Nashuans, like most New Englanders, were enjoying the warmer-than-normal April weather that was expected to continue into May. The turnout was robust at the Saturday night dance at the Community Hall that April 26, where for 50 cents one could move to the beat of the Wonder Boys ...
COVID-19 has made me say things that in hindsight sound stupid. With assuredness and confidence, I would say, “I can’t imagine this going into May, we’ll have it under control by then,” and a few days later there are naysayers or soothsayers (whichever you prefer) saying, “Think again ...
Today Nashua, as well as most cities in the country, is a ghost town. We are all, rightfully so, staying home with the hope that we can help bring this awful national crisis to an end sooner rather than later. So, what do you do when you’ve played them so many times and memorized each of ...
It was said that the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Rather than divert my boredom, I try to see what boredom can teach me. After all, Nietzsche said “to ward off boredom at any cost is vulgar.” If that’s true, I’m positively disgusting right ...
Greetings from Prague once again, my fellow greater Nashuans, coming to you with a different look, and maybe a more serious tone than most are used to from me. Funny is fun, but we’re all going through a fairly serious crisis together, so serious might be the better order of the day. ...
Baker Street near the bridge in Hudson was laid out July 1889 on land owned or previously owned by Kimball Webster. This street went from Main St. (now Ferry St.) near Derry Road and proceeded northward to land set aside for the Methodist Church parsonage and then eastward to Derry Rd. (now a ...
