Comedy Night at the Shaskeen Pub rebranded as Ruby Room Comedy

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Upcoming acts include Ben Roy, John Tillson, Eddie Pepitone, Daniel Simonsen.

With COVID intermission over, Palace Theatre staff and performers prepare for second act

Monday, June 10, 2024Saturday, April 24, 2021

While the full lineup is not yet ready for release, Peter Ramsey, CEO of the Palace Theatre, is planning a summer of events with a limited capacity for safety measures, including masks and social distancing.

Child-focused Merri-Loo Preschool celebrates 50 years, now enrolling for fall programs

Sunday, June 16, 2024Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Now, more than 50 years later, Merri-Loo continues to be a resource for the Goffstown community at large with the same community-based foundation that it was built on. Each year, alumni return with their own children in hand to enroll them for a new school year.

Manchester Animal Shelter ramping up cat trapping efforts with community support

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, April 11, 2021

In the simplest form, cat trapping is the act of safely moving stray cats from the outdoors to an indoor setting (typically a shelter). While the process has many different outcomes, cat trapping often involves the return of lost cats to an owner, adoption efforts, or what is commonly known as TNR (trap-neuter-return).

Exploring Manchester’s history through relics: Old town pound door, Weston Observatory Tower, Smyth Tower

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, April 5, 2021

Three historical sites in particular all sit within a three-mile radius on the northeast city side between Derryfield Park and the VA Hospital: Weston Observatory Tower, The Town Pound Door, and Smyth Tower.

New Hampshire’s Merci Boxcar: A forgotten piece of WW II history in Manchester

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Here in Manchester, sitting at the end of the tiny, dead-end, Reed Street on the old West Side lies an example of our state’s “forgotten history.”

A son’s questions answered: ‘What was it like to be a first-responder on 9/11 in New York City?’

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, September 11, 2020

I remember Ms. Macrepole stepping in and out of the classroom with her TV on low in the corner. I remember the parents coming to pick up their children early but not understanding why. I remember stumbling in the door to see my father scrambling with his bags, his SWAT uniform on, while my mother cried. I remember my dad hugging us before he left, while my mom tried to explain that some very bad men had tried to hurt our country. Now, 19 years later, I am sitting down with my father, retired Sergeant Michael Paul Biron of the Manchester NH Police Department to discuss the day his SWAT unit was called to New York City.

Going mobile: Hot Dogs and Cool Cats LLC, alternative doggy (or cat) grooming during COVID19

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, July 17, 2020

Launched in March, Hot Dogs and Cool Cats began with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, an un-planned yet surprisingly good time for business in the mobile grooming industry, according to owner Trevor Yanuszewski.

Beyond the gates to Ikarus

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, July 9, 2020

What happened when I ventured outside the perks of an “all-inclusive” resort vacation in Mexico.

Entertainment in Manchester circa the 1940s: Reflecting on 90 years of life with my pepere, Ed Neveu

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Sitting across the same wooden coffee table that has existed in his house for several decades, I readied my recorder knowing just how precious these words will mean to me as I grow older and my grandfather becomes another year closer to a century. I started with asking him about his experiences with music as he is always fascinated with the fact that our iPhones act more like a speaker than a true phone.

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