Summer has finally arrived with some great weather, including hot and humid conditions along with sunny, beautiful blue skies and more to come. It does make one forget about the weather from last October to mid-June. Enjoy it while you can.
To lead off today’s column, I have received a few communications (and truly appreciate the input — it means someone is reading) about the comment I made regarding Grant Lavigne striving to be the first New Hampshire native to make a Major League Baseball team as a position player.
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