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‘Fresh Start’ for refugee farmers: Downtown building transformed into neighborhood produce hub

Monday, January 20, 2025Thursday, April 16, 2020

The new Hub will also serve as a staging program for the mobile market and the Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. Individuals purchase shares in the CSA and receive a box of fresh produce every week during the season. Fresh Start offers home delivery or members will be able to pick up their share at the Hub.

Gardening in the time of coronavirus

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, April 11, 2020

With the arrival of Spring and lots of folks looking for something to do, it is not surprising that some people are considering starting a home vegetable garden, many for the first time. Emma Erler, the Education Center Program Coordinator for UNH Cooperative Extension says that they are receiving lots of calls from first-time gardeners.

Emergency eviction order a temporary fix for economic fallout from COVID-19

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, March 26, 2020

The original order is set to expire on April 7. A spokesman from the Governor’s office stated in an email that he is actively reviewing the date of the order and wants Granite Staters to know that extensions will likely be made as the state continues to respond to COVID19.

7-year-old Green Acres student off to National Ninja League World Championships in NC

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, February 20, 2020

Life with a ninja can be a little unnerving. His mom says there are times when she enters a room and she doesn’t know he is there. “I’ll be looking on the floor and I won’t see him, then I’ll look up and I’ll see him hanging from something.”

Central English teacher recognized as ‘Educator of the Year’

Monday, June 10, 2024Saturday, February 1, 2020

Manchester Central High School English teacher Sean Russell has been named a Claes Nobel Educator of the Year by the National Society of High School Scholars. Russell became eligible for the award several years ago when a student member of the organization nominated him as an Educator of Distinction.

Shop like a Viking at this weekend’s medieval immersion fest at the Hilton

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, January 25, 2020

This weekend the Barony of Stonemarche, also known as the New Hampshire chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronisms, will be transforming the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Manchester into the 10th Century Viking village of Birka. Birka was an actual medieval town in Sweden and was named to the World Heritage List in 1993. It is one of the most complete and untouched Viking Age trading sites from this period.

Forum on NH’s affordable housing shortage looks at possible solutions

Sunday, June 16, 2024Friday, December 13, 2019

This was the second convening to discuss the state’s critical shortage of affordable housing.

The value of downtown and building better communities

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, October 18, 2019

Urban planner Joe Minicozzi of Asheville, North Carolina’s Urban 3 at a series of presentations Oct. 16 at The Bookery in downtown Manchester.

What a futurist, an economist and journalist see for NH’s housing future

Monday, January 20, 2025Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Looking to the future, much of the discussion centered around changing demographics and the rise of the millennial generation. Millenials were born between 1983 and 2001 and they represent the largest generational cohort ever, even bigger than the baby boomers. By 2025 they will make up 46 percent of the workforce.

BIA NH forum on transporation, and the funding and infrastructure challenges ahead

Monday, January 20, 2025Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Two upcoming meetings, on Oct. 23 and 30, provide opportunities for the public to weigh in on future projects and planning.

Planapalooza progress report: What do people want? River access, downtown retailers, affordable housing and more

Monday, January 20, 2025Monday, September 16, 2019

There’s still time to get in on Planapalooza.

With rail project back on track, how Transit Oriented Development can transform a city

Monday, January 20, 2025Thursday, August 22, 2019

Even if everything moves forward without a single setback, it will be five or six years before the first passenger train arrives at the station in Manchester, but development in the area has already begun.

Recipe: When life gives you abundant cucumbers, make refrigerator pickles

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, July 28, 2019

What do I do when I have cucumbers up the wazoo? I make refrigerator pickles.

What’s the next phase for Capitol Corridor Rail Project?

Monday, January 20, 2025Monday, July 22, 2019

SN 241 paves the way for the NHDOT to begin the Project Development Phase of the project.

On reforming healthcare, the question should be ‘how can we afford not to?’

Monday, January 20, 2025Monday, July 15, 2019

“The purpose of this event is to bring people together to hear their questions and concerns about Medicare for All and provide them with answers.”

Derryfield Old Home Day kicks off summer celebration of Nutfield’s 300th Anniversary

Monday, January 20, 2025Monday, May 27, 2019

This summer a series of events have been planned to commemorate the establishment of the towns and villages that later become known as Derry, Londonderry, Windham, Hampstead, and Manchester.

It’s time to raise NH’s minimum wage

Monday, January 20, 2025Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The lobbyists will tell you that raising the minimum wage will crash the economy and people will lose their jobs, but history tells a different story. When they did it in Maine a couple of years ago, the lowest paid workers saw the greatest increase in income since 2001 and their unemployment rate fell to the lowest rate in 40 years.

American Dream in Crisis: ‘Disparity of opportunity must be addressed’

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, March 23, 2015

‘I am not sure this could happen today. It’s no longer possible to pay for tuition with a summer job. The application process and the FAFSA forms are inscrutable. And most importantly, the adults are not as optimistic about higher education opportunities as they were when I was a kid.’

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