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Callaghan for Hanover SelectboardThree candidates for two Hanover Selectboard seats are on the ballot on May 9. I am one of them.With a dozen years of prior service on our local school boards, current service on the Hanover Finance Committee (since...

Published: 1/11/2021 10:00:26 PM Modified: 1/11/2021 10:00:04 PM Attack on Capitol left me feeling violated, vulnerable I wept at my desk as I saw the events of Wednesday, Jan. 6, unfold at our Capitol, the symbol for a democratic style of government around the world. It has been more 200 years since our country experienced something like this, the War of 1812. I believe the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth and I felt personally attacked, violated and vulnerable. One pa...

Published: 1/2/2021 10:00:15 PM Modified: 1/2/2021 10:00:13 PM Biden must connect with rural Americans, and trains could help We face a culture war in our country characterized by political dysfunction, racial disparities, militaristic police departments, health care inequities and a prolonged economic depression. Emotions run rampant when dealing with these issues. Edmund Burke, the 18th century Irish philosopher, captures my worry: “Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour, than...