DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who came out late in life. I have three grown, married children and five grandchildren. They are my world, and we are all very close. I’ve had one partner. My family readily accepted and welcomed him because he made me happy. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out.
DEAR HELOISE: With prices on nearly everything going up and wages not improving, it’s important for all of us to save where we can. I have some hints on utility bills that will help keep some of your utilities at a reasonable monthly rate:
CONCORD — Realtors, business groups and housing advocates on Tuesday endorsed a package of proposed changes meant to encourage the construction of more affordable housing across the state.
DEAR HELOISE: We had friends over for dinner one evening, and we discovered that we had some chips on a couple of the rims of our nicest European crystal glasses. Having the chips repaired professionally was possible, but the cost was prohibitive. So, we decided to attempt to repair them ourselves.
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DEAR ABBY: For nearly three years, I have been seeing a man who later asked me to move in with him. He abruptly stopped emailing me four months ago. I waited several weeks and then emailed him, telling him how upset and hurt I was and asking what was going on. I found out — NOT from him — th…
Today's Sound Off is about political politeness:
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 32 years. I cannot remember the last time he asked me about my day, let alone my life, without a prompt from me. I feel ignored and emotionally neglected.
For once-wild mustangs from the West, a farm in Meredith is a place to learn -- and trust.
DEAR ABBY: I host holiday meals for my out-of-town family. During the last one, my cousin’s 5-year-old son ran up and down the upstairs hallway pretty much nonstop the entire time. The floor is ceramic tile, so when he did this, it made a huge racket and shook the house. The pounding frayed …
MANCHESTER — In April, Howard Brodsky will be celebrated as the Greater Manchester Chamber or Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year for his lifelong devotion to business leadership and making a better world.
DEAR HELOISE: My husband and I have three very young children, and we waited about eight years after we got married to start our family. Our kids are important to us, so we wanted to develop a bond with them while raising them.
DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to an amazing guy. We have been together a little more than two years. During our first year, his family was great to me. They acted as if they liked me. However, things have changed.
Atkinson officials have denied a permit for a new spa catering to adults who role-play as children wearing diapers, which was planned for the space above the three-car garage of a Pope Road residence.
DEAR ABBY: I have a close relationship with my grandchildren and their parents. My 12-year-old grandson eats nothing except fast food and refuses everything else. His parents allow it and even have food delivered for him. His 8-year-old sister watches closely and is starting to head in the s…
DEAR HELOISE: As I do every morning at breakfast, I read your column, and the first letter I saw was a suggestion from Barbara, in Houston, on how to loosen a stuck jar.
DEAR READERS: Do you know which cheese is the most popular cheese in the world? Is it:
DEAR ABBY: I’ve always been close to my children, but now that they are adults, it seems I’m losing my connection with one of them. He married a girl of a different race, and while that doesn’t bother me, I have a strong hunch she’s the reason he has distanced himself from not only me, but a…
Dear Heloise: Whether it is a spare ketchup bottle, a garlic powder spice container or a box of crackers, everyone usually has that “extra something” in their pantry waiting to be used and moved to the front of the kitchen cabinet.
Today's Sound Off is about poor lighting on our streets:
DEAR ABBY: Our wonderful daughter has her doctorate. She’s a hardworking professor, a job she loves. Her husband, “Phil,” has three master’s degrees and also his doctorate.
What better way to send Valentine’s wishes than with an Ottergram?
DEAR HELOISE: My wife poached eggs for breakfast the other day. After scraping as much of the egg skin that was willing to leave the stainless-steel pan, I filled it with soapy water to soak overnight.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 41-year-old gay man. Although I was raised in a conservative, religious family, I’m out of the closet and proud to be living as myself.
The annual Penguin Plunge was held at Hampton Beach on Sunday.
If You Go This year’s Keefe Family Polar Plunge, founded in 2008 by Hollis resident Ray Keefe and his family, will take place in March. WHEN: Saturday, March 9. 11 a.m. pre-registration; noon, plunge kickoff; 1 p.m., post-plunge festivities WHERE: Seabrook Beach. Check-in at corner of Hookse…
DEAR ABBY: My husband looks at pornography. I find it disgusting and it turns me off. I feel that if he has to look at it, it means I’m not good enough or sexy enough for him. I don’t believe his excuse of “It has nothing to do with you.” When I try to tell him how it makes me feel, he becom…
The wettest summer on record in New Hampshire resulted in historic levels of raw sewage and stormwater runoff flowing into the Merrimack River last year, data obtained by Merrimack River Watershed Council shows.
One of the five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash in California earlier this week was from New Hampshire, military officials confirmed Friday, the second Granite State service member to die in a chopper crash in the past three months.
DEAR HELOISE: All I hear from my friends is how expensive things have gotten. Yes, but there are bargains and people who freelance their work. You can ask who your friends use for repairs, plumbing, electrical work, house cleaning, yard work and so on. If people you know trust and like them,…
DEAR ABBY: I love my fiance, but his mother says, “Over my dead body will he move away from me.” She has cancer and we have both been praying that she goes peacefully, but it seems all she wants to do is create as much strife as possible between my fiance and me. I am now ignoring calls and …
Beginning this weekend, the New Hampshire Sunday News will be distributed on Saturday.
MANCHESTER — A public hearing on moving regional letter and package distribution to Boston from Manchester attracted about 250 angry postal workers and customers concerned about delivery delays and the layoff of 11 employees.
Officials in Atkinson have scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday — Valentine’s Day — for an application from the owner of a new spa catering to adults who role-play as children wearing diapers.
WASHINGTON — Calls made with AI-generated voices are illegal, the Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday, after a fake robocall imitating President Joe Biden sought to dissuade people from voting for him in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary election.
Twenty years after a Massachusetts nursing student disappeared in northern New Hampshire, authorities have released a photograph of what she might look like today.
DEAR HELOISE: It is customary, particularly in small communities, to take food to a family who recently had a loved one pass away. I have another suggestion to add onto this:
DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship for more than a year. We met at the gym. We have similar interests and are both normally caring and loving to each other. We also have similar senses of humor.
NASHUA — Pennichuck Middle School seventh grader Ava Durden has been selected as one of 23 Merit Award recipients out of more than 600,000 entries from around the world in this year’s 36th annual Lions International Peace Poster contest.
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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 32 years. I cannot remember the last time he asked me about my day, let alone my life, without a prompt from me. I feel ignored and emotionally neglected.
For once-wild mustangs from the West, a farm in Meredith is a place to learn -- and trust.
DEAR ABBY: I host holiday meals for my out-of-town family. During the last one, my cousin’s 5-year-old son ran up and down the upstairs hallway pretty much nonstop the entire time. The floor is ceramic tile, so when he did this, it made a huge racket and shook the house. The pounding frayed …
MANCHESTER — In April, Howard Brodsky will be celebrated as the Greater Manchester Chamber or Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year for his lifelong devotion to business leadership and making a better world.
DEAR HELOISE: My husband and I have three very young children, and we waited about eight years after we got married to start our family. Our kids are important to us, so we wanted to develop a bond with them while raising them.
DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to an amazing guy. We have been together a little more than two years. During our first year, his family was great to me. They acted as if they liked me. However, things have changed.
Atkinson officials have denied a permit for a new spa catering to adults who role-play as children wearing diapers, which was planned for the space above the three-car garage of a Pope Road residence.
