Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
In light of the unarmed man in Enfield shot, the unarmed man shot in Hopkinton, the man shot in the back while fleeing police in Canaan I believe it is time to bring this reform to New Hampshire. Let’s not put police in a situation where their only option is to shoot. Let’s give them the training for better options.
Red River Theatre’s recent Oscar Party got me thinking: Are we just looking for a reason to dress up, or has Hollywood’s retro-underground taken a turn for the mainstream?
Readers know I’m not a God guy at all, not real interested in whether the Big Joker in the Sky is paying attention. Still, I pray 50 or 75 times a day, saying the same prayer over and over and over: “Thank you, God.” For today, I’m going to amend that prayer to “Thank you, God, and please help Larissa find a way to want to find a path to sobriety.”
I’m running for chairman of the Manchester Democratic Party because we need to open it up for more participation. With more people involved, not only during elections but year-round, we can strengthen the party within the city.
This Saturday – St. Patrick’s Day – Granite State of Mind is hosting its monthly tribute series at New England College in Concord where we will raise a pint of Guinness to the works of Van Morrison, as a half-dozen artists bare their souls to sing his songs. It’s free.
We do hope everyone in Manchester who is against increased traffic, crime and pollution will come out to City Hall on Thursday, March 15 at 6 p.m., wearing red. We will be patient as we await our issue – last on the agenda.
Residents of the Wellington Hill area, hundreds strong, have been packing the planning board meetings since November 2017 to implore on the board our real-life objections to the construction of this project.
The Planning Board for the City of Manchester does not represent the taxpaying residents of the city, and favors big business.
This is both Sunshine Week and Energy Week in New Hampshire – a very happy confluence.
The proposal for a 24/7 16-pump Z-1 Express gas station and convenience store plus a donuts shop at 55 Edward J Roy Drive and Wellington Road is going for a second vote with the planning board on March 15. The first vote was a 3 to 3 tie vote. The question is how the 3 votes for yes happened.
In short, these first memories tend to be snippets, little pieces of pre-story that have randomly stuck to the brain like sawdust to sneakers. Once folks have answered my question and returned from their fugue states, they often ask me about my first memory. Here’s what I tell them.
Walking out of school will not solve anything or create real change that is needed. That real change starts with one’s own heart … the real change starts IN our school, not outside of the schools.
Killer Heels exhibitions, Moulin Rouge shows, and now, come Friday night, a couple really fantastic national performers named Will Porter and Carmen Nickerson will take to the stage of the 185 seat music hall inside the museum.
I believe that our world will be that much greater when we are allowed to act how we authentically feel, based on our decisions about what is right for us in our current context. Conversations about the decoupling of sex and gender, and of gender and sexual orientation, are a big part of how we can move closer to that better world.
Whenever I put any substance into my body, it was always simply a Keith Escape Vehicle (KEV). Because I am who I am (and that’s all who I am), I can turn a lot of different things into KEVs – spending, sex, travel, work. For today, for this minute at least, I’m trying to relax into being Keith instead of grabbing the keys and jumping into a KEV.
I don’t relate this to embarrass Larissa or anyone else who’s struggling to find a way to struggle to quit drinking. I danced that same dance for years, making a decision to quit drinking and believing that decision was the same as accomplishing the goal.
While we are all working on our individual tax returns, there are some important developments brewing on the taxation front with respect to public utilities. They all come down to this ineluctable reality: Utilities don’t pay taxes, ratepayers do.
When I was growing up, after my father lost his job, our family entered a world of poverty. Behind closed doors, hushed conversations about “how we’re going to pay the bills,” and “what are we going to do about the car?” and “did you hear that Ed’s getting evicted?” happened frequently. My brother and I would be sitting on the couch, where I pretended to watch cartoons, but instead strained my ears to try to know what was going to happen to us.
When I got the thumbs-up to launch this column, my heart nearly exploded from my chest. There was no question as to which movie would be the first I would review, the movie that rightfully began my love affair with classic film, ‘Singin’ in the Rain.’
One thing is becoming clearer, though: Recovery is possible, to a person and for any community, if we commit to the track we’re on.