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By RICHARD W. OSBORNE
Richard W. Osborne lives in Contoocook. Today, May 17, is the anniversary of a milestone in American jurisprudence. It was on this date, seventy years ago that the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Brown v. Board of...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A bill that would require teachers to notify parents at least two weeks before they introduce content about sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, passed the Senate Thursday, much to the chagrin of its longest-serving...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban transgender girls from participating on public school-sponsored sports teams starting in fifth grade.The bill, HB 1205, was passed by the House in March and now heads to Gov. Chris...
By TESS SUMNER
Tess Sumner is a student at Newfound Regional High School in Bristol. As a young citizen of New Hampshire, I want to express my reservations about House Bill 1312. This bill is just one example of a recurring trend in the legislative landscape, where...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
The University of New Hampshire’s oldest building was vandalized with the phrase “UNH FUNDS GENOCIDE” early Tuesday morning.An individual in an oversized white sweatshirt, black pants, and a facemask was captured on security camera footage at 3:58...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
After police pushed Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck to the ground and arrested her in an exchange that has since gone viral, an officer told her partner, “Age doesn’t matter if there’s bad behavior,” she said.“They clearly were told it was okay to...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A massive budget cut sustained by the Pembroke School District in March has thrust the future of a long-planned elementary school building project into uncertainty.The plan to renovate or rebuild the kindergarten through fourth grade Pembroke Hill...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A controversial bill that would ban transgender girls from participating on NHIAA- sanctioned girls’ sports teams in New Hampshire is expected to be voted on by the Senate next week, after it received support from the Senate’s Education Committee on...
By DEB HOWES and MEGAN TUTTLE
Deb Howes lives in Hudson and is the president of AFT-NH. Megan Tuttle lives in Concord and is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. Every student, no matter the color of their skin or the zip code they live in, deserves educators who are caring,...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Kyle Repucci, current superintendent of schools in his hometown of Rochester, will be the new principal of Broken Ground elementary next year after the school board unanimously approved his hiring Monday night. It’s been awhile — eight years — since...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
The University of New Hampshire on Tuesday named Elizabeth Chilton, the current chancellor of Washington State University’s flagship campus, as its next president.Chilton, an anthropologist, has also served as a dean at Binghamton University and as an...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Five days after police arrested 12 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of New Hampshire, students and faculty called for the resignation of university Police Chief Paul Dean after they say he assaulted a student while responding to last...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Five years after planning for a new school building in Allenstown began and 19 months after builders broke ground at 171 River Road, the Allenstown Community School opened on Friday.The big day was celebrated with white shirts emblazoned with...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
At the foot of Mount Kearsarge in Warner, a campus designed to mimic a quintessential New England town is home to the smallest higher education institution in New Hampshire.Founded in 1973, Magdalen College – with a current enrollment of 65 – has...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A controversial bill that would have required teachers to answer all questions from parents “completely and honestly” was narrowly voted down by New Hampshire’s House.The 185-176 vote to kill the bill was celebrated by LGBTQ advocates and the leaders...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Police arrested about 90 pro-Palestine protesters at Dartmouth College and a smaller number of protesters at the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, which drew both praise and condemnation.“Use of police force against...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Empowerment, sadness and joy swept over Niyanta Nepal when Brown University’s administration announced their intention to deliberate and vote on divesting from companies connected to Israel’s military actions in Gaza.“We have the power to really...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Three years ago, Rep. Jonah Wheeler was finishing his senior year at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough. Ten minutes down the road, his friends in Jaffrey were wrapping up theirs at Conant Middle High School. While Wheeler received “good...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
In the latest hearing for a proposed ban on transgender athletes under consideration in New Hampshire’s State House, Pembroke resident and retired physician Jennifer Smith expressed a more nuanced position than most on the divisive issue.While...
By MEGAN TUTTLE
Megan Tuttle is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. As a mom, I want strong schools for my three boys. As an educator, I want all Granite State students to have access to high-quality educational opportunities, regardless of their zip code. As the...
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