Posts by Carol Robidoux
More than 45 vendors filled the perimeter of Veterans Park creating the perfect setting for hundreds of attendees of this year’s We Are One Festival. Under mostly clear skies people gathered to dance and drum, do group Zumba, sample a variety of foods and catch up with neighbors and friends.
Next week’s Ink Link Mayoral Forum at The Rex Theatre will provide a first look at the four mayoral candidates side-by-side. Tickets for the free event “sold out” quickly at the 300-seat Rex Theatre, which will provide a perfect setting for an event that will bring the community together around the most pressing question to be answered on Election Day: Who will be our next mayor?
Appealing to traditional and progressive acoustic music fans alike, The Ruta Beggars combine bluegrass and early swing to create intricate vocal harmonies, fiery instrumentals, and plenty of fun. They have been praised for their creative yet tasteful arrangements and charming performances, winning Thomas Point’s band competition in 2019.
It’s near impossible to catch an unobstructed view of the colorful new mural on Hanover Street, what with trees and parked cars. But if you could, you might detect the familiar curves of Mt. Uncanoonuc within the geometric rainbow.
The Holt Avenue neighborhood that for the past three years has come together to celebrate summer and have fun while doing good did it again.
Gin joint: check. More excitement to come: you bet – but for now, you can check out the Manchester Distillery and pick up some craft gin and vodka!
The 31st Annual Trinity High School Golf Tournament sold out and exceeded its goal of raising $25,000 for the school’s Trinity Fund, which benefits students in need. In addition to the proceeds from the tournament and silent auction, the school this year accepted a $125,000 contribution from downtown business owner Ed Baroody, who attended the event to present an actual big check and say a few words in the spirit of community.
An estimated 5,000 walkers and runners participated in Thursday’s Delta Dental Elliot Corporate 5K – the fastest race in New Hampshire. The event is a fundraiser for Elliot Hospital’s Solinsky Center for Cancer Care.
A nurse from New Hampshire and her child, kidnapped nearly two weeks ago while working with a faith-based educational mission in Haiti, are safe and have been released, according to an update on the organization’s website, El Roi Haiti.
Seven weeks ago a group of friends who belong to the Safari Youth Club got busy cleaning the streets, sidewalks and parks around their neighborhood. Under the guidance of Hamisi and Sandra Juma, the teenagers have learned that many hands make light work.
“At that time the majority of our gigs were family parties and nursing homes. We ended up rehearsing over Zoom and eventually started playing outside while socially distancing, but we’re excited to finally be playing out again,” says founding Ukeladies member Kate Boisvert.
If you’ve never seen a conveyor belt of cats and dogs being unloaded from a chartered airplane into the waiting arms of animal lovers whose job it will be to find them forever homes, it looks a lot like hope. On Aug. 2 that hopeful scene unfolded at Wiggins Aviation at the Boston-Manchester Regional Airport.
Nobody in New England understands the nuances of snow plowing like the city’s award-winning Department of Public Works.
Police Chief Allen Aldenberg is hard to read sometimes – he’s stoic and focused in most situations. But Tuesday night he couldn’t conceal his excitement as a Black Hawk helicopter hovered over the field next to Beech Street School.
The city’s Director of Homeless Initiatives returned to the Board of Aldermen Tuesday with a presentation outlining accomplishments so far in the city’s quest to move people from homelessness.
Police summaries of recent crime-related events.
This year the annual event is promised to be “bigger and better than ever,” according to Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg, with 55 community partners involved – plus the NH Army National Guard helicopter, Seacoast United Soccer, Laura Boyce from Rock 101 and Chris Ryan from WGIR-AM and a special appearance by Chaos & Kindness. Attendees can expect games, giveaways and much more – especially a chance to connect with neighbors and friends.
A nurse working with a faith-based educational mission in Haiti has been kidnapped along with her young daughter, according to a statement posted on the mission’s website, El Roi Haiti.
A New Hampshire who was being held in minimum security at the Calumet House in Manchester and escaped by walking away in the early morning hours of July 21 was shot and killed on Thursday by police in Miami Florida, after a shoplifting incident led to a hostage situation.
