Posts by Jeff Rogers
As the days shrink and the ice builds up, wear your gloves or mittens & handwarmers, a warm hat & scarf and neck gaiter or balaclava, and let’s get where we need to go!
Marylou Ashoo Lazos worked at the Manchester Historic Association for over 40 years as a volunteer, curator, and trustee. Now her own artwork is on display there through March.
Ed was born in Nashua in 1924. As a kid he skated on the Merrimack River when it froze over, which he says used to happen far more often than today. He and friends jumped trains in Nashua & rode them further north. Ed would have been sixteen years old in 1940.
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.
Planned skateboard park could become cultural attraction and economic engine for west side and entire city, drawing visiting families from entire region and beyond.
For our guest’s final Saturday in Manchester we mentioned Republic Brewing — would she like to join us there for beer and tacos? She said sure, so the plan was made.
In this edition:
– the Manchester City Marathon
– public Open House at Queen City Bicycle Collective
Manchester will soon have a new brewery to celebrate, Republic Brewing Company, making a nod to a fondly remembered restaurant from the pre-pandemic days. This new brewery has been in the works for a while, and is the vision of Pete Macone and Mike Brown.
| Bicycle Friendly Community Survey
| Derry Rail Trail lawsuit & injunction
| Women finally invited to world’s biggest mountain-bike competition
| new bike lanes near Market Basket
| rail trail extension near Queen City Ave
“In the simplest terms, I think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world, or at least make you happy.”