If the window at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce isn’t motivating enough, the chamber and Manchester Economic Development Department are hosting a Shop Local Saturday kickoff 8:30 a.m. Saturday at The Bookery, 844 Elm St.
This weekend provides a smorgasbord of ways to celebrate Thanksgiving with your community! There are also plenty of opportunities to support your local businesses by shopping small this weekend – not to mention a whole host of holiday activities to make it merry and bright.
As many of us have already started mentally circling the wagons, waiting to attack Thursday’s Thanksgiving plate with a ferocity borne only from our own gluttony, the game of asking people about their favorite Thanksgiving dish has begun.
Catholic Medical Center (CMC) and Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains successfully hosted the inaugural Mental Health Summit on Saturday, November 22 at Manchester Community College, drawing 230 girls (grades 2–12) and their adult mentors for a day dedicated to mental wellness and suicide prevention.
The New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) has launched RecReady NH, a guide designed to help communities envision, plan, and build outdoor recreation projects that strengthen their local economies and quality of life.
Fur-Free Friday, held each year nationwide on the day after Thanksgiving, began in the 1980s to shine a light on the cruelty of the fur trade. Major retailers and designers stopped selling fur, and many of us dared to hope that this industry of suffering was finally ending. But the truth is, the cruelty has not stopped.
UNH’s BrewLab produced two offerings this fall, a fine pumpkin ale and an excellent porter brewed with wild mushrooms foraged near Mt. Chocorua.
Rep. Brian Labrie argues that the so-called “Public Employee Choice Act” is about freedom. But true workplace freedom has never meant forcing workers to negotiate alone against the power and resources of the state. In New Hampshire — a place where the middle class was built through solidarity, fairness, and collective voice — this proposal would undermine the very system that has delivered stability and economic mobility for tens of thousands of families.
I’m talking about James Garfield, and on Nov. 6, Netflix dropped a captivating four-episode series titled “Death by Lightning” that examines Garfield’s unexpected rise to the highest position in the land and his quick demise, as well as exploring the demented mental unraveling of his assassin.
Come tour our Socha Company’s Boulder Way model unit on Sat. No. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and see why this community is the ideal place to call home.