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Windham residents and supporters are justifiably outraged at being conned by opponents of a genuine forensic audit of the Dominion machine counted ballots in the recent NH general Election.

What the Hell is Going on in Bradford, New Hampshire Now?

July 11, 2025February 5, 2021 Steve MacDonald

This small New Hampshire town is barely over the Ghislaine Maxwell extravaganza, and two members of the Select Board quit in one week after a Fire Dept. Captain was arrested for sexual assault.

Amherst New Hampshire’s Problems…Are there? Problems?

September 26, 2018January 11, 2013 Steve MacDonald

A few days ago I asked…”what are the Amherst New Hampshire Selectman Hiding.” The Selectman were playing games with 91-a, the Granite State’s right to know law, to hide the abrupt absence of the town administrator. My good friend Ed Naile (over at NH Insider) spent some quality time with the Amherst meeting minutes and … Read more

What Are The Amherst New Hampshire Selectman Hiding?

September 26, 2018January 9, 2013 Steve MacDonald

The Amherst New Hampshire Town Selectman are trying to use the state’s Right to Know Law to hide something. Town Administrator Jim O’Mara has been put on administrative leave and the selectman are refusing to answer any questions.

Calling it a personnel issue, selectmen refuse to comment on O’Mara’s status as a town employee. Bruce Bowler, selectmen chairman, said previously that private employee matters are protected under the state’s right to- know law, refusing to give details of O’Mara’s leave.

H/T Union Leader

That includes not explaining if the leave is paid or unpaid.

No offense intended to the Amherst Selectman but seeing as you are paying or not paying him with tax dollars, that information is not personal. You can’t hide behind 91-a.

Running for Selectman And Saying What One Means

September 26, 2018January 31, 2012 Rick Olson

“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town-meeting or a vestry” —Thomas Jefferson

Letters to the Editor, no matter what newspaper features them, are always fodder for intrigue, strange ironies and unintended humor. Other times, letters to the editor are little more than rank lies, propaganda and charlatanry for “true-believers.” But for the most part, letters to the editor provide that surface-level thumbnail viewpoint of the author…for the most part.

2012 is a political year on all levels national, state and local. One such letter that inevitably piques my interest are letters to the Editor by candidates seeking office and asking for the support of the public who might elect them. I pay particular attention to such letters because running for a seat on any town leadership platform inevitably shapes a person’s public persona for better or worse.

Kathleen Sullivan DiFruscia

September 26, 2018February 14, 2011 Steve MacDonald

You remember Tony DiFruscia? Lawyer, democrat, republican, independent, ex RINO NH House rep. Yeah that guy. Well his law partner and wife–wait until I tell you her name, is running for selectman in Windham.