Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “What can our politicians do to make prescription drugs more affordable?” — received 23 responses. Many said pharmaceutical influence over politicians must stop, while others complained about cost, advertising, revision patenting and corporate greed.
About 40 citizens attended a prescription drug town hall Rep. Chris Pappas (D-Manchester) held at the Tri-County Community Action Program building in Tamworth on Tuesday. Canadians can get prescription drugs at a fraction of the U.S. price, while Americans struggle to pay for such things as …
Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “Is there more that we can do to help Vietnam veterans and their families heal from the wounds of war?” — received 14 responses. Some said homelessness, job security and health care need to be addressed while others said vets need more respect and younger peo…
“The Wall That Heals,” a three-quarter replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, was set up this weekend at American Legion Post 46 on Tasker Hill Road in Conway, bringing back memories and prompting conversations about what remains the most controversial war in modern American…
There have been a number of bear sightings in the Mount Washington Valley in recent weeks, including break-ins of cars and a home in Jackson. Last week, a New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officer was forced to euthanize a bear after it broke into a home on Wildflower Lane in Jackson.…
Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “What can be done to attract and retain quality teachers?” — received 44 responses. Most said higher pay would attract quality teachers while others also said affordable housing, less bureaucracy and more respect would help. The responses below have been edit…
Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “What memories do you have of the Apollo 11 moon landing?” — received 11 responses. Some remembered watching it with family, hearing about the landing afterward or didn’t believe it was a good use of money.
Today (July 20) at 4:40 p.m. marks the exact time when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle touched down on the moon. Some 650 million people around the world watched the historic landing on July 20, 1969, and heard astronaut Neil Armstrong say, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “What do you think the Conway Community Building should be used for?” — received 47 responses. Many said it should be senior or workforce housing, while others said it should be a homeless shelter, a youth center, an athletic facility, town hall or a Market Basket.
Conway selectmen this week pondered whether to sell the old Conway Community Building property in Center Conway now that town recreation department programs have moved to Kennett Middle School. Options discussed for the property, which includes 4.3 acres of land, range from senior housing to…
Last week’s Tele-Talk question — “Do you agree with town officials that running a homeless program is a normal function of a church?” — received 50 responses, with most agreeing with the town that such programs are a normal church function. The full selection of responses is below.
Grove Street neighbors of the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in North Conway recently complained that an unsavory element attracted by the Way Station, a homeless resource center at the church, were panhandling around their yard. The homeowners said no one at the church informed them they w…
There were 26 responses to last week’s Tele-Talk question — “Given the lack of communication between state DMVs, is it time for a national driver’s license?” — where a large majority disagreed with a national driver’s license, citing too much federal and ineffectiveness. Those in support sai…
Despite two drunken driving arrests in Massachusetts and Connecticut and a rollover accident in Texas, Volodmyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, Mass., still had a legal license last week when he allegedly crossed the double yellow line on Route 2 in Randolph, plowing into a group of mot…
There were 16 responses to last week’s Tele-Talk question — “Are you supportive of the home-sharing concept and is this something you’d be interested in doing?” — and most were supportive citing Airbnb, building costs and lack of low-income housing as reasons for home-sharing. Distrust of st…
On Monday night, the MWV Housing Coalition and a non-profit called Jackson Housing Opportunities Matter hosted a forum at Jackson’s Whitney Center. Among the topics discussed was the new HomeShare program launched by the Gibson Center last month. According to Dr. Marianne Jackson, the servic…
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