Community
Invisible Walls: Is there a relationship between zoning and crime?
Residents know outsiders describe their neighborhood as a magnet for poverty and crime and are frustrated with how hard it has been to shake that reputation. READ MORE
Articles by John Bassett
Civics
COVID Trends: Cases continue to drop, nursing shortage causing strain
Daily case numbers and hospitalizations for New Hampshire continued their rapid decline last week and have now fallen far below the peak of the first wave in Dec. 2020. READ MORE
Community
Invisible Walls: The Role of Redlining
The Granite State News Collaboratives series, “Invisible Walls,” shows how two powerful forces in Manchester’s history – the Amoskeag Company and land-use zoning – help explain the city’s inequalities today, but there are also other forces at work. READ MORE
Community
Invisible Walls: The shackles of zoning
Does the community want to be one of stately houses on sprawling lots? Does it want to have a bustling downtown, full of small businesses and apartments? There are no right or wrong answers, of course, which is why these questions often provoke raucous debate – and the answers communities settle on are frequently revised. READ MORE
Community
Invisible Walls: The Amoskeag Company legacy
“What’s a ‘company town’?” asks America’s Library, an educational program from the Library of Congress. “In case you’re not sure, the story of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New Hampshire, is a good example.” READ MORE
Community
Invisible walls: A century of exclusionary zoning has helped divide Manchester by income and race
“Unfortunately, sincere efforts to create diverse spaces [have] sometimes spurred wealthier residents to flee to suburbia. It’s not easy for planners to find the sweet spot.” READ MORE
Business
COVID-19 numbers hit all-time highs
According to data from the state’s official COVID response dashboard, New Hampshire averaged 2,610 new cases per day for the week ending Tuesday, up 37 percent from a week earlier. READ MORE
Civics
COVID-19 cases increase, hospitalizations remain steady as FEMA team’s NH arrival delayed
The monoclonal antibody teams that the state was expecting to arrive this week were delayed due to overwhelming needs in other parts of the country. In a statement delivered on Monday, Governor Chris Sununu announced that FEMA is hoping to send the teams by next week. READ MORE
Civics
COVID-19 numbers down slightly; Omicron-driven uptick expected
COVID-19 indicators for New Hampshire have fallen over the past week, but the number of new cases per day has remained above the highest levels seen during the first wave at the end of 2020. READ MORE
Civics
COVID-19 numbers remain high; Omicron now in NH
COVID-19 indicators for New Hampshire have remained high over the past week, far above the highest levels seen during the first wave at the end of 2020. READ MORE
