Ayotte, Ruais visit The Founders Academy for John Stark Day Celebration

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The Founders Academy on April 13 celebrated the life of General John Stark with a school-wide assembly that included special guests Governor Ayotte, Manchester Mayor Ruais, NH Education Commissioner Catilin Davis, and members of The Founders Academy Board of Trustees. General John Stark is New Hampshire’s best-known Revolutionary War soldier and coined the state’s motto, “Live free or die: death is not the worst of evils.”

April 19, at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club: Shemekia Copeland says it feels ‘like coming home’ 

read more…: April 19, at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club: Shemekia Copeland says it feels ‘like coming home’ 

For the past 30 years, Shemekia Copeland has been doing exactly that while garnering numerous awards and acclaim for her talents. On April 19, people in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas will get to experience this when she takes the stage at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club.

The Weekender, April 16-19: Made in NH Expo 2026, New England Spring Craft & Artisan Show, Earth Day Park Clean Up + more

read more…: The Weekender, April 16-19: Made in NH Expo 2026, New England Spring Craft & Artisan Show, Earth Day Park Clean Up + more

Get out and show Mother Earth some love by celebrating Earth Day early this weekend. You can take part in Hope for NH Recovery’s Earth Day Park Clean Up, attend the Earth Day Celebration with UNH at the Manchester City Library, check out the Earth Day Benefit Concert, hear from Duncan Watson, the author of Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds, build a terrarium while sipping on some eco-friendly wine at the Terrarium Workshop & Wine Tasting with Penumbra, or even just simply Make a Gnome Home. Whatever you choose, try your best to pay homage to our one and only home planet somehow.

Despite the claims of New Hampshire’s leaders, towns are not to blame for high property taxes

read more…: Despite the claims of New Hampshire’s leaders, towns are not to blame for high property taxes

Downshifting costs, and blame, to red towns and blue towns alike has been instrumental to the state GOP’s “New Hampshire Advantage” ruse for a long time. In her inaugural address more than a year ago, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said, “Property taxes are a burden in New Hampshire in spite of the fact that the state is sending more money than ever before down to the local level.”

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