Transplant technology: United Therapeutics’ 3D-printing of human organs focused on every breath you take

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, August 25, 2022

United Therapeutics is in the amazement business. Its 950 employees are spread between corporate offices in Silver Spring, Maryland, and North Carolina’s Research Triangle, with additional research labs in Quebec, Florida and California. In Manchester, 3D lungs and kidneys are being printed and their website lists 13 current job openings for various scientists and research assistants.

Fisher Cat Notes & Quotes: August 17 Edition

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, August 17, 2022

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats broke a homestand attendance record over the last two weeks despite a run of blistering heat and a seven-game losing streak. The getaway game was on Sunday vs. the Erie SeaWolves, who upped their second-half record to 27-11.

Fisher Cat Notes & Quotes-August 5 Edition

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, August 5, 2022

Whole Lotta Hittin’ Goin’ On: Starting with Star Wars night at Delta Dental on July 23, The Fisher Cats bats went on an eight-game tear during which they went 6-2. Their 40 round-trippers for the month of July are believed to be a franchise record. Was the harbinger the lack of a Wookie of the Year in the 96-degree heat? Just too darn hot to don a Chewbacca suit.

Trash this column

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, August 1, 2022

The current state of affairs in Manchester is a trashy one. I don’t mean politics. I don’t mean the Department of Public Works. I mean what Mom said: “Pick up after yourself.”

The keeper of Northeast Airlines, Norden bombsights and flying nuns

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Londonderry’s Aviation Museum of New Hampshire is loaded with both prominent and arcane manned-flight history and Executive Director Jeff Rapsis is just the guy to chronicle the role of the Granite State in it all.

Fisher Cats Notes & Quotes: July 19 Edition

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have experienced flashes of brilliance over the last two weeks tempered by some serious head-scratching, particularly around hitting. With the All-Star break upon us this week, it’s a good time to ponder.

Fisher Cats Notes & Quotes: July 5 edition

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Deuces wild: After 18 home games in June for the Fisher Cats, divide by two and nine home games is the number for July, though there is a four-day break for the All-Star game. The Cats were back in town July 4th to start a six-game series with the Hartford Yard Goats.

July 15-17: ART NABE set to celebrate diversity in city’s businesses and arts

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, July 3, 2022

ART NABE (think “neighborhood”) is being hosted July 15-17 by BLKSHE, a multidisciplinary art haus constructing narratives of creative freedom with no bounds. Manchester’s YWCA will be the site for a pop-up arts market featuring Asian, Black, Hispanic, Latino and other locally underrepresented small business owners and creatives.

The Soapbox: Pro what?

Monday, September 23, 2024Sunday, July 3, 2022

At the turn of the millennium, I was working with local teens at risk through a two-year grant administered by Franconia Notch University.* These were tough kids – butane huffers, illiterates, tempest-tossed, just plain tossed out like so much refuse. Our primary work was to mend a thousand traumas as best we could and to point these kids in the right direction before they were forever lost.

Alison…your aim is true

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, July 2, 2022

Alison has been my muse for over 30 years now, though she doesn’t know it. Her happy crayons created !Good nite by Alison! in a millyard child care center after-school program circa 1990. I think I was the teacher, but now I’m not so sure. She was about 6 at the time of her masterpiece.

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