Rob Greene

Beto O’Rourke: Tiny NH taqueria frames candidate’s campaign cornerstone

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Rob Greene 1

Beto O’Rourke grew up in El Paso, Texas, a city of about a million people right on the U.S. border with Mexico. His choice of venue here and his decision to open his remarks in Spanish underscored a cornerstone of his campaign: He says he believes immigration and immigrants are important to the U.S. READ MORE

Sen. Warren to Manchester crowd: ‘I am in this fight out of gratitude’

Saturday, January 12, 2019 Rob Greene 0

More than 450 people turned out for the campaign event at Manchester Community College. READ MORE

Lighting candles of remembrance for those who died homeless in our city

Friday, December 21, 2018 Rob Greene 0

The number of homeless people in New Hampshire did not rise in 2018, according to the annual “State of Homelessness in New Hampshire” report, but the number, about 1,450, remains a ten-percent increase from 2016. Meantime, the NH Department of Education reports a 13-percent increase since last year in the number of students identified as homeless READ MORE

Active-shooter drill: ‘We do this in hopes of never having to do this for real’

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Rob Greene 0

It would be ironic, I thought, if the red-blood cells I left with the Red Cross only Monday, were piped into the unconscious woman in the hospital bed next to mine. She needed them direly – a gunshot wound (GSW) perforated her lower belly. Her lips were already blue from blood loss, and the sheet beneath her was stained red. READ MORE

Bernie Sanders packs them in at Brookside Church for ‘get out the vote’ rally

Sunday, November 4, 2018 Rob Greene 0

The Brookside Congregational Church is at least 150 miles outside the U.S. Senate district Bernie Sanders hopes to retain through the general election Tuesday, but the once (and future?) presidential candidate made the trip for an event Sunday afternoon — with a pit stop at UNH-Durham — to encourage attendees to get others to vote. READ MORE

Alec Baldwin raised lots of money (but didn’t do his Trump bit) at the NH Dem Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner

Monday, October 15, 2018 Rob Greene 1

The keynote speaker at the inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner could have been Joyce Craig, the first woman elected Queen City mayor, or Safia Wazir, a political newcomer from Concord who took down a four-term incumbent in the September primary. It might have been comedians Samantha Bee or Michelle Wolf, or Eleanor Roosevelt herself channeled through a Magic 8-Ball. Instead, dinner organizers went with actor Alec Baldwin, him of the Saturday Night Live Donald Trump impersonation, and the decision left some in attendance – and some who opted not to attend – uncomfortable. READ MORE

Jupiter Hall exhibit is ‘Just Your Type’

Thursday, September 20, 2018 Rob Greene 0

Jupiter Hall will host “Just Your Type,” an exhibit of typewriter photography by Queen City artist Brenda Noiseux Oct. 11-25. The exhibit features pictures from Noiseux’s 2017 photo calendar, taken in and around Manchester. READ MORE