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Students of Manchester, New Hampshire can celebrate because Snow Day 2.0 has been announced! This is the largest amount of snow the United States has seen in years, affecting states from New Mexico to Maine. Midwestern states like Minnesota and Michigan, and northeastern states like those in New England are used to low temperatures and snowy winters.
First responders were dispatched to multiple calls reporting a fire at 771 Grove St. on Monday at 7:08 a.m. Firefighters were advised the building was a duplex and when they arrived, fire and smoke were showing.
My journey from the Congo to the United States could only be possible here. Only in this country could someone arrive with little more than hope, determination, and faith in opportunity and begin to build a life. America made my story possible not because it is perfect, but because its promise insists that opportunity belongs to everyone.
That promise aligns deeply with the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Senators have until a Friday deadline to clear a package of six House-passed funding measures, including the $64.4 billion Homeland Security appropriations bill that includes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol.
If there’s one thing most people will agree on it is that we are a polarized country. And the same is true for NH. For those who still believe there is hope (and I am one of those), there are some bills coming up in the legislature designed to diminish polarization and enfranchise voters – particularly Undeclared voters (about 40%, at this time). The bills are about replacing a two-party ballot system and moving to a single ballot (for the primary election). Â
If you don’t want to pay $50 for EACH of your bikes EVERY year, then you should loudly shout your opposition to House Bill 1703.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the final iteration of the Household Food Security Report, which includes a longstanding measure of food insecurity.
Calling hours will be held at Lambert Funeral Home on Thursday, January 29 from 4-7 pm. A funeral service will be held at Blessed Sacrament at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 30.
In lieu of flowers, please set aside a donation for the Bob Baines Scholarship Fund that is in the works. Details will be released publicly in the near future.
In December, the Manchester Board of School Committee asked leadership of the Manchester School District to provide a solution to growing student meal debt. Unfortunately, the solution brought forward satisfied no one, including the leaders who submitted it.
I’m 50 years old and never thought I’d see the day where these types of totalitarian, Orwellian acts of violence would occur on the curbs of our country. But what I find most disheartening is the fact that many of my fellow Americans—many of whom tout their freedom, especially their Second Amendment right to bear arms—seem to be walking lock-step with fascism. Â