Ashland News

Craig Moore likes Mitt Romney. He is all but committed to voting for him. But, in his view, Romney's performance in this weekend's debates descended at times into a rehash of his ads - particularly one that has been airing on a seemingly endless loop.

ASHLAND, N.H. Mitt Romney rounded out a day-long bus tour around New Hampshire with a stop here in this bellwether town, where he dished out buttered spaghetti to dozens of invited guests, and parried with a 22-year-old resident about whether the United States should apologize for its actions abroad.

One in a series of stories taking a look at the 2012 Republican race through the eyes of residents of Ashland, a bellwether town in New Hampshire.

Last week, Sarah Schweitzer, a Concord Monitor alum now writing for The Boston Globe, reported on what she found when she asked a sampling of uninsured residents in Ashland, N.H., for their thoughts on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known in Republican circles as Obamacare.

Michael Troila, and his wife, Darlene, of Ashland, N.H., have no health insurance; they say it's too expensive.