Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
While growing up in Rhode Island, I would read The Providence Journal’s sports columnist Bill Reynolds, who recently retired. And like all writers, I’ve learned everything I know through reading and emulation, and Reynolds was an instrumental influence.
Today, we’re asking you for your thoughts on COVID-19 and the economy. Is the country and Manchester in particular beginning to bounce back to where we were in 2019? Do we still have a long way to go? Are safety regulations helping, hurting or a little of both? What will the future bring and what have you been seeing from where you are?
Let’s be honest, vacations where extended families are staying in the same house are seldom completely cordial, and they seldom end well.
Each week, Manchester Ink Link asks its readers a new Question of the Week and this week we’re asking you about the upcoming New Hampshire Fisher Cats season.
We were on a pilgrimage, a sacred quest, seeking last-minute grace and connection on a day of rebirth. In less than 24 hours, a 250-year-old sugar maple – a creature born before America had presidents and the oldest known of its kind in our country – would come down.
I am currently serving on the board of an organization that also understands the importance of an informed citizenry. It is called the New Hampshire Institute for Civics Education. It was founded in 2015 and its mission is to support and advocate for civics education.
In our first ever Question of the Week feature last week, we asked for your views on homelessness in the city. This week, we want your questions for the candidates in the upcoming Ward 6 Special Election for the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The For the People Act is being portrayed as a “power grab” by its opponents but it is the exact opposite. By addressing systemic issues involving voting, this act puts democracy back into the hands of citizens, not politicians.
NHERAP is for tenants who may be in arrears on their rent and utilities, or even those who are current on rent and just struggling to pay their utility bills.
The thing is, I know my story is not unique. Thousands of young, hard-working Granite Staters are struggling to find their place in our community. If New Hampshire really cares about making our state hospitable to its young people, then we need to act now to pass laws and enact policies that will make our state more accessible to my generation and the next.