Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Senator David Watters - Renaissance Man of the Senate

Dr. David Watters, NH State Senator District 4

Senator David Watters - Renaissance Man of the Senate

David Watters laughs off the moniker of Renaissance man of the Senate but there's a lot of truth to it. A mutual friend wrote me with the following:

"David is an expert on all kinds of things: New England graveyards, the New England Primer, hornbooks of New England, clown history, Shaker history (particularly African American Shakers), African American history and literature, slavery in New Hampshire, New Hampshire African American history, Grace Metalious, Robert Frost, human rights (he was active in a local chapter of Amnesty International and I think headed that chapter) and more. He also is interested in Native American history and has sponsored legislation on behalf of Natives in this state."

This podcast focuses on his work in the Senate but I suspect we will do a future podcast where we explore some of these other passions of this very interesting fellow.

Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/senator-david-watters-renaissance-man-of-the-senate/id1448601053?i=1000643586179

Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/6Il7KXRYfvU

Show Notes: https://nhsecrets.blogspot.com/2024/01/senator-david-watters-renaissance-man.html

Email: david.watters@leg.state.nh.us

Years Served in the Senate: Serving his 6th term in the NH Senate

Watters earned a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in English from Brown University. His professional experience includes working as a professor at the University of New Hampshire.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Watters was assigned to the following committees:

Links

https://ballotpedia.org/David_Watters

https://www.nhsenatedems.org/senators

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_H._Watters

Twitter: Senator David Watters (@SenDavidWatters) · X

David Watters

Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 5, 2012
Preceded by	Jim Forsythe (redistricting)
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Strafford 4th district
In office December 2008 – December 2012
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Personal details
Born	David H. Watters December 28, 1950 (age 73)^[1] Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jan Alberghene
Children	1
Residence(s)	Dover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Education	Dartmouth College (BA) Brown University (PhD)
Profession	Professor
Website	Campaign website Official website

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

EP 99. Peter Powell: With Community at his Core

Peter Powell

New Hampshire Secrets, Legends & Lore Podcast

Peter Powell: A Life With Community at its Core

Podcast: https://feeds.podetize.com/7CASaR71n.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/-m2l9I00Rrs

Peter Powell has been in the Real Estate business in Lancaster NH for 50 years now and he's very well respected and talented at it. But ask him what he lives for and he will begin to spin stories of family, New Hampshire, and his community, both local and in the broader sense NH and the US, long before he gets to his business career.

I think it's that focus on community that allows Peter to have been the choice of both Republican and Democratic leaders in the US and in NH as a leader they can count on to build bridges. . . and if there is anything we need desperately these days its a restoration of a sense of community. From his heartfelt call to the legendary US Senate Republican Leader Mark Hatfield at one of the most trying points of his life to simply say, I'm proud of you. Keep on." To the moment that Democratic candidate for President Fritz Hollings poked his head into a latenight bull session at a local store in Lancaster and asked "Anyone here know Peter Powell? Tell him Fritz Hollings says hello!" There followed appointments to prestigious state panels in the humanities, the Trust for NH Lands, The NH Charitable Fund and so many other state honors that it would take too much time to mention.

Peter spent a few years working in Washington after college, working for Norris Cotton and the Senate Commerce Committee as well as congressman Louis Wyman before deciding he wanted the country life and making the move to Lancaster. His father Wes Powell was governor of NH for two terms and of course that invites hundreds of stories into the conversation so we are going to schedule another podcast in a month or two so we can get in a few more of those. Wes was from the rough and tumble area of Puddledock in Portsmouth which seems to play prominently into many of those stories.

With an always ready and genuine smile, and a spirit ready to reach out in every direction to find common ground, Peter Powell is the sort of citizens who moves mountains, whether he means to or not. Our world could use a lot more people like him.

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Peter Powell - Broker in La ncaster, New Hampshire
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