It looks to be a beautiful spring weekend. Check out the mix below to get you out of the house.
Our right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution. Thanks to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments we’ve made progress. Poll taxes, proof of literacy, and land ownership are no longer requirements to cast a ballot and voting rights for African Americans, Native Americans and women have finally come due.
Members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen received public comments twice on Tuesday concerning the city’s budget in addition to the usual comments received at 7 p.m. This was the first public meeting of the Board since Manchester’s Director of Housing Stability, Adrienne Beloin, reached a settlement agreement with the city. Among the topics covered were public school budgets, the city’s homelessness crisis, and the ongoing situation in Gaza.
May is National Bike Month! To mark this exciting occasion, the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, in collaboration with the Granite State Wheelers and the New Hampshire Rail Trail Coalition, invites you on a thrilling series of guided bicycle tours along the breathtaking rail trails of the Granite State. Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist or new to biking, these weekend tours are designed to ignite your sense of adventure and showcase the natural beauty of New Hampshire’s trail system.
Organized by the Manchester Office of Youth Services in November, the Boys to Men teenage male support group has brought together several students from Manchester West High School to teach life skills, leadership and other concepts intended to grow self-esteem and character.
The team from Keene engaged the whole student body, held a listening party, and packed their finalists off to the competition in style.
Each year on April 17, International Bat Appreciation Day reminds us of the important roles bats play in nature. April is also the best time of the year to observe bats, as they begin to emerge from hibernation.
The Queen City Rotary Club is now accepting applications for youth-centered grants.
The Currier Museum of Art was the scene on Tuesday as the New Hampshire-based Swim With A Mission (SWAM) gathered veterans and veterans’ support groups from across the state for the Fourth Annual New Hampshire Veterans Summit.
In celebration of Armed Forces Day, Liberty House will host its second annual Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at
100 William Loeb Drive in Manchester. This family-friendly day supports local veterans struggling with PTSD, housing instability, and other challenges.
Students at Saint Anselm College and Southern New Hampshire University are collaborating on “The Laissez-Faire Fashion Experience,” which will be held at Saint Anselm’s Sullivan Arena on April 20 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Jennifer Baney, 2024 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical recipient, hopes to transform the way young people think about physics. She plans to help students develop the teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving skills needed to excel in science (and life) through sophisticated table-top escape room games.
If you were dreaming of what you might do with 20+ wooded acres of prime real estate in the city, dream no more. The parcel, owned by the city for the past 84 years – purchased in 1940 with the idea it might serve as a tank location for the Manchester Water Works – is set to be sold to the Stabile Company for $2 million, pending approval by the Board of Aldermen.
In an era of increasing polarization and bitterness in politics, the Electoral College plays a crucial role in encouraging candidates to build broad coalitions and engage with diverse communities across the nation. Rather than discarding this system, efforts should be focused on understanding and refining it to ensure that it continues to serve its foundational purpose of balancing diverse interests in a vast and varied republic.
I remember some years ago when the media celebrated New Jersey’s Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, who was considered to be the nation’s first baby boomer, when she was expected to formally apply for Social Security benefits in anticipation of her 62nd birthday on January 1, 2008.
The Queen City Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings at the YMCA in downtown Manchester at 6 p.m. The tournament is U.S. Chess Federation-rated. The format is four rounds of play, one game per week for four weeks each month. Time control is 45 minutes per side with a 5-second increment per move.
Every Wednesday as a part of her routine Judi Window slides a “reserved” sign on one of the long tables at Diz’s Cafe. She’s making a space for the lunch bunch from LNA Health Careers at the request of Kerri Dutton, company president and the brains behind a rather unique way to keep her staff of instructors well-fed and motivated.
Actors Cooperative Theatre (ACT), winner of two NHTA Awards and 17 Top Ten will stage, “The Trail To Oregon!” April 19-28 with six shows at the Derry Opera House. The play is an original by StarKid Productions, the innovative force behind viral hits such as “A Very Potter Musical” and “Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier,” and they’ve knocked it out of the park again with this hilarious work.
Big hair and leg warmers. Hooksett thrift store Corey’s Closet is hosting a 1980s prom for special needs teens and adults on Saturday May 11 at Manchester’s Puritan Event Center from 5:30 to 10:30. Tickets are available at the 1329 Hooksett Road store. The prom tickets are $50 and include a buffet. The event benefits Camp Fatima, a Gilmanton Iron Works summer camp that hosts a pair of two-week sessions for people of varying abilities, Corey among them.
Public input is needed for a Transportation Equity Study in Manchester conducted by Deo Mwano Consultancy (DMC) in partnership with the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI).