There were 29 responses to this week’s Tele-Talk question: “Should sexually explicit books be banned in schools?”
Movies about science fiction and space have never held much appeal for me. Except for stills and short clips, for example, I've never seen "Star Wars," or any of its sequels. As has been the case for most of the past two decades, however, attending Conway's annual school meeting felt like wa…
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A warrant article in Wolfeboro submitted by Bobbi Boudman to prevent the town from spending money to ban books passed overwhelmingly, 1,058-406. “Wolfeboro citizens don’t ban books,” said Boudman. Ruth Clough, a self-professed conservative from Tuftonboro, and a critic of Boudman wrote in an…
Listen up, North America.
If I had to bet on Conway, well, I just wouldn’t. What is strange about Conway is that it isn’t stupid, but often acts like it is. The town needs economic revitalization. Casinos are not the answer.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It was a different time. The Ruan Center in Des Moines, with 35 floors, had just become Iowa's tallest building. Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, the home of the Iowa State Cyclones, had just opened. The farm girls were still playing 6-on-6 high school basketball — three forw…
Approximately six conservative citizens of the district, half of whom are natives, attended the Governor Wentworth school board meeting this past Monday night. We had been given a heads up that the opposition had planned to crowd us out by using all of the public input time.
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