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Residents are critical in determining how to make these streets safer. After these sessions, a team of professional community planners will use this feedback to put together a presentation on how to improve our street safety, equity, and quality of life.
With the Manchester municipal races officially starting, I am thrilled to extend my personal endorsement to June Trisciani for Mayor of Manchester. I’ve had the privilege of working closely with June during her tenure as Chair of the Planning Board, and I’ve seen firsthand her leadership and dedication to our city as our representative for Alderman At-Large.
People who live in the area can get involved in making their communities safer. We need Manchester neighbors to tell us how we can make Beech and Maple Streets better. We want to know what they need, what they want, and what could make our streets safer, but also more livable and enjoyable for all – including our families and children.
If you have student loans, you may be getting a break, or you may have to pay in full. If you don’t have any student loans, you will still benefit from the stronger financial foundation this will provide to your community. Seriously.
Clearly, Jay Goldberg is looking to have the project optioned for Hollywood, and the quickest way to get that done is to include a rising movie star like myself—a stud with a face made for radio—into the multimedia project.
I was listening to the radio the other day and the song, “The Heat is On” by Glenn Frey came on. Aside from really liking the song – and being instantly transported to a time when my biggest concern was looking cool in my parachute pants as I strutted down the street – I thought about how hot it has been.
Many bemoan, myself included, the demise of the independent booksellers. There have been a few bookstores in the past that hold a special place in me.
“Taylor Swift’s album came out last night, and we told our daughter we would listen to it with her tonight,” Liz said. This seemed consistent with the trajectory of my life lately: As soon as solace gets close enough to sniff, something rips it from my grasp. “I can’t wait,” I said.
Please support our efforts to retain this building as a space for creative growth, as a strong thread of our social fabric, in hopes that we will once again be the Queen City we are destined to be.
What too many people don’t realize is that some attempts to “help” can actually hurt. This hurt can be emotional, physical, or both. I use a walker mostly for balance issues. I am very independent, I can live alone and get around on my own, and I do not need a companion or caregiver to help me get through life. Nor do I want one. I can open doors on my own.
It has been lo, these many years since I bore the thousand insults of bookstore shoppers venturing my way. Spotting a plastic employee name badge is license for invective but it is no license for shared stupidity. I patrolled the aisles for three chain bookstores in the Manchester area over 15 years: the now-defunct Lauriat’s and Paperback Booksmith, and Barnes & Noble, known in some corners as Barney Noodles.
The Founding Fathers of America crafted a set of principles that transcended time and space, inspiring generations to strive for a transformative democracy unlike anything seen before. Yet, in their advocacy, they primarily addressed their own marginalization, inadvertently excluding many others.
And then my mind wandered back to the 1990s, when a Michael Jackson look-alike was boppin’ around the park and it seemed as all the Pinkerton High School students held summer jobs there (my daughter was a “slushie girl” and often came home with a blue arm from the grape slushies she made.)
He could choose, for example, to simply show us that he found a dead chipmunk. Instead, he chooses to eat it, damn the resulting upchucking that comes later. Then, once he’s realized that eating a dead chipmunk makes him sick, he could choose – based on past experience – to not eat that new dead chipmunk he found. But again, that’s asking too much. He will likely eat ALL the dead chipmunks regardless of the outcome.
Can you imagine someone trying to tell a man in ‘Merica what they can or cannot do with their bodies? Or making laws that restrict a man’s right to choose?
Earning your place in society is the American way. Our nation believes in the power of a merit-based system, which rewards hard work, dedication, and individual achievements. It is vital to recognize that true equality lies not in preferential treatment or quotas but in providing equal opportunities for all, regardless of one’s race or background. The Supreme Court’s decision reaffirms this core conservative principle, ensuring that students are evaluated on their individual merits rather than predetermined factors that undermine fairness.
Redistricting is necessary to maintain up-to-date and competitive voting; however, it must be done with transparency and in good faith. Include the constituents impacted by these decisions in on the conversation. Democracy is not optional. Oppose Gerrymandering. Oppose HB 75.
Earlier this month was Father’s Day. It was not the intended motivation for me to write this but the connection is unavoidable.
These are genuinely funny scenes (if cringe comedy is your thing). These also seem like situations autistic people might struggle with. In the first, the tour guide says the participant could swear, so really, what was he doing wrong? Robinson’s character didn’t get the memo that yes, it’s okay to swear, but at least keep f-bombs and dirty language reasonable.
Today we are just divided. If I do not agree with you then I’m {insert name here}. Some say that we act like children. I disagree…in my experience, children do not naturally hate and usually do not learn that nasty trait until they are older.