Dear fellow citizens: My name is Wayne MacDonald and I am a candidate for State Representative in Rockingham County, District 5 (Londonderry). I retired in June of 2019, after 23 years as a fraud investigator with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. During my tenure, I became the senior investigator of the...
Category: Letter to the Editor
Op-Ed: Vote For Justice In Hillsborough County
VOTE FOR JUSTICE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Many voters do not know the function and importance of their County Attorney. The Hillsborough County Attorney is the equivalent of what would be a District Attorney (DA) in larger city prosecution offices. The County Attorney is responsible for prosecution of the most serious offenses within the county, including...
Jim Valiquet For Merrimack County Sheriff Brings In Series Of New Endorsements
Jim Valiquet, candidate for Merrimack County Sheriff in New Hampshire has received a surge in recent endorsements from local members of the community. According to the campaign website, https://jimvaliquet.com/, four new endorsements have been released over the weekend. Mike Baillargeon, Secretary of NH Police, Fire and EMS Foundation, says, “Jim is a very caring individual,...
Letter: John Coughlin For Hillsborough County Attorney
My name is John Coughlin from Amherst, NH. I am a Republican candidate for Hillsborough County Attorney. The prior Republican Hillsborough County Attorney, Dennis Hogan, is not running and has endorsed me. I retired as a Senior Judge in the NH Circuit Court in January, 2020 so that I could run for this office. I...
Letter to the Editor: Red Flag Laws
I, Eli Clemmer, candidate for US Congress in New Hampshire’s second district, firmly support our second amendment rights. New Hampshire’s state house has once again tried to pass a string of Red Flag Laws. It is time for our state to take a stand: red flag laws are a serious concern for New Hampshire. They...
Letter: Elect James Valiquet for Merrimack County Sheriff
To the residents of Merrimack County New Hampshire, I am announcing my candidacy for the position of the Merrimack County Sheriff. My fervent hope is to continue to work with the outstanding men and women of the Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department. The Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department has a tradition of superior law enforcement in serving...
Letter: Building a better Salem, and a greater New Hampshire
I am Joe Sweeney, and I’m proud to announce that I am running to once again to represent Salem in New Hampshire’s House of Representatives. We’ve seen a majority in Concord vote for disastrous bills that would burden our state’s economy and destroy the New Hampshire advantage. I will always vote against an income or...
Stay-at-Home 2.0 Goes to Court
On Friday, May 15, Governor Sununu extended New Hampshire’s state of emergency a third time, through June 5, 2020. Since first pronouncing a state of emergency nearly two months ago, the governor has issued 40 decrees that profoundly affected virtually every aspect of life in New Hampshire. Retail stores, manufacturing, hotels and tourism, recreation,...
Letter to the Editor: Reopening New Hampshire
There’s been a lot of fear circulating around COVID19 lately, and it’s split between fear of the virus itself and fear of the unintended consequences of the lasting shutdown. I, Eli Clemmer, candidate for the U.S. Congress in the 2nd district, realize that there was good reason to be cautious with something so unknown and...