Posts by Ryan Lessard
Casks are making a comeback, and with Valentine’s Day nearly upon us, there’s no shortage of rare treats to indulge in — from barleywine blends and sweet stouts to fruited sours.
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources announced Thursday that six properties were added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
No one was injured in a tent fire at a homeless camp located under the bridge near Canal Street last night, according to the Manchester Fire Department, but authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
For most of 2020, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections was able to limit the spread of COVID-19 among its inmate populations, but a spike in cases in December led to two COVID-related deaths so far.Â
As we near Valentine’s Day, brewers are releasing more chocolate-flavored beers and meads, with Haitian, Ghanaian and Ecuadorian cacao nibs getting incorporated into the brews. Also, Unicorn Poop… if you’re into that sort of thing.
An aged horse chestnut that was located, until this past summer, behind Association Hall in Derry is believed by some to have been planted by Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. But local historian and Derry Museum of History Curator Mark Mastromarino hopes to prove — or disprove — the local legend with scientific analysis and research.
Citizen petitions have gathered thousands of signatures calling for the state to bump teachers up on the priority list of groups set to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations, and teachers unions have called for the same. But Gov. Chris Sununu said Thursday that such a move is unnecessary for schools to run in-person learning.
One of his first goals will be to train and certify enough of the department’s EMTs to be full paramedics, in order to provide 24/7 paramedic coverage.Â
Southern New Hampshire brewers are showing off their mad scientist skills with some crazy new concoctions, like a spicy mead, a double-dry-hopped cask IPA and a smooth and strong NEIPA with a comical name that references the ‘Step Brothers’ movie. Meanwhile, dessert stouts are still in season.
The number of homeless people was already growing fast before the pandemic, and now the problem has grown larger than we know, experts say. In Manchester alone, the count of unsheltered homeless has more than doubled from July 1, with about 170, to over 480 as of Nov. 30.