Coffee with a cop, fun with Twister the Clown, at local McDonald’s
read more…: Coffee with a cop, fun with Twister the Clown, at local McDonald’sUpcoming community events at your local neighborhood McDonald’s Restaurants.
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Granite staters ask Sen. Ayotte to take the minimum wage challenge
read more…: Granite staters ask Sen. Ayotte to take the minimum wage challengeThe current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour that leads many to make choices between feeding their families and filling their gas tanks. This is why millions of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.
2 months in and counting: Here are Manchester Ink Link’s top stories
read more…: 2 months in and counting: Here are Manchester Ink Link’s top storiesAs editor and one-woman army, my goal is to get beyond the “breaking news” headlines and continue to beat the streets for more in-depth coverage and next-day stories.
What can you do to support my efforts? Keep reading, for one. I encourage you to click through these stories, or just scroll through our archives by category using the tabs across the top of the site.
Labor Day: An American holiday we should celebrate by raising the minimum wage (not Wall Street profits)
read more…: Labor Day: An American holiday we should celebrate by raising the minimum wage (not Wall Street profits)Yep, that’s right. Here in America, we have a national holiday honoring the Labor Movement. Just like Presidents Day, Veterans Day and Christmas Day. (But I betcha Fox News won’t be covering “the war on Labor Day.”)
Karen Osborne Dube: Wife, mother, daughter of Ward 5 Alderman
read more…: Karen Osborne Dube: Wife, mother, daughter of Ward 5 AldermanKaren K. (Osborne) Dube, 48, of Manchester, NH, died August 28, 2014, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a period of declining health.
Letter: ‘It’s sad to see my community crumble’
read more…: Letter: ‘It’s sad to see my community crumble’My high school campus ends within 50 feet of that park. I park my car at its perimeter. Students don’t feel safe and it doesn’t seem like the authorities are exerting a lot of power to fix this. It’s frustrating to a lot of people, not just the neighbors and it’s sad to see my community crumble.
Letters: City not doing enough to clean up crime, blight
read more…: Letters: City not doing enough to clean up crime, blightSadly, when Veterans Park was seeing an influx of homeless and ‘crowds’, the city simply removed the benches at the entrance to the park. It does nothing to deter them; it simply makes them migrate to another park or place to hang out.
Flags to be lowered as NH honors native son, James Wright Foley
read more…: Flags to be lowered as NH honors native son, James Wright Foley“James Foley exemplified the best of our journalistic ideals, fearlessly going to some of the world’s most dangerous places to expose the horrific consequences of war and the beautiful humanity of those innocent civilians affected by it. An unconscionable act of terror took him from us far too soon, but his unyielding commitment to advancing our cherished First Amendment right across the globe and the truths he unveiled will live on forever. As Granite Staters and people around the world mourn, our thoughts and prayers remain with the Foley family and their loved ones.”
