Healthcare is Vital
read more…: Healthcare is VitalOur state seized the opportunities offered through federal healthcare reforms to make a difference for local residents.
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Whiskey Treaty Roadshow seeks new adoring fans, find them at the Currier Friday night
read more…: Whiskey Treaty Roadshow seeks new adoring fans, find them at the Currier Friday nightThe Currier Museum Side Door Series, which has launched very strong since the series began last year, selling out, I think, every show, is a great place to mix it up for a night and hear good music. The venue is intimate with great acoustics. Couple hundred seats and drinks, if needed, at the ready. A perfect fit for the Queen City.
Manchester’s birthday party: We had our cake but couldn’t eat it
read more…: Manchester’s birthday party: We had our cake but couldn’t eat itIt’s hard to create positive change when our leaders fear it. How does Manchester solve its real problems when having a birthday celebration can’t even go on without restraints?
By the Light of Burning Tires I Watched My Life Go By
read more…: By the Light of Burning Tires I Watched My Life Go ByAs I write this, it was a week ago that I spent my last night in Pittsburg, five miles from the Canadian border, alone outside the Tiny White Box. Wanting to mark the occasion, I built a small campfire in a fire pit as the sun was going down. There, I meditated on what I’ve lived in the last nine months, reviewed the writing I’ve done (and left undone) and thought about the next stage of my journey.
‘Cabin in the Sky’ a groundbreaking classic film that delivers star power, timeless music, laughs
read more…: ‘Cabin in the Sky’ a groundbreaking classic film that delivers star power, timeless music, laughsAs an all-black musical production during a time where black performances where scripted to be cut out of movies in order to be shown to white Southern audiences (in fact Cabin In The Sky was banned in Memphis) it was a massive gamble for director Vincente Minnelli,
Challenging the war economy
read more…: Challenging the war economyFifty-one years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King warned that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
Firefighters are subject to work-related cancers: What can be done?
read more…: Firefighters are subject to work-related cancers: What can be done?During hearings for a bill in the New Hampshire legislature, Christine Jameson from Hampton gave heartbreaking testimony. She recounted that her 33-year-old firefighter husband Kyle died from what doctors say is a work-related cancer, T-Cell prolymphocytic leukemia. He also left behind a 2½-year-old child.
A Melancholy Goodbye Followed by an Enthusiastic “Hey There, World!”
read more…: A Melancholy Goodbye Followed by an Enthusiastic “Hey There, World!”Although my first novel began “I never intended this, of course,” when I came to Pittsburg in mid-August, I intended to stay for a year or so. I intended to finish another novel. I intended to write a memoir. I intended to learn some things about myself…I had a lot of intentions.
SNHU parking garage: Opportunity lost — another lesson in urbicide
read more…: SNHU parking garage: Opportunity lost — another lesson in urbicideSo, residents of Manchester, for the next 20 to 50 years we will be looking from the highway at a parking garage similar to the one you see at our local airport. It says nothing about Manchester. It looks like it belongs in a suburban shopping mall in Fort Lauderdale, where the developer lives.
Letters: Granite Bridge Pipeline with its 2 billion cubic foot tank looks like a done deal
read more…: Letters: Granite Bridge Pipeline with its 2 billion cubic foot tank looks like a done dealSince Liberty customers pay for the “unaccounted for volumes,” and the leaked gas impacts the climate, perhaps Liberty should release a detailed report and supporting data explaining the losses?
The Donn of an Era: Before Bandstand, there was Tibbetts
read more…: The Donn of an Era: Before Bandstand, there was TibbettsIn the beginning – this was back about the time that God created the heaven and the earth – a guy named Dick Clark created ”American Bandstand.” So I guess that means we have to go way back, back to before the beginning, if we’re going to talk about ”The Donn Tibbetts Show.”
So much to know (and love) about Manchester
read more…: So much to know (and love) about ManchesterManchester’s downtown is situated along Elm Street, which runs north to south, parallel to the Merrimack River. Not only is it the country’s longest double-dead-end street, it’s also home to some of the best dining, nightlife, and culture in the state.
The Journey to Sit Still (with Big News)(or, honestly, a tease of it)
read more…: The Journey to Sit Still (with Big News)(or, honestly, a tease of it)I came north last August, planning for the beauty of the fall, the frigid isolation of winter, the softness of spring and the joys of summer. Some of those things have happened. The rest won’t, at least not for me, but I’ll get to that by and by.
The Burning Logic Trap
read more…: The Burning Logic TrapMr. Lefave was a kind man, a smart man, a patient man. In other words, he was the sort of teacher I wanted to upset, whose face I wanted to turn red, whose tongue I wanted to turn to butter with my nonsense. In the words of Bugs Bunny, I was a stinker and I wanted to make Mr. Lefave my stinkee.
‘Sunset Boulevard’: My introduction to black-and-white film
read more…: ‘Sunset Boulevard’: My introduction to black-and-white film“All right Mr. Demille … I’m ready for my close-up …”
Deeply saddened, concerned by veteran’s account of Liberty House experience
read more…: Deeply saddened, concerned by veteran’s account of Liberty House experienceI am deeply concerned about the future of Liberty House under the current staff.
Nonsense, non-sequiturs and nonprofits: Leadership lessons from a mystical clown
read more…: Nonsense, non-sequiturs and nonprofits: Leadership lessons from a mystical clownHaving folks reach out to ask my advice on running nonprofits is better than a sharp stick in the eye — or indictments being handed down — so at some readers’ request I’ve put together some things I believe about me and nonprofit leadership.
A Disappointed Veteran
read more…: A Disappointed VeteranI left Liberty House without the help I needed. The magic and energy cultivated under the former director’s regime was gone. The house was a ghost.
Grieving loss and embracing the future: ‘Getting over’ the loss of a loved one
read more…: Grieving loss and embracing the future: ‘Getting over’ the loss of a loved oneEven now, 27 years later, when I think of my father, I am filled with a host of overwhelming emotions. I still feel guilty that my sickness may have been the immunity-sucking source of his death.