<< Sun., Mar. 14

EDITORIALS

Why does Rockingham Park want to build a slot-machine casino?

Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who died on Tuesday at age 100, walked her way to national fame and a U.S. Senate nomination on a single issue: campaign-finance reform.

We don't personally know Dr. Douglas M. Goumas, who practices orthopedic surgery here in Manchester (New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center), but we are proud that he is a fellow Granite Stater.

Live horse racing is gone from Rockingham Park in Salem. But the only reason the races lasted a century was because in the final years taxpayers were heavily subsidizing them.
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted by a huge margin to repeal the 9 percent tax on campgrounds passed in last year's budget. The Senate should follow the House's lead.