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Joe McQuaid @deucecrew

grandpa, newsman, former golfer.

Joined August 2009
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Packard’s work: Admirable leader unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

Packard’s work: Admirable leader

Sherman Packard has been an admirable Speaker of the New Hampshire General Court. Just picking up that gavel, even in the best of times, is not for the faint of

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Same old, same old: Political rhetoric unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

Same old, same old: Political rhetoric

Chris Pappas, who has been a congressman for four terms, is now running for the U.S. Senate because, he says, “people right now don’t want the same old, same old.

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DiLorenzo was right! Good news, bad news unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

DiLorenzo was right! Good news, bad news

We have good news and bad news about our piece last week concerning Republican 1st District congressional candidate and Portsmouth businessman Anthony DiLorenzo.

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Pray for them: NH Guard in harm’s way unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Pray for them: NH Guard in harm’s way

They are out of sight and therefore out of mind for most of us, but men and women of the New Hampshire National Guard are once again in harm’s way

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Breaking: @MaggieG603 named to US House Veterans Affairs Committee to add to her seat on Armed Services. #nhpolitics
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Kennedy in NH: What makes this guy tick? unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Kennedy in NH: What makes this guy tick?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants patients to be listened to on the serious matter of Lyme disease. That’s good. The disease can be debilitating and the ticks that carry it

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'Rites' is wrong: What NH folk are called unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

'Rites' is wrong: What NH folk are called

One of the many candidates running for the 1st District congressional seat this year says he really doesn’t need the job but “wants to go to work and improve the

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‘Legal' Londonderry: Blocking out the public unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

‘Legal' Londonderry: Blocking out the public

The people of Londonderry deserve openness and candor from their elected representatives. Town councilors should agree to provide it, rather than to hide behind the convenient “reputation” clause of a

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D-Day warriors: What we owe them unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

D-Day warriors: What we owe them

America and her allies were lucky to have had commanders like Dwight D. Eisenhower and troops like those he sent ashore in Nazi-held France on the morning of June 6,

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Nashua flags: Beware 'govt. speech' unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

Nashua flags: Beware 'govt. speech'

Give credit to Nashua residents Beth and Stephen Scaer for daring to challenge the City of Nashua’s absurd and arbitrary rules as to which flags could be flown from the

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Manchester remembers: Simple, humble services unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Manchester remembers: Simple, humble services

Manchester’s Memorial Day observances were a part of the reason that makes New Hampshire the special state it is.

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AI concerns: Weighing the future unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

AI concerns: Weighing the future

Pope Leo is worried about artificial intelligence. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has questions about data centers. Both are valid concerns and the pope and the governor have both the right and

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New NH department? Caution: Growing govt. unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

New NH department? Caution: Growing govt.

Does New Hampshire really need another department of state government? Is that the best solution for some recent problems at the Sununu Youth Services Center, which is slated to go

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Lions still roar: Community matters unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Lions still roar: Community matters

Britain declared war on Germany on Aug. 4, 1914, and Dr. John McCrae of Montreal immediately volunteered for service.

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Memorial parade: Manchester marches unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Memorial parade: Manchester marches

Manchester will have its (somewhat) traditional Memorial Day parade this Monday at 2 p.m. The parade as well as observances that follow in Veterans Memorial Park is of long standing.

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Baby boxes: What hath God wrought? unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Baby boxes: What hath God wrought?

New Hampshire has a new place where a newborn can be dropped off, no questions asked, day or night. It’s a box. It’s heated.

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GOP v. Pappas: It needs to do better unionleader.com/opinion/edit… #nhpolitics

GOP v. Pappas: It needs to do better

If the Republican Party hopes to best Democrat Chris Pappas in November, it’s going to have to do a lot better than it did in a release last week. It

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School board flunks: Manchester buck-passing unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

School board flunks: Manchester buck-passing

Manchester’s school committee didn’t do the district and its citizens any favors by recklessly closing an important option for savings in a budget that has yet to be adopted. It

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Mother’s Day: Make it memorable unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Mother’s Day: Make it memorable

This Sunday is for mothers. It is for older ones whose hair may be gray and their faces worn with a lifetime of caring for others before themselves. It is

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Rules of the road? E-bikes go zooming by unionleader.com/opinion/edit…

Rules of the road? E-bikes go zooming by

Mother’s Day might be a bit easier for mom if safety officials can somehow find a way to cope with the rising risks of e-bikes and other motorized gadgets popping

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