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By NARAIN BATRA

On April 22, the pristine calm of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, Kashmir, was ruptured by violence of the most brutal kind. In what is now being called the deadliest civilian-targeted terrorist attack in India since 2008, 26 tourists, including a child and a Nepalese national, were murdered in cold blood by militants claiming allegiance to The Resistance Front (TRF), a known proxy of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba of Pakistan.

By WAYNE GERSEN

Over the past several days, I’ve had the opportunity to learn about Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi from the talks and interviews he has given locally and nationally. Unfortunately, the media coverage outside the Upper Valley has focused more on his advocacy for Palestinians than on his pacifism. Mahdawi ultimately stepped away from the disruptive elements of the Columbia University protests based on Buddhist principles he embraced to help deal with the suffering he experienced growing up in refugee camps.

By MIRO WEINBERGER

If you’ve turned on a podcast, watched a late-night show, or scrolled social media in the past month, you’ve probably heard something about “Abundance,” the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. The thesis is simple yet powerful: America, especially in blue states, has over decades created systems that prioritize stopping things rather than building them. We’ve become experts at saying no.

By TRIS WYKES

WINDSOR — Tough times for the Windsor High baseball team. Fresh promise for Thetford Academy.

By MICKI COLBECK

My ears perk up these mornings as the little brown dogs and I hike along the Ompompanoosuc River, for now is the season of surprises when the birds, species by species, arrive from the south saying, “Hey, we’re back. Gonna sing a song, find a female, have some chicks.” That’s when I forgo responsibilities around the house and become a bird listener.

By JONATHAN STABLEFORD

In an era of censorship and blacklisting, President Trump may need help finding the right book to take with him to bed after an exhausting day. He hasn’t asked for my advice, but with the two of us sharing a common humanity and nearly the same age, I have prepared a modest list of books to take him places he doesn’t go in a normal day.

By DAN MACKIE

As a writer who sometimes tries to find the lighter side of heavy things, the recent glam-packed Blue Origin space flight was a gift from the heavens.

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

She’s made more than 100 stops across New Hampshire in her first 100 days.

By MARY K. OTTO

I Go Down to the Shore

By GWEN TUSON

Polarization. Fear. Uncertain future. Rising prices. Politics affects nearly every aspect of daily lives. Neighbors suddenly in conflict with one another. In some communities, families focus on subsistence, but they can’t escape the larger turmoil. Am I writing about today?

By POLLY CAMPION and LAURIE HARDING

Recently, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to zero out the budget of the New Hampshire Commission on Aging.

By TRACY HUTCHINS

In my role at the Upper Valley Business Alliance (UVBA), a regional chamber of commerce, I have worked with many new business owners. We often have people interested in starting a business contact the UVBA for information on how to start their business or advice on navigating issues as a new business owner. I find helping new businesses to launch to be one of the most rewarding aspects of my job. I love to help someone to realize their dream of creating independence and a successful business.

By REBECCA BAILEY

In our society, getting stuff can be as easy as tapping your smartphone. Responsibly getting rid of stuff — packaging, broken, used, or outmoded items, waste products, and all the other materials that make up our “solid waste” — is a lot harder.

By DAN MACKIE

You might think there is nothing going on these days besides new episodes of “The Further Adventures of Donald J. Trump,” but you would be wrong.

By DOV TAYLOR

“We were slaves … now we are free.” This Saturday evening, Jews around the world will recline at their Passover Seder tables and read a story of liberation from a book called a Haggadah. That story is told in response to four questions, traditionally asked by the youngest child present:

By TRISWYKES

Two of the region’s strongest high school soccer programs have new but familiar leadership.

By STEVE TAYLOR

It was going to become “the Ben and Jerry’s of beer” and as the concept took shape it generated a lot of buzz in the Upper Valley some 40 years ago.

By MARGARET ML BYRNES

With multiple polls showing housing as the top issue in New Hampshire by a wide margin, it’s no shock that the current legislative session is awash with proposals ostensibly aimed at addressing the state’s housing crisis. These bills are framed as attempts to tackle the shortage of affordable housing and to foster development, which sounds like a no-lose proposition. But take a step back and you’ll notice that most of these proposals are sweeping, one-size-fits-all statewide planning and zoning mandates.

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

All systems are go for U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate in the 2026 race to succeed retiring longtime Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

By JIM BEDNAR

I served my country for almost 40 years, not in uniform but with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency that managed 60% of our humanitarian and development assistance. I have hundreds of on-the-ground examples of how USAID employees served America’s interests. (Over the agency’s six decades of work, 99 USAID staff gave their lives in service to their country.)