Author: John Angelo

From Cadillacs to carrot cakes

As it turns 100, the iconic Red Arrow Diner celebrates its history

Homelessness in New Hampshire: no easy fix for a complicated problem

Manchester organization seeks solution for a persistent, intractable issue

HOPE Outreach Committee addressing housing insecurity in Manchester

Local nonprofit looks to tackle Manchester’s homelessness and affordable housing shortages

UNH Manchester forum focuses on threats facing a free press

Panelists point to dangers facing journalists around the world

Residential services transition date nears at Crotched Mountain

New York firm’s takeover of programming set for Nov. 1

Q&A with Bob Lavoie of Bob’s Coins in Manchester

With the price of gold up 50% in 2020 and silver with a 51% gain over the same period, it’s a good time to catch up with Bob Lavoie, proprietor of Bob’s Coins in Manchester

Q&A with Community development advocate Woullard Lett

‘There is only one race, the human race,’ says Woullard Lett, past president of the Manchester NAACP and currently New England Regional Lead at the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Q&A with Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester’s Rik Cornell

‘We’ve had to find a better way to work with people’ since the pandemic began, says Rik Cornell of the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester.

Q&A with World War II veterans William F. Cronin Jr., and Warren Pond

According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, fewer than 325,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in the Armed Forces during World War II are still alive. Two of those World War II vets live in Wolfeboro and volunteer at the Wright Museum of World War II.

Manchester Proud plan approved by school board

Only one vote against, but criticisms are raised

Antiquarian bookstores find a home in NH

The literary treasures found, and searched for, in NH’s used bookstores

A new vision for Queen City schools

Manchester Proud to unveil proposed vision for district

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Summit Packaging Systems founder Gordon Gilroy dies at 101

Gordon Crossman Gilroy, 101, passed away peacefully at his home in Bedford, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2026. Gilroy founded Summit Packaging Systems, a Manchester-based company that makes aerosol valves.

Mall at Fox Run owner, town eye tax district for new Seacoast Landing

Torrington Properties and Newington officials are discussing the creation of a tax increment financing district at the site of the soon-to-be-razed Mall at Fox Run, where the company is preparing to construct the new Seacoast Landing shopping district.

NHPR launches “Your Neighbors, Your News,” introducing the faces behind local NH news

NH Public Radio’s new video series, “Your Neighbors, Your News,” introduces you to many of the nearly two dozen talented NHPR reporters, editors, hosts and producers who not only bring you the news that matters most in New Hampshire each day, but are your neighbors in the Granite State, committed to digging for answers you need to better understand our changing state.

State lawmakers deny Nashua funding to buy Daniel Webster College site

The state Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines January 13 against a bill that would give Nashua $20 million to purchase the former site of Daniel Webster College. Four Republicans voted in favor and two Democrats against.

11 homes planned for The Woodlands at Mountain View Farm development

Ground has been broken at The Woodlands at Mountain View Farm, a residential community located off Fairgrounds Road in Plymouth, NH.

Cairn Surgical completes enrollment in U.S. trial of novel breast cancer locator system

Cairn Surgical, Inc., a medical technology firm based in Lebanon, NH, announced earlier this month that patient enrollment has been completed in the U.S. pivotal trial of its Breast Cancer Locator (BCLTM) System.

Q&A with Predictive Monitor CEO Laurie Masiello

Laurie Masiello spent nearly 40 years sharing an office with her husband, John, at a life sciences service company they co-founded in Massachusetts. At their current business in Nashua, they each have their own office — but only a door separates them.