The Manchester Police Department/Manchester Department of Public Works employee Gift-4-Life Blood Drive is scheduled for Thursday Jan. 14 from 12 to 5 p.m. in the Community Room of the Manchester Police Department, 405 Valley Road. Schedule your appointment with a few easy clicks.
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” to be presented by the Majestic Academy Teens in Conjunction with the Derry Arts Council on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29 and 30 at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. Performances will be held at the historic Derry Opera House, located at 29 West Broadway, in Derry.
Not only do I not agree with the suffix being added to John’s prison record, I think there are now hundreds of people who are being listed as sex offenders incorrectly. If a college student participates in a streaking episode as a stunt in hazing, she or he is now a sex offender? If a group of young adults decides to dive into the ocean in California au natural while drinking, they are all going to be required to register as sex offenders throughout their adult lives? If adolescents act up by removing their clothes or by stealing someone’s towel, the naked teenager is going to register as a sex offender as an adult? Really?
Groping a woman is assault and we have laws to protect people from such actions. I wonder how Rep. Moore would react if he were walking on the beach and a woman grabbed his nipples?
Manchester School District wants to jump-start the city’s future avid readers with a series of story time events during the month of January.
Think about it. In colonial days, grown men – accompanied by equally grown horses – would stroll out onto the frozen surface of lakes and ponds and commence to carve up the very surface that kept them out of water that was the same approximate temperature as liquid nitrogen.
Many pigs, like Willow, are surrendered because their owners believed their new piglet would be as easy to care for as a dog, only to be overwhelmed as the animal grew larger and engaged in natural behaviors such as rooting in the ground with their snouts.
Thousands of reptiles will be on display and for sale as pets during the Jan. 17 New England Reptile Show at the Radisson Hotel.
At age 22, performance artist Greg Hindy set off from Nashua with his camera and camping gear to walk 9,000 miles under a vow of silence. Now, two years later, he shares experiences and photographs from his year-long journey and reflects on how it contributed to his growth as an artist as part of the Nashua Public Library’s “Exotic Destinations” series.
Looking for a fun, healthy (and maybe even romantic) way to support animals, education, and the Massabesic Audubon Center’s resident raven? Join NH Audubon for its inaugural Ravens Race 5K snowshoe fundraiser on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14, at 10 a.m.
From struggling single mom to celebrated wellness coach and author, meet Carol Phillips, and listen to her inspirational story.
Depending upon whose statistics you believe, there are as many as 300 or as few as 100 cases of spontaneous human combustion on record. As for me, unless you count an inflamed appendix or the time I ordered the ”911 Pasta from Hell” at Shorty’s, I have only had one small brush with spontaneous human combustion.
I am not one to editorialize. But today I will make an exception because I can’t stand silently by while the state’s newspaper of record tries to jump off the Donald Trump bandwagon as it careens toward the February 9 New Hampshire Primary.
Johnny Vitale, on the old Friday night racing days at Rockingham Park, and his alter-ego, the WWE’s Johnny Vegas. Tune in and get the scoop.
Yes, we in Manchester have been blessed over the years with a high-class class of visitor, but let the record show that George Washington never slept here. Booker T. Washington? Yes. George Washington? No.
The story of the Christmas manger I loved so much I had to have, and how happy I am that it belongs to someone else, now.
Watching that movie makes me a little nostalgic for all the other reckless and certifiably dangerous toys of my youth. These days everything is so safe, so sanitized. My flammable Christmas morning nightgowns are just a misty memory.
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will be open every day from December 26 – 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Christmas week. The Discovery Center will offer special science workshops for kids ages 8 – 12 during the holiday break, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
What happens when you quit your job without a replacement gig and you’re $65,000 in debt? Steve Gamlin has been there, done that and uses what he learned to lift others up out of the ashes. Listen in to Mike Morin’s latest podcast.
Brookside Congregational Church is holding its 6th Annual Christmas Concert on Dec. 19, kicking off a series of smaller no-cost community events to celebrate the season.