Letters to the Editor

Support Dillon Gallagher

To the Editor,

Voters of Cornish,

I’m writing to support Dillon Gallagher for Selectman for the Town of Cornish. I’m very glad to hear he’s running for a second term. Having spent nine years in the job I think I know some of what it takes to be good at the job and he’s got it; honesty, patience, willingness to listen to all sides of an issue and do the hard work, put in the time and effort of learning the job, no small task I can assure you.

Dilly was born and raised in Cornish, he knows our town and our people. I ask you to join me in voting for Dilly.

Don’t forget we vote on Tuesday, March 12. 

J Cheston M. Newbold

Cornish, NH

Lead poisoning uprooted my life

To the Editor,

My family moved into a 263-year-old home in New Hampshire. I took my son, a toddler, to a routine doctor’s appointment where he got his blood lead level tested. To my surprise, he tested positive for lead poisoning.

I had no idea that lead was such a big issue in our state.

From there, our lives were uprooted. Not only was my son’s health at stake, but it felt like our entire livelihood was at stake. I wasn’t prepared for the disruption it would cause.

It took over a year, thousands of dollars, countless visits with the EPA and DCF, and more to finally get our son’s lead levels to drop. To add to the serious health effects, my son’s lead poisoning caused us tremendous stress and almost left us homeless. Our home had dangerously high levels of lead and we did everything we could to remedy the situation.

New Hampshire needs to do more to prevent childhood lead exposure. Senate Bills 399 and 392 take steps in doing this by increasing access to lead testing and increasing funds for lead remediation efforts, respectively.

I am asking legislators to support SB 399 and SB 392. Please, I am counting on you to protect children like mine and families like mine. No one else should have to go through what my family has gone through.

Stephy Richards

Charlestown, NH

Tribute to Vermont’s Submarine Hero

To the Editor,

A tribute to Torpedoman Henry Breault is planned for March 15, at 9:30 a.m. to honor the 100th anniversary of Submariner Breault receiving the Medal of Honor, a declared Vermont resident to which the state of Vermont received credit. Rep. Michael Morgan of Grand Isle-Chittenden District, VT. is initiating a legislative resolution to honor Torpedoman Henry Breault, the first submariner and only enlisted submariner to receive the Medal of Honor. The event is to take place at the Vermont State Capitol in the House of Representatives in Montpelier, Vermont.

The 15th of March date was chosen for this event as the Vermont legislature will be in recess on March 8, the actual date in 1924 when the Medal of Honor was presented to Torpedoman Breault by President Calvin Coolidge. All veterans are encouraged to attend the resolution reading at 9:30 a.m. at the Capitol building, House of Representatives, especially Navy veterans to show their support of one of their own. A group of active-duty submariners from the Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut and the Vermont Submarine Veterans Green Mountain Base members of the United States Submarine Veterans are planning on attending this memorable event.

For additional information, contact C. William Mattoon, Commander Green Mountain Submarine Veterans, Inc., at [email protected].

C. William Mattoon

Green Mountain Base Submarine Veterans Commander

Springfield, VT

A Library Trustee for Cornish

To the Editor,

I am running for Cornish Library Trustee, and I’d like to share with you why I want to serve.

I know what it means to be a Library Trustee for a small-town library in the 21st century. My background in science and research, serving on the faculty of Dartmouth, as well as a small-business owner of a psychotherapy private practice in Lebanon, will benefit Cornish greatly. I have also served Cornish in many volunteer capacities. My experiences and perspectives will contribute to a professionally diverse board of trustees.

Cornish, my home for 20 years, feels like a family in the way it protects, serves and cares for its own, and like any family, sometimes squabbles are expected. Sadly, because of the way the community center at the Cornish General Store has been handled, it has divided the town. I will serve as a Library Trustee in a manner that will recognize and heal those divisions.

The lack of information available from the committees that are planning for a new library make it difficult to address the intricacies of how future changes will ultimately affect the Stowell Library itself and/or the trustee roles and responsibilities. What I do know is that any changes will be years into the future. We have a library right now — the G. H. Stowell Free Library — and it deserves our care and respect, no matter what the future holds.

I would appreciate your vote on March 12, 2024.

Karen Gillock

Cornish, NH