Op/Ed: Manchester Education Benchmark report: ‘Nothing can be changed until it is faced’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, October 10, 2014

“Our school system plays an important part in the health and vigor of the city. We all have a vested interest is seeing good outcomes for students. They are the future workforce and our future civic leaders. We are all beginning to realize that the success of our young people rests on everyone’s shoulders. ” – Kathy Staub, Manchester Board of School Committee member At-Large

Uninhabitable: Manchester’s rental housing problem

Monday, September 23, 2024Friday, September 26, 2014

It’s my view that the City has ignored the housing issue for decades. This situation at 405 Manchester St. will happen again and again until the City makes the decision to take the problem seriously.

Havenstein: Gubernatorial campaign full of controversy

Monday, September 23, 2024Saturday, September 20, 2014

THE SOAPBOX The battle lines for the corner office are now official. Walt Havenstein was overwhelmingly selected as the

My friend Jim: Still bringing out the best in me, 40 years later

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, September 14, 2014

So I have this friend named Jim who has been lovingly nagging me for about six months to write a

Granite staters ask Sen. Ayotte to take the minimum wage challenge

Monday, September 23, 2024Friday, September 12, 2014

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour that leads many to make choices between feeding their families and filling their gas tanks. This is why millions of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.

On Election Day, voting = preservation life, liberty

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, September 9, 2014

To the editor: Today, September 9 is Primary Day in New Hampshire and is often the case in September voting,

2 months in and counting: Here are Manchester Ink Link’s top stories

Monday, September 23, 2024Wednesday, September 3, 2014

As editor and one-woman army, my goal is to get beyond the “breaking news” headlines and continue to beat the streets for more in-depth coverage and next-day stories.
What can you do to support my efforts? Keep reading, for one. I encourage you to click through these stories, or just scroll through our archives by category using the tabs across the top of the site.

Labor Day: An American holiday we should celebrate by raising the minimum wage (not Wall Street profits)

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, August 31, 2014

Yep, that’s right. Here in America, we have a national holiday honoring the Labor Movement. Just like Presidents Day, Veterans Day and Christmas Day. (But I betcha Fox News won’t be covering “the war on Labor Day.”)

Letter: ‘It’s sad to see my community crumble’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, August 28, 2014

My high school campus ends within 50 feet of that park. I park my car at its perimeter. Students don’t feel safe and it doesn’t seem like the authorities are exerting a lot of power to fix this. It’s frustrating to a lot of people, not just the neighbors and it’s sad to see my community crumble.

Letters: City not doing enough to clean up crime, blight

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Sadly, when Veterans Park was seeing an influx of homeless and ‘crowds’, the city simply removed the benches at the entrance to the park. It does nothing to deter them; it simply makes them migrate to another park or place to hang out.