Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
Ted Menswar interviewed the men responsible for creating Manchester‘s Queen City Athletic Hall of Fame (QCAHF). Read all about it. Part 1 of 2.
On Wednesday, a 37-year-old mother was shot and killed by an ICE agent. I don’t have words to express my grief and outrage, but I know we cannot continue down this path.
A couple of years ago a lovely young woman I worked with named Juli told me about a Danish custom called Hygge. I love to learn about various cultural observances and practices as I think the world has so many wonderful things in it, I want to learn as much as I can about all of it! If we learn and share together we can learn to respect and celebrate each other better.
One of my favorite activities of the holiday season is watching “The Twilight Zone” marathon on the SYFY Channel, which begins at 5 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and runs through New Year’s Day. This year, I sacked out on the couch for 14 straight hours and have exactly zero regrets about it.
I went back and forth with myself about writing anything regarding the fire that happened on New Years Eve in my neighborhood. It’s a tragic event, one person lost their life, several more were injured, and many lost their home. I don’t really feel good about giving “my side of the story” regarding something that didn’t happen to me. There’s no way for me to know what those people are going through or how they feel. But after talking to some friends about it, I’ve been convinced. My partner told me, “well, you were there, shouldn’t you share your perspective?”
New Hampshire has never believed in kings.
From the town meeting floor to the State House, we are a state that insists power must be earned, justified, and restrained. That is why what happened this weekend should alarm every Granite Stater—regardless of party.
I’ve relied on Manchester’s public bus system for decades, beginning in 1989. Over that time, I’ve seen how effective transit planning can make daily life possible for people without cars — and how changes to routes can unintentionally leave some residents struggling to meet basic needs.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is usually filled with advertisements, many from gyms, stating how they can help one become a better version of themselves in the new year. (I do not have a problem with gyms advertising, but find it interesting, if not predictable).
Fortunately, FRAC successfully lobbied Congress to defeat cuts to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and, through similar pressure, Healthy School Meals for All, serving free breakfast and lunch to our most vulnerable victims of food insecurity, avoiding proposals to defund the program thanks in large part to the numerous states that adopted the program. (New Hampshire is not among them.)
Today, I witnessed the incredible heart of the Manchester community as they rallied for those displaced by the devastating 3-alarm fire on Union Street.