Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
Unless you’ve been living in a bomb shelter like Adam Webber in the 1999 cult favorite, Blast from the Past, you know that PFAS are bad. Bad for you, bad for the environment, bad at any level and cumulative in effect. Forever chemicals. Lingering in humans for years. And causing havoc.
There is a John Prine song titled “Summer’s End” that I listened to repeatedly this past Labor Day weekend. It’s a beautiful, haunting song, and also depressing as hell. But when I’m looking to wallow in self-pity, depressing songs are my magic elixir.
The following is a letter from State Representative Steven Kesseling (R-Manchester)
Our community is better with art. Manchester Citywide Arts Festival, which begins this Sunday with a kick-off event at the Currier, celebrates the thriving cultural heart of our hometown. The Currier is part of a vibrant creative landscape full of historic institutions and vibrant new galleries, dance studios and eclectic boutiques, shelves stocked with wares from local makers. Art – whatever the form – is a vital force for connection.
Three Tales of Misplaced Royalty, Existential Pancakes, and the Queen of the Sunrise Café
As families across New Hampshire settle into the new school year, one crisis continues to loom — and it doesn’t wait for the first bell. Cuts to mental health programs and special education supports are leaving students without the help they need – and that affects every child, every classroom and every family.
Here is a basic truism that I’m guessing anyone who has ever been married to another human being already knows: Marriage is hard.
Being off work lately gave me time to really think, to feel. And what I realized in that space is this: I was made to help people.
Three Tales of Misplaced Royalty, Existential Pancakes, and the Queen of the Sunrise Café O P I N I O
In the heart of Manchester, New Hampshire, a local resident, Daniel Mowery, has found himself at the center of an unexpected controversy over his homemade bread and butter pickles. What began as a simple act of sharing his culinary creations with neighbors at community block parties has escalated into a clash with local regulations, raising questions about fairness, clarity in the law, and the spirit of community fellowship.