Decoration. It’s a word with the power to conjure everything from pretty surfaces to festive memories. A garland of ivy strung across the mantle for the holidays. The fading floral wallpaper in your grandmother’s house. Fairy lights adorning the boring, bare walls of your first apartment.
The first step toward providing some relief for the state’s more than 75,000 SNAP recipients was taken Tuesday as the Legislative Fiscal Committee unanimously approved a contingency plan that will provide funding to shore up food bank resources.
I will be opposing HB 639, the so-called “cryptocurrency freedom” bill now before the Senate. Despite its libertarian rhetoric of innovation and “financial opportunity,” the measure is a blueprint for deregulation that would invite precisely the abuses and inequalities that scholar Finn Brunton warns of in his recent New York Times essay on the true nature of cryptocurrency.
I say this because I’ve seen it with my own eyes: a line of people in ski masks on Main Street, holding signs telling others to “go back to where you came from,” “no gays allowed,” “we hate Jews” – and the list goes on. Is that their “trick”? To show up, hide their faces, and try to scare people with their hate? Because, honestly, it looks less like a trick and more like cowardice dressed up as protest.
It’s crunch time for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table, as the federal shutdown is likely to continue into November and the government refuses to release a reserve fund that would help keep benefits going for two or three weeks.
We have organized a mayoral forum that is free to attend, and it’s happening Tuesday Oct. 28 at the Manchester City Library, from 6-7 p.m.
The relatively new tradition of turning downtown into a hub for hobnobbing goblins and ghastly ghouls filling their buckets with treats once again brought a huge crowd of costumed kids – and adults – out Friday for the annual free holiday candy-palooza.
My wife and I went out for drinks with some friends at Chelbys last Saturday night. As our tab grew in girth, Liz looked at me across the table and grinned. “Are we going to have band practice when we get home?” she asked.
As someone who deeply values unity, service, and practical leadership, I’m proud to support June Trisciani and Dan O’Neil for Alderman At-Large in Manchester’s upcoming municipal election on November 4.
As we return to school, we look forward to a year of learning together, building friendships, and fostering community. Yet, it seems that heated rhetoric and attacks on debate and dialogue have been at the forefront of the media and across college campuses. The September 10th assaination of Charlie Kirk has brought non-stop coverage and contention throughout the country. Some of us knew him, and others didn’t, but in the days that followed we all learned about his life and his conservative beliefs. Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University, fatally shot while engaging in debate. Kirk was on his first of ten stops at college campuses around the country, with a stop scheduled for New Hampshire.