking if any family member of hers worked in politics … Read more

Moffett: Lafayette, We Are Here!

So said American army Colonel Charles Stanton in Paris on July 4, 1917, standing at the tomb of Gilbert du Motier—better known as the Marquis de Lafayette. The Americans were in Paris as part of an advance World War I vanguard of Yankee doughboys. Over a million U.S. soldiers and Marines would soon be in … Read more

Thomas J Aspell Jr Concord City Manager

Opinion: Do We Really Need City Managers?

The idea of having a city manager might sound like common sense – someone to handle the day-to-day work of running the city, keeping things organized and professional. That’s why cities like Concord use the “council-manager” system of government. But over 100 years after this model was first introduced, it’s fair to ask: is this … Read more

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