‘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.

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