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Thank You, Mr. G.!
Carleigh Beriont Carleigh Beriont

Thank You, Mr. G.!

Yesterday, I had the chance to visit with Mr. Galante, who taught me and Eric for several years in high school. He invited us over to his house to look through thirty-five years of lesson plans and projects.

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What I learned in Brentwood: caring for people in a broken system
Carleigh Beriont Carleigh Beriont

What I learned in Brentwood: caring for people in a broken system

On Sunday, I had the chance to hear from a panel of healthcare workers in New Hampshire. The group spanned a broad range: among them were nurses, pharmacists, administrators, nutritionists, and doctors varying from family physicians to surgeons. It was a privilege to hear directly from providers about their work and their views on what we could be doing differently to care for our communities.

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Video: CloseUp with Adam Sexton
Carleigh Beriont Carleigh Beriont

Video: CloseUp with Adam Sexton

I appeared on WMUR’s CloseUp with Adam Sexton on Sunday, May 24th. Our conversation covered a wide range of issues, from political corruption and Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund to the DNC autopsy and the genocide in Gaza.

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Op-Ed: NH needs skilled workers. This old Stratham campus could help
Carleigh Beriont Carleigh Beriont

Op-Ed: NH needs skilled workers. This old Stratham campus could help

A few months ago, I joined George and the ROMEOs for breakfast at the Country View Diner in Greenland. The ROMEOs are a group of retirees who meet up regularly for coffee, eggs, and lively conversation. They wanted to talk to me about a building many of us regularly drive by: what was once the Great Bay Community College campus on Route 33 in Stratham. Over coffee, they made the case that the building should be training young people for skilled work again. By the time the plates were cleared, they’d convinced me.

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Op-Ed: 16 Nursing Homes, One Bankruptcy, a threat to our seniors
Carleigh Beriont Carleigh Beriont

Op-Ed: 16 Nursing Homes, One Bankruptcy, a threat to our seniors

If you have a parent, a grandparent, or a spouse in a New Hampshire nursing home, there's roughly a one-in-five chance their care is in the hands of a company that filed for bankruptcy this year — and the people who write the rules in Washington have spent the past year making the problem worse, not better.

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