Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
Middy Proulx died in 1983, and one of Manchester’s more fascinating sports stories was buried with him, until now!
If it seems like maybe school isn’t really for boys, it isn’t surprising that some boys find themselves tuning out and turning away from school, or school-like activities, at fairly early ages. And this matters, because boys have higher drop-out rates in high school and enter college at lower rates than girls.
A glimpse inside the world of Pawfleet and a plea for help for Boris Kitty, an ailing anipal.
I say the origins of life in Manchester begin with one of its most hideously spectacular natural wonders.
Senate Republicans would rather show working families that they care more about a few hundred businessmen than 40,000 hard working Granite Staters.
I know too much to support a resurgence in horse racing. I’d rather support horses in need, like the ones awaiting adoption through the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign.
Am I for it? Yes, but as a student of Manchester history, I am also quite aware of the mayhem that both freight and passenger trains have rained down on our community in years past.
When it comes to managing other people’s conflict I heard a great line this week: “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” While this is a cute mental image it reminds me that the conflict other people have rarely has anything to do with us, even when they try to make it about us.
I run for all who wish for a leader who represents them in our city government and is willing to take a leadership role in preserving the city we as citizens have come to love and enjoy.
Our children are not well emotionally, psychologically, and physically, and those most responsible for their well-being – teachers and parents – have not been provided with a way to look at the problem.
What we have learned this week is that our lawmakers aren’t opposed to bending over backwards to protect some of our vulnerable citizens, those being the employees of Planet Fitness corporate headquarters.
Truthiness means that someone has a gut feeling that something is true. It’s my gut feeling that Patrick Arnold used whatever influence he had with the Board of School Committee (BOSC) to push the unprecedented tax cap-busting school budget.
The Gabby Dog is ready for summer, stockpiling books with animal magnetism – some great suggestions here, for book lovers, dog lovers, cat lovers and, well, everyone.
Memorial Day is a day to remember that the losses of war are permanent and far reaching, and can never be undone.
For five years now, Congressman Frank Guinta has been lying to the people of New Hampshire’s First Congressional District. In 2010, Guinta’s campaign finance reports showed an additional $355,000 deposit that he said was from a “savings account he forgot about.”
The War on Drugs is creating and ensuring addiction, not preventing it. The very people that the system purports to help only become further entangled in their trauma and misery. Time to call a ceasefire.
Former NH Speaker Bill O’Brien is taking his extreme agenda on the road to South Carolina this week. Speaking at the South Carolina Freedom Summit, O’Brien openly mocked his own party and their choice for a Presidential nominee (see video above).
A Reader wants to know if long-term pot smoking has made his co-workers dangerously crazy, or if it’s just ‘the New Hampshire way.’ Read on for Dr. Brady’s thoughtful response.
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce recently joined together to advocate for the NH Senate to restore funding in the Governor’s budget that would allow the State to continue pursuing passenger rail in southern NH along the Capitol Corridor.