Tai chi in the park for the mind, body and soul – and a sense of community

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, June 25, 2023

On this Friday the group has gathered in the shade of the gazebo. The Uncanoonuc Mountains are visible across the valley and a breeze slides up the hill and gently fans the practitioners. Their teacher, Meghan Rice-Frades, begins by leading them through a brief warm-up. The class consists of people who range from newbies to people who have been doing it for years.

The Soapbox: Manchester needs passenger rail

Monday, September 23, 2024Thursday, February 2, 2023

Did you know that New Hampshire’s Merrimack Valley is the most populous metro area in New England that does not have passenger rail service?

Take a few minutes to look into us down-ballot candidates before Election Day

Monday, September 23, 2024Saturday, October 29, 2022

Election Day is coming up and when you head into the voting booth on November 8 the names at the top of the ballot will be very familiar to you, mostly because of the barrage of TV ads and mailings you have seen over the past few weeks.

Missing Middle Housing: ‘Without an adequate supply of housing you can’t hire people to work at your business.’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, January 27, 2022

New Hampshire is currently in the middle of a housing crisis and people across the state are looking for potential solutions, including legislation. NH Housing hosted a webinar on January 25 with Karen Parolek of Opticos Design which focused on the potential of Missing Middle Housing to address the state’s housing needs.

New Year’s Day 2022 and New Hampshire’s minimum wage remains $7.25

Monday, September 23, 2024Saturday, January 1, 2022

Every other state in New England raised its minimum wage this year. Minimum wage workers in Rhode Island woke up today to a minimum wage of $12.25 an hour. In Vermont, they will be making $12.55, and in Maine, they will be making $12.75. Connecticut’s minimum wage is now $14 an hour and in Massachusetts, it is $14.25.

Economy bouncing back, but COVID domino-effect on NH’s housing supply remains ‘significant problem’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The good news is that the economy is making a robust recovery, the bad news is that housing supply continues to lag and that is a significant problem.

On Labor Day, talk is cheap without a living wage for ‘essential’ workers

Monday, September 23, 2024Monday, September 6, 2021

On this Labor Day let’s commit to really doing something for our essential workers. Let’s guarantee them a wage that allows them to live with dignity and free from the stress of living in poverty or near poverty. It is the least we can do.

Little Free Libraries, where you don’t need a card and there’s never a fine

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, November 28, 2020

There are more than a dozen Little Free Libraries in Manchester. Rebecca Linehan, Librarian and Media Specialist for Wilson and Hallsville Schools, has set one up at each of the schools where she works.

Activists surround homeless camp on courthouse lawn: ‘We are the perimeter for our unhoused neighbors’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, November 16, 2020

A hundred or more activists, allies, and members of the homeless community converged at the Hillsborough County Courthouse to stop the eviction of unhoused people living in tents on the courthouse grounds.

Rare books gifted to NHIA as part of the Teti Collection hit the auction block this week

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, November 1, 2020

On Monday 120 items from one of the largest, most significant collections of rare photography books in the country goes on the auction block at Skinner Auction House in Marlborough, Mass.

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