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Manchester Parks and Rec announces Pickleball Skills Class

read more…: Manchester Parks and Rec announces Pickleball Skills Class

Ready to elevate your pickleball game? Join our pickleball skills class right here in Manchester, NH, and take your game to the next level! Whether you’re a newbie or looking to refine your skills, our class offers something for everyone. It will be taught by two professional players with extensive experience in the field.

It’s time to go, Joe

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As I watched President Joe Biden’s atrocious performance in the now-infamous June 27 debate with former-president Donald Trump, I was reminded of a time in the late ’90s when I was driving to visit a friend in Jersey City and got hopelessly lost in the city. 

Legislature passes bills to fund legal settlements, retirement system, and transportation while altering housing and child care laws

read more…: Legislature passes bills to fund legal settlements, retirement system, and transportation while altering housing and child care laws

New Hampshire’s 2024 legislative session resulted in key policy changes and investments proposed by the State Legislature. Although several have already been signed, many of these bills still await consideration by the Governor. While 2024 was not a State Budget year for the Legislature, available surplus funds, flexible American Rescue Plan Act dollarsand other federal resources, and borrowed money for capital projects resulted in initiatives that, if approved, would include significant investments. 

Addressing the heightened urgency of New Hampshire’s homelessness crisis

read more…: Addressing the heightened urgency of New Hampshire’s homelessness crisis

The median cost for a two-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire is about $1,584. To afford it, someone would have to earn about $31 an hour. With the minimum wage at  $7.25 an hour, someone working 168 hours a week — every hour of every day — could not afford the rent. To kick off an occasional series on homelessness, Melanie Plenda talks with Jennifer Chisholm, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness, about the problems and solutions related to homelessness in New Hampshire.

Manchester Ink Link Celebrates 10th Anniversary

read more…: Manchester Ink Link Celebrates 10th Anniversary

After years as a full-time journalist, Carol Robidoux in 2014 found herself laid off – for the second time, since the Great Recession of 2008 – and wondering what the future of news was going to look like. That’s when she decided to create her own news publication, and in 2014 she launched Manchester Ink Link, what she called a “community hub and news info site for the city of Manchester.”

The Soapbox: Social Security is on the ballot. Trump wants to cut it.

read more…: The Soapbox: Social Security is on the ballot. Trump wants to cut it.

Like many Granite Staters, I’ve worked hard and paid for decades into Social Security and Medicare. I earned these benefits and I’ll count on them in my retirement. But let’s be clear: Social Security and Medicare are under attack by Donald Trump and the extreme MAGA Republicans who are threatening to slash them.

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