Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
When asked what the district can do to help rebuild trust, Samira answers, “Saying ‘sorry’ or removing the post doesn’t even matter. They need to be better at representing the actual needs of the students who are here, not the ones they wish were here, or they need to quit.”
Mayor Jay Ruais’ proposal to eliminate the Housing Department and close the emergency shelter at 39 Beech St. is not just a backward step, it’s a low blow to the values that make our city strong. The Housing Department has been at the heart of our city’s response to homelessness. When Mayor Ruais forced the resignation of Adrienne Beloin, the department’s former director, it felt like a slap in the face to everyone who cares about Manchester’s future.
International Jazz Day was the backdrop for a Night of Jazz fundraiser for Manchester Jazz Band Music Programs. The program, held at The Rex Theatre connected a community of music lovers.
If you’re like me, you had the album Tapestry vertically lined up on a shelf, perhaps arranged alphabetically if you were a bit OCD and maybe even on a shelf created with several cement blocks. Maybe your parents even had a copy. Some considered it a ground-breaking generational crossover album.
As soon as I’m lifted onto the bed, I’m greeted by this picture of a pug that looks like me and is, quite literally, larger than life. There I am, the “King of Kings,” or the “Pug of Pugs.” But unlike Ozymandias, I’m aware of the fact that time will sweep me into oblivion, as it will all of you, too.
The ordinance clearly targeted the city’s unhoused population. At oral argument Justice Sonya Sotomayor asked the attorney for the city, “If homeless people aren’t allowed to sleep anywhere, are they supposed to just kill themselves?”
We never thought we’d have to fight to keep the right to live in a single-family neighborhood in our beloved New Hampshire.
Jon holds a genuine interest in the welfare of New Hampshire, and I believe that he is the ideal candidate.
Concerto for Electric Harp will be performed by harpist Rosanna Moore and backed by Symphony NH in a world premiere in Nashua NH.
Our right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution. Thanks to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments we’ve made progress. Poll taxes, proof of literacy, and land ownership are no longer requirements to cast a ballot and voting rights for African Americans, Native Americans and women have finally come due.