With the Dow Jones stock market index at about 47,000 it is interesting to see how far it has come since May 7, 1929, when it hit a high of 326 for the 1920s. But just a half a year later on Nov. 8 its value fell to 198.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Suddenly Donald Trump, who arguably has some mastery of the business arts, is in defiance of one of the fundamental principles of his trade: Hope is not a strategy.

The political climate in New Hampshire took a dark turn this month as lawmakers were in the middle of the last year of the current two-year term.

By Richard Gilman

By Dr. Brian Beals, pediatrician, Coos County Family Health Services

The keys to a happy, healthy community:

Over the past several weeks, I have spent time in communities across the North Country in a series of community listening sessions. I want to begin by thanking everyone who took the time to attend, speak candidly, and share both concerns and hopes for the future of healthcare in our region.

His grandparents and mother were born in Selma, Ala., the site of the violence of the 1965 civil rights march that led to the Voting Rights Act. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where within 30 yards of his house six Black active-duty soldiers went off to Vietnam, including one of his childhood…

By Garry Rayno, Distant Dome

Spock who, as a Vulcan, is incapable of lying, returns by popular demand to address the statements delivered by an angry bearded man in a white pickup to the Northern Sanctuary Community’s vigil outside Saint Barnabas Church in Berlin on January 20th: “They’re all illegals!” he hollered as h…

We live in the beautiful Mount Washington Valley. There are very nice houses on lakes and mountaintops. Some of the homes in the area have lots of acreage. Some are grand edifices. I wish people could grow up here or move here at a young age, get a job, and earn enough to be able to afford t…

As we have learned, Trump lies like most of us take breaths, but it’s helpful to analyze the details in order to uncover the actual truth. As we know, Vulcans, like Mr. Spock, cannot tell a lie, so let’s put Trump’s statements on Venezuela to Spock for analysis:

Every January, we are sold the same idea. New year, new you. As if the calendar flipping somehow erases what we are carrying. As if grief clocks out on Dec. 31. As if illness, caregiving, trauma, exhaustions or fear politely wait for permission to follow us into January.

A couple of years ago I saw a dilapidated mobile home being torn down and the home site cleared of debris and put up for sale. It didn’t take long before someone bought the property and made arrangements for a new mobile home on the site. But I was puzzled by the “Private Property, No Trespa…

Let’s celebrate all the good that can shine forth following our bleakest moments. The loss of Jayson Tatum has enabled former benchwarmers for the Celtics to thrive. The miserable performance of the quarterbacks who followed Tom Brady’s departure brought the Patriots the superb Drake Maye. D…