Posts by Carol Robidoux
Derry police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a woman whose body was discovered Monday afternoon behind a Birch Street business.
We have organized a mayoral forum that is free to attend, and it’s happening Tuesday Oct. 28 at the Manchester City Library, from 6-7 p.m.
The relatively new tradition of turning downtown into a hub for hobnobbing goblins and ghastly ghouls filling their buckets with treats once again brought a huge crowd of costumed kids – and adults – out Friday for the annual free holiday candy-palooza.
But what I didn’t bet on was that I could care about the Toronto Blue Jays as much as I do right now – as in, over the past 24 hours. They ran away with Game 1 against the Dodgers Friday night and Jim and I were there for much of it – and by there I mean at Fisher Cats stadium, where Games 1 and 2 are being broadcast on the big screen in the field as well as on all TVs in the Sam Adams Brewhouse.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Oct. 21 voted 9–4 to advance a package of four recreation projects totaling $3.3 million to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) process, with supporters calling the plan overdue investment and critics warning about debt and competing priorities.
Public comment during the Oct. 21 meeting was uncharacteristically brief, but two Ward 1 residents made their voices heard over the future of the former Sununu Youth Development Center property, urging city leaders to keep control of the site’s destiny and maintain their neighborhood’s quiet, residential character.
The message: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.
What happens when a magician and a mentalist meet on Elm Street and decide to team up? The result is a bit of good old-fashioned alchemy, a pinch of rivalry and a resulting friendship that is now a full-blown business partnership. Edge of Reality, an immersive night of magic and mind-reading, is coming to The Rex Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, from 7 to 9 p.m.
If you have an hour or two Saturday during which you might want to make a big difference with minimum effort, you can head over to Manchester Community College to help sort massive amounts of clothing into “bundles” that will be distributed as needed to kids as they enter the New Hampshire foster care system.
This isn’t a story of failure, but of completion. Tango-Lowy is closing the shop because his “piece of art,” as he calls it, is finally finished. In his final days behind the counter, he unspooled a series of profound lessons that reveal the universe hiding within every cacao bean, transforming our understanding of this everyday food into a complex nexus of art, science, history, and human connection.
In what may feel like a solitary game of musical chair, Alderman-At-Large Joe Levasseur cannot take his chair back after previously vacating it.
Mayor Jay Ruais on Monday sent out a note to the full board of Aldermen advising them that they should plan to vote for a new chairman at their Oct. 7 meeting.
Demolition of what remained of the Hunt Memorial Pool is underway, which the city expects to take about three weeks.
It was standing room only for the recent official ribbon-cutting for Nightingale Birth House on Union Street. Although the crowd was full of general well-wishers and city officials, it was impossible not to notice the gathering tribe of mothers with babies in tow who streamed into the multi-story center, a testament to the community that nurse-midwife Jessica Mills has already built around her child-birthing philosophy.
Two people were critically injured after jumping from a third-floor window to escape a fire at a Sullivan Street apartment Friday night.
Sept. 12 is National Video Game Day, the perfect time to press pause while honoring the man who reimagined how we think about screens, play, and possibility: Ralph H. Baer. Known as the “Father of the Video Game,” Baer’s story is one of loss, invention, generosity, and a relentless belief that something playful can change lives.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
The weather may be a challenge, depending on where you go and what you’re doing, but you can’t let that keep you from enjoying this first weekend of September. So many things to see and do!
Kamryn Downs is sympathetic to the pickle her neighbor has found himself in. She lives a few doors down from Daniel Mowery, who is currently protesting the city’s prohibition on home-pickling for profit.
She’s been there and done that, too.
The New Hampshire State Police is investigating a crash that left three people injured, including a passenger identified as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
An early-morning fire in an alley destroyed three cars and did heavy damage to an apartment building.