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“In an environment where we are accustomed to spending other people’s money on someone else, we end up not maximizing the value of the dollar.” The Public Hearing on the 2025 Town budget was a total disaster! It devolved into a conga line of residents, seeking to have their special interests satiated by the PUBLIC … Continue reading Disappointing, when the Power of the purse is in our hands…and we do such a lousy job with that power…

New Hampshire public library statistics are collected annually by the New Hampshire State Library. The data provide holdings, services, programs, income, expenditures and personnel information. Library personnel can use the data to monitor library trends and to compare their services with libraries of similar size to demonstrate the need for increased funding and expansion of … Continue reading LIBRARY ASKING FOR A FULL TIME BUDGET…WHILE OPERATING PART TIME HOURS??? TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD…NH STATE LIBRARY HAS THE DATA YOU NEED TO SEE…

The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a real species of bird found throughout forests in North America. Named for the vibrant yellow feathers on its belly, this variety of woodpecker drills into tree trunks to feed on the sap flowing inside. However, “yellow-bellied sapsucker” in public lore, has a much more colorful meaning. It is used to … Continue reading The Swallows return to Capistrano…The Yellow Bellied Sapsucker returns to Henniker

One undeniable truth; the world does everything differently than it did 100 years ago…and people ADAPTED!!! On the list of the most important skills we hope our students learn in school, ADAPTABILITY is number one. But how can a public school teach adaptability when no institution in our society has proved to be less adaptable? … Continue reading LEARNING IS ADAPTABILITY…DEMANDING MORE MONEY TO DO LESS FOR FEWER STUDENTS…IS FAILURE!

We constantly hear from our politicians that they have taken the tax pledge. So on this cold winter’s day, as my fire induced slumber  commenced to set in, I began to imagine these tax fairies dancing in my head… Twas the night before deliberative session and all through the house came the sound of my … Continue reading YOU NEVER WOULD BELIEVE…WHERE THOSE $$$ BILLS COME FROM!