Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
You can’t miss the big red heart at the entrance of the Currier’s newest exhibition, Embellish Me: Works from the Collection of Norma Canelas Roth and William Roth. Titled Atrium of Flowers, it’s a work by artist Miriam Schapiro, one of the founders of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the 1970s.
As many of us have already started mentally circling the wagons, waiting to attack Thursday’s Thanksgiving plate with a ferocity borne only from our own gluttony, the game of asking people about their favorite Thanksgiving dish has begun.
Fur-Free Friday, held each year nationwide on the day after Thanksgiving, began in the 1980s to shine a light on the cruelty of the fur trade. Major retailers and designers stopped selling fur, and many of us dared to hope that this industry of suffering was finally ending. But the truth is, the cruelty has not stopped.
Rep. Brian Labrie argues that the so-called “Public Employee Choice Act” is about freedom. But true workplace freedom has never meant forcing workers to negotiate alone against the power and resources of the state. In New Hampshire — a place where the middle class was built through solidarity, fairness, and collective voice — this proposal would undermine the very system that has delivered stability and economic mobility for tens of thousands of families.
I’m talking about James Garfield, and on Nov. 6, Netflix dropped a captivating four-episode series titled “Death by Lightning” that examines Garfield’s unexpected rise to the highest position in the land and his quick demise, as well as exploring the demented mental unraveling of his assassin.
If the ACA goes away I’ll have to pay an extra $230 a month. This isn’t feasible. I’m already paying out of pocket for doctor visits. It just feels like I’m being punished for coming from a background without having family support. I’m doing all the things I’m supposed to – I work, I go to school, I lead, and its just not enough.
One of the most loathsome forms of the human species—in my estimation, at least—is the craven Keyboard Warrior, and any person who has ever surfed around on social media or perused a comments section knows exactly who I am talking about.
As a former Manchester middle school counselor, a state representative, and a taxpayer, these numbers scare me — and they should scare you too. Governor Kelly Ayotte’s private school vouchers are draining funding from public schools, which serve over 160,000 students across the state.
New Hampshire’s transportation system does not run on back-room deals, campaign slogans, or eleventh-hour improvisation. It runs—when it runs well—on public process, engineering reality, and basic honesty with taxpayers. That is why the Executive Council’s latest clash over the Ten-Year Transportation Plan should concern every Granite Stater, and especially those of us in Manchester.
