OLYMPICS, GREAT SNOW, Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl LVI all add up to an action-packed and perhaps even romantic weekend (for us Cupids).
Add in the truckers’ protests in Canada, Russia’s massing troops along the Ukrainian border, inflation and supply chain factors, let alone the pandemic and Donald Trump’s missing documents and you’ve got an overview of where we stand at this point in the year. A bright spot on the COVID front is Gov. Chris Sununu’s reporting that “we are trending in the right direction” regarding the virus. Let’s hope so.
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