Remembering drive-in theaters: The most fun you could have in your pajamas

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It was June 30, 1940, when the first drive-in theater opened in the Queen City, only it wasn’t called a drive-in. Barney J. Williams, who wanted to link the place to his other amusement enterprise, tinkered with the name a bit and called his new cinema the ”Pine Island Park-In Theatre.”

Letters from Eric G., a NH man incarcerated for life in a California prison (part 1)

read more…: Letters from Eric G., a NH man incarcerated for life in a California prison (part 1)

The handwritten letter was from Eric G. who was born in Rollinsford, NH, and claimed his mother died in a one-car crash when he was only six months old. Eric said he knew nothing about his mother’s family because his father had taken him out of state immediately after his mother’s death. He and his father lived all over the U. S., eventually finding their way to California, where he committed murder and was likely to spend his life in prison.

Bribery will get you everywhere with Clayton, er, a spontaneous plug for GLENDI

read more…: Bribery will get you everywhere with Clayton, er, a spontaneous plug for GLENDI

See, George Copadis has been trying to bribe me into doing a column about Glendi, the big Greek festival that begins on Friday, but you’ll be happy to know I didn’t surrender my journalistic integrity for a couple pieces of baklava. No sir. I held out for some finikia, too.

Queen City politics must focus on the public good

read more…: Queen City politics must focus on the public good

It saddens me to see the decay of democracy over the past decade due to the shift of power from the Board to the Office of the Mayor. The previous system of checks and balances served Manchester well in the time I was an alderman. The City’s successful transition into a modern economy was achieved at a time when there was a proper balance of powers between the Board and the Mayor. It was a system that fostered compromise, the key to a democracy based on promoting the public good.

Hirschmann was flat-out wrong to oppose teachers’ contract

read more…: Hirschmann was flat-out wrong to oppose teachers’ contract

Alderman Hirschmann’s opposition to the contract, like his failed tax cap-compliant budget, is based on false economies generated by ideology, not reality. Ward 12 voters should send him back to school to pursue a degree in economics or, failing that, a refresher course in basic math. Voting my friend Keith off the Board will give him the time needed to seek that remedial education.

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