A few months earlier we mentioned a meeting between Mayor Brian DePeña of Lawrence and the governor of New Hampshire, an encounter that we hoped would forge a new chapter in stemming the flow of illegal drugs in both states.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte shed the combative tone that previously had placed the blame squarely on Massachusetts border communities like Lawrence as the source of the illicit substances flooding into the Granite State.
DePeña correctly said at the time of their meeting that fentanyl and other drugs, human trafficking, and gang violence “recognize no borders and spare no community,” prompting his cross-border outreach to Ayotte…