FINDING A HOME: Elizabeth Goodhue: When families resort to tough love

Debrina Kawam’s death haunts me. Not because Sebastion Zapata was too drunk to remember what he had done, or that anyone could do something so depraved is unconscionable. But because Debrina was someone's sister, friend and daughter who died homeless and alone.

Viewpoint: Blake Anderson— Small towns and public education

By BLAKE ANDERSON

Letter: Be a better driver

My son just turned 16, and will take his license test. I've learned a lot teaching him to drive, getting his 40-plus hours in for the test.

Letter: Support Jaffrey-Rindge CTE project

Lots of people came to the Jaffrey-Rindge School Board meeting Jan. 16 to hear about the proposed CTE building project, to ask questions, to voice support or not. It’s true, because property taxes fund education in New Hampshire, school improvements lead to a rise in those taxes. It’s true, Jaffrey residents pay proportionally more than more-affluent communities. None of this is the fault of the School Board.

Letter: Aim lower with the blame

The storms, fires, and floods we are seeing are not God's wrath. Nor are they of any unholy origin. These have origin in nature, amplified by human activity.

Letter: What a difference four years makes

On Jan. 6, as our Constitution requires, Congress convened to witness counting of electors’ votes. Vice President Kamala Harris, also following the Constitution, proclaimed Donald Trump the next president.

Letter: Proposed change is inadequate

Residents will be asked to vote in March for changes to certain ordinances; one is in relation to recreational vehicle habitation. Starting last winter, we were informed by our code enforcement officers that there were so many (possibly as many as 20) of those situations that they were spending as much as one-third  of their time dealing with problems they created.

View From the River: Margaret Nelson – Surviving the winter with enthusiasm

I hear a lot of folks complaining about the winter. They object to the cold, shoveling the snow, ice and darkness, for starters.

Letter: A name for a gulf

In view of Donald Trump’s recent announcement about the Gulf of Mexico, I submit that the vast expanse of his lies, gaslighting, distortions and projection of his own failures onto his opponents all be referred to as the "Gulf of Trump.”

Letter: Thanks to Dalterio

Recently, I was driving on Route 101 between Dublin and Peterborough and I had my emergency lights on and pulled over. A policeman pulled up behind me. He helped me check my lights on the dashboard to see what was wrong. The car was OK, so I continued on.

Letter: Thanks from Rindge Operation Santa

In Rindge, this holiday season, Operation Santa was happy to help 76 children from 28 families.

Viewpoint: Rudra Aryal – History, humanity and unity

By RUDRA ARYAL

In the history of humankind, slavery is one of the darkest chapters. Many individuals all over the world profited from the dehumanization of millions of Africans, including Europeans, African leaders, British colonizers and Americans.

Viewpoint: Robert Beck – The world Trump will inherit

Listening to the recent comments of President-elect Donald Trump, one could assume that America’s most-pressing foreign policy challenges reside in our geographic neighborhood.  Canada as our 51st state, the “Gulf of America,” taking over Greenland and China’s designs on the Panama Canal have been repeatedly highlighted by the incoming commander-in-chief.  

Letter: Ringing bells for King celebration

The Jaffrey-Rindge Martin Luther King Celebration Committee is again participating in the National Bell-Ringing Ceremony. On Jan. 20, prior to the first of two events, the Jaffrey and Rindge communities will participate in the National Bell-Ringing Ceremony.

Letter: Sharing concern about schools

Thank you to Janine Lesser for her fact-based, well-written column “Wondering about the future of education” (Jan. 7).

Letter: History of the canal

In 1880, the Panama Canal was started by a French company run by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who also built the Suez Canal. The firm went bankrupt in 1888, after building more than a third of the excavations.

Letter: It might have been

The Christmas musical “The Stingiest Man in Town” serves as a metaphor for our recent election. Scrooge and Belle sing about how he chose gold over their love when young and now that he is rich he seeks her love.

Letter: Thanks for remembering Jan. 6

Thank you to the 15 people from Peterborough, Hancock, Temple and Greenville who joined in remembrance of the Jan. 6 attack on our nation's capital four years ago.

Viewpoint: L. Phillips Runyon III – It's time for the ERA

During the last few weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration, we’ve seen the president protect his son and many others whom he has felt deserved pardons. He has also tried to build a moat around other accomplishments of his term, so they can’t be undone by the next administration, which has made it pretty clear it wants to mount an assault of epic proportions.

Viewpoint: Janine Lesser – Wondering about the future of education

By JEANINE LESSER

After reading the Nov. 21 Ledger-Transcript article by Jerry Margolis, “School voucher program grows,” I would like to highlight some facts around education funding that our current New Hampshire Department of Education likes to ignore.First is the...