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  • Johnny (Monday, August 17 26 09:35 pm EDT)

    Yeah that guy runs the rainbow church and is all about accepting people but when people come asking for help you kick them out and put up no tress-pass signs. My friend won’t even go to events at that church anymore because they have no trespass signs.

    Then tonight there was a guy walking on broad street and monadnock park waving a gun at people. Then some kid got hit by car. There was a fight at broad street park and another fight at Burger King. Backpack filled with drugs found at skatepark and also the parking garage. A common man worker got in a fight with someone outside the inn and another person got in a fight soon after. Taxi driver was found to be using drugs in a taxi. People found to be living in moody park. Stolen truck on Sullivan street and many more things today.

    I would like to ask the city council yet are we winning yet in this city? Is everything you are rubber stamping and approving helping out the city? Is all the tax dollars being spent on maintenance working? I know you look at this page and comment all the time so please respond with what you are actually doing that is helping because I can’t think of a single thing.

  • Greg Fitzgerald (Monday, August 17 26 06:14 pm EDT)

    same dude that runs rainbow church that kicked out homeless now runs WUC my bud told me at the bar sweetfire
    He out bid Jim

  • Crian Rapp (Monday, August 17 26 12:43 pm EDT)

    My kid will be a starter now - and he didn't attend any of the parties!!!

  • JuicyBubbleFart (Monday, August 17 26 12:26 pm EDT)

    KPP Ryan has officially stepped down from what’s up Claremont effective immediately. The new admins probably will censor even more.

  • Abbie (Monday, August 17 26 11:48 am EDT)

    Some of the public works employees have asked to carry guns in there city vehicles because they are sometimes alone in areas where some odd person comes up to them and starts threatening them. I heard the talk in the visitors center one day. I was trying to get help on opening a new store on pleasant street as I couldn’t figure out all the city hurdles and where the city has no employees there was nobody to email. I walked out of the visitor center after hearing that conversation and called the person who showed me a nice store front at 1 pleasant street and told them I was no longer interested in renting it. I then thought about what to do next and ended up renting a shop in downtown Keene and they were so much more helpful then Claremont and there public works employees don’t go to the visitor center and request to carry guns in there vehicles because they are scared to be alone in some parts of this city.

    Until pleasant street is deemed safe by the public works employees and whoever else in the city needs to consider it safe nothing will get done. The Claremont garden club doesn’t even want to touch pleasant street because of what goes on there.

    The police should really install a regular camera on both ends of the new pleasant street to actually see what is going on there because it is terrifying. People doing drugs outside store fronts, dealing and selling drugs, tweaking out, asking for drug money from strangers, drinking alcohol, smashing bottles. The church kicked them out of there property because they were doing some horrible things there. At the end of the year I’m moving out of the water street apartments and will be moving into an apartment in Keene for the same price. Claremont is not in a good place and I hope the city council stops harassing the racetrack and instead does something about pleasant street. If they don’t then they should all be voted out because they are the problem in this city.

  • Ezekiel (Monday, August 17 26 09:02 am EDT)

    Slaughter the finest calf! That is the first time anyone’s ever said that to Francis, this is a cause for celebration. AI finally allowed him to be what he could never have before!

  • Christopher LaClair (Monday, August 17 26 08:19 am EDT)

    I just wanted to compliment you for being such a great investigator and writer.

  • Sanctuary Square at Pleasant Street (Monday, August 17 26 06:51 am EDT)

    📌📌Council Priorities: The Speedway or Pleasant Street?

    Councilors James Cosgrove, Spencer Greenrose and Chris Irish appear determined to impose increasingly heavy-handed regulations on Claremont Motorsports Park. Yet a larger question sits directly under City Hall’s nose: What are they doing about Pleasant Street?

    The Speedway is an established private business. It attracts customers, supports racing families and contributes to the local economy. Reasonable safety and noise rules are legitimate, but endless regulatory pressure can eventually strangle any business. Today it is the Speedway. Tomorrow it could be a coffee shop, garage or gun store that somebody at City Hall finds inconvenient.

    Meanwhile, business owners and residents are describing intimidation, disorder and city employees allegedly being afraid to perform maintenance on Pleasant Street. If that account is accurate, why is the council concentrating its regulatory muscle on the Speedway instead of restoring order downtown?

    Claremont borrowed approximately $4.8 million—not $5.5 million, according to contemporary reporting—to reconstruct Pleasant Street. With related expenses, taxpayers may have absorbed additional costs, but officials should publish a complete accounting before anyone settles on the higher figure. Either way, taxpayers invested millions to create a clean, safe and commercially successful downtown—not an unofficial gathering place where threatening behavior, open drug activity, chronic loitering or property neglect is tolerated.

    This raises an uncomfortable question: Does Claremont’s leadership operate under an unofficial “sanctuary” philosophy?

    The message sometimes appears to be: Bring us your addiction problems, criminal histories and social disorder, and we will concentrate everything downtown while expecting businesses and taxpayers to live with the consequences. People recovering from addiction, former prisoners and homeless residents remain human beings entitled to lawful and decent treatment. But compassion does not require tolerating threats, drug dealing, vandalism, harassment or the occupation of public spaces. Help without accountability quickly becomes permission.

    New Hampshire’s sanctuary-city prohibition concerns obstruction of federal immigration enforcement. It does not automatically apply to homelessness, addiction or ordinary street crime. Nevertheless, the term describes a legitimate local concern: Has Pleasant Street effectively become a protected zone where officials avoid enforcement because confronting the problem is politically uncomfortable?

    Cosgrove, Greenrose and Irish should redirect some of their enthusiasm for ordinances toward several practical questions:

    * Are city workers refusing Pleasant Street assignments because they fear for their safety?
    * How many police calls, overdoses, assaults, disturbances and business complaints have originated there?
    * Are existing ordinances being enforced consistently?
    * What services are being offered, and what consequences follow when people refuse help but continue disrupting the neighborhood?
    * What return are taxpayers receiving from their multimillion-dollar investment?

    Pleasant Street does not need another slogan, committee or carefully polished press release. It needs visible maintenance, consistent policing, accessible treatment, enforceable standards and protection for merchants trying to earn an honest living.

    The City Council should spend less time attempting to micromanage the Speedway and more time confronting the disorder reportedly developing in the heart of downtown. Government’s first obligation is not to reimagine successful private property. It is to keep public property safe, orderly and usable by the taxpayers who paid for it.⁉️⁉️⁉️

  • Pleasant StreetSanctuary⁉️ (Monday, August 17 26 06:36 am EDT)

    📌📌Becky raises a serious taxpayer concern. If city employees are genuinely afraid to maintain Pleasant Street, then Claremont’s management and Police Department owe residents a direct explanation and a concrete safety plan. Taxpayers fund public works and law enforcement for the entire city—not merely the streets officials consider convenient or trouble-free.

    This resembles a “sanctuary mentality”: tolerate chronic disorder in one neighborhood so it does not migrate into another. That is not equal government, and it leaves Pleasant Street residents and businesses holding the bag.

    New Hampshire has prohibited municipal sanctuary policies that obstruct cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. However, that law concerns immigration; it does not automatically make Claremont’s handling of Pleasant Street illegal. The larger principle still applies: city officials cannot quietly create a protected zone where laws, ordinances and maintenance standards receive selective enforcement.

    Former Mayor Charlene Lovett promoted Claremont as a “welcoming community,” and progressive activists remain influential in local politics. But compassion cannot become an excuse for disorder, intimidation or official neglect. Nor should any political faction—including activists such as Joshua Lambert—be permitted to dictate police priorities from behind the curtain. If anyone is doing so, the public deserves documents and proof.

    The City Council should publicly answer three questions: Are employees refusing Pleasant Street assignments? Have threats or assaults been reported? What enforcement and maintenance plan is in place?

    Pleasant Street taxpayers purchase the same government services as everyone else. They should receive them. ⚖️⚖️⚖️

  • Lambert question⁉️ (Monday, August 17 26 06:27 am EDT)

    If your family supported President Trump or holds traditional conservative values, are you comfortable having your child taught by someone who has publicly described himself as “super-progressive”?

    Can Joshua Lambert leave his political activism at the schoolhouse door and treat conservative children and families fairly? Or should parents begin examining private schools, homeschooling, or other educational choices?

    The court of public opinion is open. What is your verdict?

  • Becky Richards Business Owner (Sunday, August 16 26 08:35 pm EDT)

    The city employees are scared to maintain pleasant street because of the people who hangout in that area. The cops don’t do anything about it because the people would just move on and eventually end up on a street they live on. As long as they stay on pleasant street where they don’t live it will be fine and as long as they are there nothing will be maintained on pleasant street because the city employees are scared of those people there.

  • Complete Lunacy (Sunday, August 16 26 08:15 pm EDT)

    Lambert is the last individual who should be working as a teacher in Claremont. This school district will never learn.

  • Jim Sullivan (Sunday, August 16 26 08:01 pm EDT)

    12 new articles published today on the News Flashes page of this website.

    1) Stevens High School Math Teacher Unexpectedly Passes Away!

    2) Violations Galore!

    3) More Revelations about Matt Kinson!

    4) Guest Editorial – Joshua Lambert heads to Maple Avenue: Can a Political Activist Treat Conservative Families Fairly?

    5) Superintendent Timothy Broadrick Utilizing New Strategy to Handle the Public!

    6) Public Notice – Claremont Appoints First Director of Student Wellness, Access and Counseling.

    7) Former SAU #6 Business Administrator Mary Henry Hired As Director of Finance and Operations for Mountain View Supervisory District!

    8) Things Continue to Go Pear-Shaped at August 13, 2026 Claremont City Council Meeting!

    9) Another One Bites the Dust! This Time It's the City Planner!

    10) Who Was the Other Candidate?

    11) Jonathan Stone Running for Public Office Again!

    12) The Claremont School District Stipend Scandal! Part #31 – Stipend's List.

  • Lambert style (Sunday, August 16 26 07:54 pm EDT)

    This Lambert story it’s really stirring the old shit bucket

  • Tomas (Sunday, August 16 26 07:29 pm EDT)

    Don’t be fooled by the preschool people. Only an idiot would believe there are somehow less drug addicts and homeless people wandering around the School St, Franklin St, and Pearl / Walnut St areas. The preschool people moved because the new location was even cheaper. The old school on Royce St was a better location by far for parking, traffic, and the play area and building itself.

  • Mick (Sunday, August 16 26 07:12 pm EDT)

    Now I know what Rick Chambers was talking about regarding Matt Kinson at the recent school board meeting!

  • Claremont, Yes Claremont (Sunday, August 16 26 05:48 pm EDT)

    Nice to see Broad street park looking like a homeless paradise today

  • Crian Rapp (Sunday, August 16 26 08:43 am EDT)

    Penelope - maybe no kids showed up because they were at a party at 7 Grissom Lane. What I can't say for sure is whether It was an alcohol free party or a free alcohol party.

  • Ford (Saturday, August 15 26 12:46 am EDT)

    She didn’t leave! On believing fake news and get a life.

  • Planning mole (Friday, August 14 26 05:22 am EDT)

    No, the director

  • Nancy (Thursday, August 13 26 06:26 pm EDT)

    Ford?

  • Amanda (Thursday, August 13 26 08:35 am EDT)

    Hopefully rob Allen is promoted to chief inspecter
    We need a new cherrif in town

  • Tony (Thursday, August 13 26 06:52 am EDT)

    Got word that a planning employee is leaving again. Who could it be?

  • Just wondering (Thursday, August 13 26 06:03 am EDT)

    Francis, are you and Jon Stone friends?

  • Thank you (Wednesday, August 12 26 07:20 pm EDT)

    Trump instructed NASA to activate the genesis device which will create a gravity field protecting us from the degravitation that was supposed to occur at 10:33am est

    Thank you Mr President for keeping GRAVITY

  • Rick (Wednesday, August 12 26 03:37 pm EDT)

    I see that Nicky Koloski was left unattended again and got a ahold of an electronic device to write wonderful things about himself again because nobody else will while trashing Jim Sullivan because he can't stand in the light of day with the truth. Bottom feeders like the dark.

  • Francis style (Wednesday, August 12 26 03:23 pm EDT)

    Let's be honest, it is practically illegal not to love Nick Koloski if you live in Claremont. The guy is essentially running a one-man monopoly on civic duty, and he is doing it so well it is actually a little exhausting to watch.Here is why everyone in town is obsessed with him:He refuses to leave the City Council: He is currently on his ninth consecutive term as a City Councilor. Most people look at local government politics and run away screaming, but Nick apparently looks at it and thinks, "Yes, please, give me another decade of this."He feeds the entire town: When he isn't dictating city policy, he is co-running Time-Out Americana Grill. Because why just vote on local ordinances when you can also make sure the voters are stuffed with burgers and wings?He literally runs into burning buildings: As if being a politician and a restaurateur didn't take up enough time, he is also a Call Firefighter Lieutenant for the Claremont Fire Department. He is out here saving cats from trees and extinguishing blazes while the rest of us struggle to wake up for our second alarm.He is trying to make Claremont Hollywood: He sits on the New Hampshire Film Commission, presumably to convince movie executives that Sullivan County is the next great cinematic universe.Basically, he is the ultimate overachiever, but he uses his superpowers exclusively to keep Claremont safe, fed, and organized, so we have no choice but to respect it.

  • Going Francis style. (Wednesday, August 12 26 03:19 pm EDT)

    Depending on who you ask, Jim Sullivan is either the only guy with the guts to look under the rug of city hall or the guy constantly tracking mud all over it. Here is why his name raises blood pressures all over Sullivan County:The "Watchdog" Who Never Stops Barking.
    If a Claremont official breathes, Jim is there to blog about how they did it wrong, over-budget, and without the proper permit. He essentially made a part-time job out of building an exhaustive "case against" former City Managers and council members, treating municipal HR like a premium true-crime docuseries.

    Diplomacy Level - Zero: His favorite civic debate tactic is telling local officials they "don't know what the hell they are doing." Unsurprisingly, that hasn't won him many invitations to the Christmas party.The Digital Toxic Waste DumpThe "Public Forum" Drama: His blog hosts an unmoderated free-for-all forum where local keyboard warriors trade anonymous, petty insults that make standard Facebook comment sections look like a high-society tea party.

    His hyper-dramatic "breaking news" drops spark endless, exhausting arguments in local community groups, leaving normal residents wondering if they can just look at lost cat photos in peace.

  • Employee (Tuesday, August 11 26 09:45 am EDT)

    Did another one bite the dust?

  • pond (Tuesday, August 11 26 06:50 am EDT)

    couple of real influencers there what a bad look to be kicking the vulnerable off a property that should be a refuge
    maybe the unhoused will dress like a witch and use some singing bowls to gain the respect of the leaders there

  • hypocrites (Tuesday, August 11 26 06:25 am EDT)

    so much for all are welcome maybe if the homeless wear a rainbow shirt they will be welcome
    sounds like that “church” turned away Mary and Joseph at the inn

  • Sunapee (Monday, August 10 26 08:32 pm EDT)

    I hear Sunapee is nice this time of year.

  • Peace Pilgrim (Monday, August 10 26 08:03 pm EDT)

    The church on pleasant street has kicked the homeless out of their property...I thought church was supposed to help the needy not trespass them and threaten legal ramifications!? They are being just like everyone else in the world. I hope these people can be welcomed somewhere else. I thought that church was liberal minded but I guess not.

  • Donna Green (Monday, August 10 26 09:51 am EDT)

    I would like to talk to you about the history in Claremont's school district.

  • Donna M Green (Monday, August 10 26 09:50 am EDT)

    your coverage of the Claremont school board meeting in August was very I good. I am a founder of The School District Governance Association of NH.

  • Applicant for city manager (Monday, August 10 26 08:46 am EDT)

    If you want to know if a city is truly alive, don't look at its budget sheet. Look at its sidewalks. For thousands of years, thriving communities shared a simple blueprint: a walkable center where commerce and community lived in the exact same spot.

    Somewhere along the way, Claremont forgot that blueprint. We put public life in one box and private business in another.

    My Solution: Public-Private Partnerships. We need to break those boxes down through smart public-private partnerships. It is a simple team effort:The City builds the bones. We handle the streets, lighting, safety, and strict code enforcement to clear out blighted properties.The Private Sector brings the heartbeat. Entrepreneurs bring the cafes, bookstores, and breweries that actually draw a crowd. Claremont already has a few business doing some very heavy lifting towards this goal, but they can't do it alone.

    This isn’t a conflict of interest; it’s a shared victory. When the city invests in beautiful infrastructure, we create a launchpad for local businesses. In return, they generate the foot traffic, jobs, and tax revenue that keep Claremont financially sustainable.

    Now, whenever we talk about creating vibrant, walkable spaces, some residents of Claremont always kick and scream about one thing: parking. But let’s be honest. Nobody ever fell in love with a city because it had an abundance of empty asphalt. If we build a sea of parking lots surrounded by box stores, we get exactly what we designed—a place where people drive in, buy one thing, and immediately leave. But if we build a destination, people will gladly walk a block or two. Parking is a logistical detail to solve, not a vision for our future.

    We have to stop measuring success by how many empty acres of grass we mow or how many parking spaces we protect. We must measure it by whether people actually show up, connect, and stay. The point of public space isn't the pavement—it’s the partnership, and it’s the people."

  • Jim Sullivan (Sunday, August 09 26 04:54 pm EDT)

    Seven new articles published today on the News Flashes page of this website.

    1) Shocks galore during the August 5, 2026 Claremont School Board Meeting!

    2) Payroll Issue Resolved!

    3) Claremont School Board's Goals Meeting Update.

    4) Claremont School District Teacher Shortage Article.

    5) A Correction and a Clarification.

    6) City Officials Release City Manager Recruiting Document.

    7) The Claremont School District Stipend Scandal! Part #30 – Stipend's List.

  • Dale 2 (Sunday, August 09 26 01:06 pm EDT)

    I see our mayor was out prancing around with that scumbag from Massachusetts. Get the fuck out of city and go to Massachusetts, you'll fit in more there. They like "men" that wear necklaces and run around with cowboy costumes. Not everyone in town was lucky enough to inherit a business from daddy. Maybe that's why you got daddy issues.. or you go on podcasts and do all you can to suck off...i mean up to...trump.

  • Ben L (Saturday, August 08 26 04:56 pm EDT)

    it is a brilliant move by Jim and will legitimize everything he does

  • New Admins (Saturday, August 08 26 04:23 pm EDT)

    It looks like new admins have been added. Maybe they are going to take it over.

  • Brad (Saturday, August 08 26 01:05 pm EDT)

    Who in their right mind is going to buy a Facebook page when you can easily start one of your own for free? Kipp is dreaming unless he's got a real sucker lined up.

  • jay lucas (Saturday, August 08 26 12:20 pm EDT)

    buy some little liberal boys page this is crazy

  • Little birdy (Saturday, August 08 26 12:15 pm EDT)

    Are Jim & Ai Francis buying WUC from Kipp????

  • Dedrick (Saturday, August 08 26 09:30 am EDT)

    Ur the mole

  • Planning (Thursday, August 06 26 03:28 pm EDT)

    We all know who the mole is

  • Penelope VonShultz (Thursday, August 06 26 12:56 pm EDT)

    What stuck out to me last night is that no players showed up. If the players cared even a little about the quality of the coach or his integrity they would have been there with shirts on. They would have lined up for their coach if they respected and wanted him to continue. The silence speaks volumes. Broadrick was an idiot to rattle the nest but he looks to have stumbled onto something. No players and parents means this is manufactured outrage. Poor form. It's about the kids.

  • Austin Powers (Thursday, August 06 26 12:37 pm EDT)

    mole in the planning dept

  • Get out of town RAPP (Thursday, August 06 26 12:00 pm EDT)

    Time for Rapp pack his things up and move back to where you came from you piece of shit! We were better off without you here. Just cause your sons a little bitch shouldn’t affect others. Raise them right and you don’t have to worry about him. Trying to protect him is childish. Only reason you on the board is so your wife don’t get fired and your son can tell coaches if I don’t play then you’ll be fired my dad works on the board.

  • CRAPP (Thursday, August 06 26 09:01 am EDT)

    Someone will that weasel is gonna get his

  • Fact (Thursday, August 06 26 08:22 am EDT)

    Not one person had the balls to call Rapp out!

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