Point of View: NH lawmakers take part in national effort to ‘eradicate transgenderism’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Those who would deny transgender rights also deny human rights. Those who accept transgender rights are those who accept human rights. The state legislature, if it must do anything, should take steps to protect a vulnerable and disenfranchised group- one already defined as a federally protected class. Those who take it upon themselves to revoke the freedom of one group have the power to revoke freedoms for all.

Activists celebrate International Working Women’s Day

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, March 13, 2023

As cars lined up in front of one other for an event, and as police directed traffic on Elm Street, activists and members of the community gathered to celebrate International Working Women’s Day. The day had officially fallen on March 8, yet the day was celebrated on March 11, a Saturday, instead.

Out of luck and out of options: Woman has few places left to stay

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, March 5, 2023

I first became involved with Louisa Gagnon at a tenant’s advocacy clinic doing casework in the summer of 2022, helping people prepare for their eviction hearings at the courthouse on Amherst Street. At the time, Louisa was living in a rooming house on the West Side funded by Southern New Hampshire Services. The landlord had filed multiple eviction cases against her in what appeared to be retaliation for wrongs real or imagined.

‘Waiting for the Storm’: Local fiction author writes about rail in a utopian NH

Monday, June 10, 2024Saturday, March 4, 2023

“It’s about the kinds of choices people make as they live more sustainable lives,” – Jane Haigh, author.

Double Midnight Comics celebrates soft re-opening on Willow Street

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, January 5, 2023

The Maple Street location had previously been packed full of products, such that there was hardly any room to walk. The new location has considerably more space, which it seems will soon get filled up just as quickly – if owner Chris Proulx’s expectations are anything to go by.

Housing insecurity increases while rent assistance ends

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Despite a temporary reprieve with an influx of emergency funding last week, changing circumstances in the state may soon cause homelessness to increase, even as services and volunteers struggle to meet the needs of the community.

Shire Sharing continues legacy of charity and compassion

Sunday, June 16, 2024Tuesday, November 22, 2022

MANCHESTER, NH – A U-Haul van pulled up to a driveway on Randall Street in the early dark of Friday

Demonstration followed by contentious meeting at City Hall over public parks ordinance

Sunday, June 16, 2024Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Activists organized in Veterans Park ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled Board of Aldermen meeting in protest of an ordinance aimed at the homeless pertaining to camping, shopping carts and bicycles in public parks.

Red Arrow Diner celebrates 100th anniversary

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, October 18, 2022

A police car parked sideways on Lowell Street on the morning of October 15th blocking traffic while tables with red cloths over them waited for patrons to arrive. Burgers sizzled on a grill outside, sending plumes of smoke into the air. Placards on the sidewalk with oversized proclamations by Governor Chris Sununu, Senator Maggie Hassan, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen recognized an accomplishment few businesses of any kind can match: the Red Arrow Diner had been in business for 100 years.

After 23 years of firefighting, newly sworn fire chief continues to serve Manchester ‘in the best job in the world’

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Cashin began his service in March of 1999, rising through the ranks as he went from lieutenant to captain to deputy chief to, finally, chief. He comes off as personable, professional, and knowledgeable about his work and the community as a whole.

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