Editorial Informed voters make the best choices Hooksett votes on town candidates and warrants on May 13. In order to give people enough information to make informed decisions, we are covering controversial issues like the drive for public-access cable TV and whether the Hooksett sewer system expansion bond should pass. On May 1, we plan to run ...

Editorial: The vote was ‘no’ In town after town, the vote was no on so many items. The Auburn-Candia middle school, the Allenstown sewer bond, the Allenstown and Epsom town and school operating budgets ... virtually every money item in Allenstown. We can only speculate on why the vote went as it did, but we would guess it’s the ...

Editorial: We must make math education a priority Half, yes, half, of the 11th-graders tested by the state were listed as “below proficient” in math. That’s the politically correct way of saying they failed. They weren’t even close to being able to do the math expected of them. Yes, the 11th-grade test is harder than ...

Editorial:One more town considers SB2 Auburn residents have a big decision to make: whether to change from the old style of Town Meeting or move to the official ballot law, commonly called SB2 for the bill it began as. For larger towns, the official ballot law makes more sense. It is simply impossible to gather a representative sample of voters ...

Editorial: Credibility and opinions  In last week’s editorial, we mistakenly identified Matt Comai as a Hooksett School Board member when we should have stated that he is a member of the Long-range Planning Committee of the Hooksett School Board. The mistake happened due to a misreading of the minutes. Should it have happened? Of ...