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 The Flying Yankee train is nostalgic nuisance that needs to be cut up and scrapped.     Retired Green Mountain railroad executive Frederick Bailey made a recent unsupported argument that this train should be moved up to the Bartlett rail yard where after languishing in Lincoln for years something meaningful will actually happen to this historic state owned train. It won't.     The Flying Yankee train set has been a state liability since it was donated by  Bob Morrill, it was also a political deal cut by former Executive Councilor Ray Burton. The now mostly abandoned train sits needing over $275,000.00 in direct rehabilitation plus another $200,000 a year in operating costs and an expensive liability policy as it's lightweight construction and articulated wheel sets are prone to derailments. None of this changes if the train were to be moved up to Bartlett. The Flying Yankee In A Different Time.    Last fall I appealed to Governor Chris...

  Communities across New Hampshire are voting against keno. Bethlehem, Littleton and the rest of the North Country should do the same. Questionable If Keno will create revenue for local communities and education.   Described as assistance to education, particularly kindergarten keno is an electronic bingo game with below average payouts and the description I've heard "a state tax used to finance the bureaucracy in Concord."   Portsmouth, Keene and ironically even the city of Concord itself have voted against allowing keno. Their concerns are valid: that this state lottery game isn't going to return any major revenues to local economies or education.   This would be enhanced in the North Country which is already largely undeserved if not neglected by Concord to begin with. The actual gaming numbers of keno will also be significantly impacted by the next year startup of casinos in Boston and Springfield, Mass. which will immediately begin draining $62 million ...