This is an awful bill. It is deceptive, it will lead to a full-fledged mandatory income tax, it will repel workers from the state, and it will damage New Hampshire’s economic future. I urge all of New Hampshire’s residents to call their representatives and tell them to kill HB 628.
Monday, the Tiny White Box will host a visitor, Sean McDonald from Channel 9 News in Manchester. Sean hosts the morning news and a TV magazine show called “Chronicle.” For the latter, he and a crew are driving to the Tiny White Box, likely for a segment to be called “Eccentrics of the North Woods — And Why They Should be Kept There.”
Much has happened during this time I’ve been down, some of which I’ll be able to share with the world shortly. One thing is that I’ve had meals with six (6) (VI) of the 14 folks I named on New Year’s Day as people I wanted to reconnect with. The resolution continues.
Manchester Historic Association Executive Director John Clayton, as always, knows the story and will tell it with humor and panache help of clips from the film “The Founder,” the 2017 bio-pic featuring Oscar-winner Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc.
Calling hours are Saturday, January 27, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. followed immediately at 1:30 p.m. by a brief memorial service at Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory.
Two meetings are planned for Jan. 29 and 31 for the public to weigh in on the school budget process.
Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti, a finalist from Season 11 of America’s Got Talent, will croon and charm his way into the hearts of the audience at The Palace Theatre on Friday, February 9.
Please join them on Friday, January 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event is free to all and will feature artist talks, music, refreshments, and hundreds of art pieces to enjoy on the second floor in the library.
With generous support from the Samuel P. Hunt Foundation Future In Sight will bring a series of youth adventures to NH children with sight loss. Activities will provide an opportunity to connect with others while enjoying a variety of experiences!
Visitation will be held in the Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 250 Coolidge Ave., Manchester, on Wednesday, January 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated in the Parish of the Transfiguration, 107 Alsace St., Manchester, on Thursday, January 25 at 11 a.m.
A GoFundMe is off to a slow start, but State Rep. Lisa Freeman felt someone should do something to help a local family in need, after the Jan. 7 water main break totaled their cars.
I discovered a serious blow to my solitary life, a slap to my hermitic face, a forced attack on my writer’s retreat. Some bastard left a bushel of progress at the Tiny White Box, and I didn’t have the opportunity to refuse to sign for it. Let me explain.
Let’s put it this way. If Amazon were using Tinder to find the perfect city match for it’s new HQ, New Hampshire’s been given the swipe.
I’m no legal expert. But when I hear “act of God,” I think about hurricanes and tornadoes, Noah-level floods, plagues of frogs, stuff like that. Especially here in New Hampshire, snow and cold temperatures don’t strike me as an act of God. More like the cold hard latitude and longitude of living in the northeast. We prepare for it. We allow for it when it comes to things like buying a year’s worth of road salt, or setting aside enough money to pay plow drivers overtime during a snow storm.
Two of Manchester’s largest homeless services providers officially merged into one entity on January 1, 2018. Families in Transition-New Horizons has a 25-member Board of Directors, with staggered terms, which recently met for the first time at their bi-monthly meeting.
Calling hours will be at Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 243 Hanover St., Manchester on Saturday Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m., with a funeral service to follow in the funeral home chapel at noon.
Proceeds support specialized vision rehabilitation programs and services.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch as of 10 p.m. on Jan. 15 for Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon.
From the simple things, such as new clothes and shoes, to making dreams come true with toys such as remote-controlled helicopters and new bikes, The Granite YMCA is proud to announce that more than 400 children this past holiday season benefited from the generosity of more than 30 contributors and YMCA community members.
