The Lebanon Voice will continue no matter what

The Lebanon Voice will continue no matter the outcome of Election Day on Tuesday.

Since the newspaper began more than two years ago I have often worked two or three days a week as a substitute teacher.

Besides, The Lebanon Voice is not a job, it’s a passion. And you always make room for your passion.

And while we’re speaking of this little newspaper, let’s look back on just a few of the issues we’ve covered and we would humbly like to believe helped to make a difference in.

*** From the outset we have continually shined a light on and advocated for increased accessibility of selectmen meeting minutes and videotaping of meetings. It’s gotten better, but there is still a long ways to go.

*** We uncovered the flawed Rescue Probe which ultimately led to the resignation of the former Rescue regime and a new beginning which actually officially began on Wednesday with the hiring of a new chief.

*** We made town officials acutely aware of a dangerous overhang of trees that threatened a house on Prospect Hill Road. Trees on the hill have since been removed and the overhang has been rip-rapped with rock fill thanks to Lebanon Road Commissioner Larry Torno.

*** Researched town and New Hampshire records that revealed, unbeknownst to a former board of selectmen, that the small recreation area near the Garage Way dam at the bottom of Prospect Hill was the responsibility of Lebanon. Selectmen had thought it was regulated by a New Hampshire Dam authority. In fact, it had been leased back to Lebanon in the 1980s.

*** Sponsored a series of Candidate Night forums so that citizens of Lebanon could see and hear selectman hopefuls debate issues important to the town prior to Election Day.

*** Uncovered questionable acquisition of subcontract work by a former town official.

*** Uncovered and published documentation showing shoddy and tardy filing of selectmen timeslips.

*** Sponsored (along with the Town of Lebanon) the recent town Cleanup Day, for which the newspaper did all the fund-raising for the barbecue and ended $40 in the black.

*** Told the story of Lebanon’s true heroes like Marine Sgt. Richard Stewart, who died in Vietnam in 1968.

The Lebanon Voice will not stop bringing you the issues and the stories and the people important to you. You can depend on that.