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Let’s Bring Common Sense to Penacook and Concord

August 29, 2025September 27, 2019 Op-Ed

Penacook has been overlooked, and as a Marine and a father with a child in the school system, I hope to change that. I have heard that many residents would like a grocery store. One of my top priorities is to streamline the process to help ensure this happens. We can’t allow another good deal … Read more

In the Beginning J.P Morgan Created the Fed

March 1, 2026September 15, 2019 Russ Payne

In the beginning J.P Morgan created the Fed … well kind of. In November 1910, at the behest of financier J. P. Morgan, a hand-picked group met. They were bankers and politicians. At a hunting camp on Jekyll Island, Georgia they met. There were six men: Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, … Read more

Margaret Drye – Dedicated to Our Community

June 17, 2023August 11, 2018 Op-Ed

For almost four decades, I have been responding to Plainfield and Cornish homes and roads as an EMT with Cornish Rescue. As a result, I have seen the opioid epidemic up close, and I have also seen the many medical, physical, and financial challenges our senior citizens face.

Spec Bowers – Silly Editorial About O’Brien

August 29, 2025April 8, 2012 Spec Bowers

The Concord Monitor’s April 5 editorial about House Speaker Bill O’Brien is one of the sillier ones of the last year and a half. It reminds me of the old legal adage, “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither is … Read more

On The Election of Reince Priebus as RNC Chair

April 30, 2026January 16, 2011 Phyllis Woods

I am delighted with the Republican National Committee’s selection of Reince Priebus as Chairman. Reince is a strong pro-life conservative who has demonstrated his ability to lead our party in many ways. As Chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, Reince led his State Party to success in 2010 as they flipped control of Governor, US Senator, … Read more