Tom Roberts, Author at Valley News

Column: Keeping a community and its economy going

by Tom Roberts For the Valley NewsJuly 9, 2020

I was joking with my daughter that when we look back on how Vital Communities responded to the coronavirus pandemic, we took three perhaps counterintuitive actions: We hired people, we gave money away and we volunteered our time.As readers may know,…

Column: Supporting local businesses is crucial

by Elyse Crossman To the Valley News, Ruth Ann Hacking To the Valley News, Pj Skehan To the Valley News, Ashlee Rowley To the Valley News, Monique Priestley To the Valley News, Caitlin Christiana To the Valley News, Tracy Hutchins To the Valley News, Tom Roberts To the Valley News, and Elizabeth Finlayson To the Valley NewsMarch 26, 2020

An artist's rendering of a new three story apartment building at Summer Park in Hanover, N.H., to be built in 2019. The $4.6 million building will replace three eight-unit buildings on the 1.6-acre lot between Park, Summer and Lebanon streets. (Courtesy Twin Pines Housing Trust)

Column: The Housing Shortage Affects All of Us

by Clay Adams For the Valley News, Tom Roberts For the Valley News, and Mike Kiess For the Valley NewsJanuary 26, 2019