Manchester News

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are developing ways to grow organic strawberries for commercial production, harvest hardy kiwis for wine and jam, create natural wildflower environments for pollinators and improve the quality of milk that cows produce.

A former Catholic shrine here is being transformed into a regional venue for the performing, visual and theatrical arts, thanks to prayers and generous donors.

It's been quiet around here with fewer kids. It gave me time to watch the Ted Williams American Masters TV special on PBS.

The right to keep and bear arms include both a right to keep arms, but also to bear them.

I have a theory. When people lose faith in institutions political parties, organized religion, etc. they don't become cynics or nihilists, they simply transfer their faith to people. Specifically, two kinds of people: themselves and charismatic celebrities.

When you give a bully what he wants, he comes back for more.

To the Editor: Uh oh! McQuaid is drinking the Kool-Aid. He has made the New Hampshire congressional delegation and the liberal voters of the state happy.

To the Editor: I can not wait until Sept. 11 to vote for Andy Sanborn in the Republican primary for Congress in the First District.

State health officials expect to double the number of children with serious behavioral problems who get 'wraparound' services such as peer support, in-home counseling and respite care, after the federal government approved a change in the state's Medicaid plan.

The Post Band, the U.S. Army brigade band stationed at the headquarters of the Department of the South at Hilton Head on South Carolina's Port Royal Sound, was mustered out on July 4, 1865, after two years of service.

To the Editor: We have all seen it. A food shopping cart loaded with all the wrong stuff. Pushed by an obese adult, followed by one or more children, also obese. Talk about 'child abuse.'

A recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the 2018 Kids Count Data Book, ranked New Hampshire number one in the United States for overall child well-being.

To the Editor: Heat exhaustion can sneak up on you, causing increased body temperature, rapid pulse, headache and fatigue. If you don't get cool, you'll dehydrate, possibly suffer a stroke, or worse, die.

To the Editor: I read with interest Roberta Baker's Silver Linings column about first-time authors and self-publishing.

AARP New Hampshire is offering a 'Taste Tour' of beer, wine, cider and spirits that will get underway next week.

Stephanie Baxter has joined the New Hampshire Union Leader as community relations and events manager.

Q: My husband and I are New Hampshire residents, and we just learned we have the winning Powerball lottery ticket of a recent 64 million drawing. Are there steps we can take to protect this windfall?

To the Editor: I recently had the pleasure of visiting the 1763 Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., the oldest temple building in America.

A former Laconia Middle School teacher is under court order to have no contact with a girl who was in his eighth grade class when he worked at the Barnstead Elementary School.

The Granite State is getting a few days to dry out and clean up following a succession of heavy thunderstorms that swept across the state.