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07/26/2025

When school’s out in the summer, you might struggle to find things to do. Don’t worry! If you’re a teen, the Manchester City Library has just the thing for you! I recently interviewed Dori Eisenstat, a librarian and the woman who runs the teen program at Manchester City Library.

Every summer, Manchester City Library does a summer reading challenge for teens ages 12-18. During the challenge teens document what books they’ve read and for how long to earn prizes. These prizes include coupons to restaurants, free books, and button badges for every level you pass. You can also be entered into a raffle that will be drawn at the end of summer. There are also similar challenges for kids ages 3-12 and adults 18 and older. READ MORE -->

When school’s out in the summer, you might struggle to find things to do. Don’t worry! If you’re a teen, the Manchester City Library has just the thing for you! I recently interviewed Dori Eisenstat, a librarian and the woman who runs the teen program at Manchester City Library.

07/26/2025

As part of their tour in support of the full-length, the Dickinson brothers, bassist Rayfield “Ray Ray” Hollman and guitarist Joey Williams are going to be bringing their down home sound to Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth on July 27. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and it’s an excellent...

07/26/2025

Unhoused people who are dealing with mental illness or substance use issues will be involuntarily committed, while treatment programs that look to make them safter will be defunded under an executive order issued by President Donald Trump Thursday.

Civil rights activists and advocates for the homeless across the country blasted the “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” executive order, which they say criminalizes homelessness and will increase the homeless crisis. READ MORE -->

Unhoused people who are dealing with mental illness or substance use issues will be involuntarily committed, while treatment programs that look to make them safter will be defunded under an executive order issued by President Donald Trump Thursday.

07/25/2025

The last day of municipal election candidate filing was a big finish, as 16 new candidates stepped forward.

07/25/2025

📰 Alternative community gathers for
‘Dark Side of the Rainbow’ regional arts market at YWCA By Jules Robidoux

Ever wonder what you might actually find at the end of a rainbow? While you may never know the answer to that, we now know what you can find on the dark side of one - an impressive amount of genius, creativity, and twistedly-cool handmade goods worth their weight in gold.

On Saturday, July 19, Queerlective, a local arts organization that uplifts q***r and BIPOC voices, hosted the Dark Side of the Rainbow Market at the YWCA in downtown Manchester. With the goal of bringing together subcultures within the q***r community, the market aimed to draw makers and shoppers straight from the q***r goth community of New Hampshire.

Randall Nielsen, Queerlective’s Executive Director, shared that Queerlective recently moved their office into the YWCA, explaining the thinking behind it:
“Basically I’ve realized that there can be quite a bit of siloing in the subcultures within the q***r community, and Queerlective doesn’t necessarily always attract the attention of the more, kind of punk, goth-y q***rs. And so as soon as I signed the lease on this [space], I was really excited to share it with the rest of the community,” said Nielsen.

Queerlective partnered with Janelle Havens, member of New England Artists for Action and owner of Lustshrooms, Etc., a pastel goth-oriented shop that produces and sources new and pre-loved platform shoes, clothing, accessories, and handmade oddities. Havens has managed to find a foothold - no pun intended - in many of the local alternative markets around New Hampshire.

That’s when fate stepped in, wearing black platform lace-up boots, and The Dark Side of the Rainbow market was born. According to Havens, a portion of the proceeds from the market will go to Queerlective so that they can continue their work.

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07/25/2025

With less than an hour to go, we just had Maxine Mosley pop in to file for Ward 6 and Justin Blais for Ward 3 Alderman.

07/25/2025

Will Infantine and Joe Levasseur are taking their buddy show on the road, as both have just filed for Alderman At Large. They invited Kathleen Kelley to join the photo op - as she was also there to return to her roots with a run for school committee At-Large.

07/25/2025

It might be fun to handle this like an Auctioneer but do we have any one in Ward 7 interested in Selectman? They're in need of a few more folks. Patrick Long (not the alderman) just signed up as part of his civic duty but will gladly step aside, he says, if someone else will run.

07/25/2025

Winding down here - if anyone is on the fence, hop off and hop on down to City Hall. June Trisciani has just filed for At-Large Alderman.

07/25/2025

A few more filing updates:
Jose R. Marte for Ward 9 School Committee; Phil Tuttle for Ward 1 School Committee, Robert Rivera, Ward 10 Alderman and Zachary Tringali for Ward 6 Alderman...

07/25/2025

Zachary Tringali wants a permanent home. He wants to live in a city that creates an atmosphere of dignity and compassion for its least fortunate.

He also wants to be an alderman in Ward 6.

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Zachary Tringali wants a permanent home. He wants to live in a city that creates an atmosphere of dignity and compassion for its least fortunate. He also wants to be an alderman in Ward 6.