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Yester-Heroes: Police ‘professionalisation’

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The police department needed to be managed more professionally and become more efficient. The days of the three-man department was over. The police department could no longer afford to be swept whichever way the political winds were blowing. Social pundits and reformers of the day… “emphasized ‘professionalisation’ which usually meant a more military style of organization, higher education standards and better training, concentration on crime fighting, and administration independent of local politics.”

The Soapbox: Ben Ming will find common ground and deliver for all Granite Staters

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For the last four years, elected officials have prioritized extreme policies that attack our rights and freedoms, sow discord, and are fundamentally counter to who we are as Granite Staters. That’s why in this year’s election, I’m supporting Representative Ben Ming for State Senate, because he is the candidate who will focus on the issues that really matter to Granite Staters and he has a demonstrated record of delivering for his constituents.

Chews Life Now!: A Vegan’s Open Letter to Restaurants by Carolyn R. Choate

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Dear New Hampshire Restaurateurs,

Thanks to the Internet, your menus are an open book. I read those of the state’s top 46 restaurants featured on Open Table, the popular online reservation service.  Some of us diners don’t feel welcome at your table and I’m one of them. I speak for vegans and those who follow a whole food plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. Less than 32% of New Hampshire’s fine restaurants offer customers like me vegan/WFPB options.  Far fewer offer the recommended dietary requirement for protein per meal – 15 to 30 grams – from a WFPB source.

Yester-Heroes: Nashua fires – a juxtaposition of time and space

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Growing up in Nashua, following its history, and seeing how the city has grown and developed is fascinating to me. I am constantly intrigued by the juxtaposition of time and space – seeing what structures occupied a certain space at a certain time, only to be replaced by another, and maybe another structure at a different time. Or perhaps, the structure burns, never to be replaced leaving only photos and a memory. Here are several instances of how buildings and property-use changed over time, and how it relates to fires in Nashua. 

Yester-Heroes: Nashua Police Department – more sophisticated, but still political 

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It was around this time that police reports started listing a person’s profession/occupation on their arrest record. One particular Annual City Report listed over 50 different occupations of those arrested, the most common being “Laborer” at 524 or 62%. This was followed by “school boys” (35), “housekeepers” (30), “mill operatives” (mill workers) (28), and farmers (23). Some of the odder occupations stated, or occupations you would not expect to see in the city lock-up were: confidence woman, lawyer, locksmith, druggist, newsboy, jeweler, and 2 people who were simply listed as “professional thief.”

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