Archives: July 2024

Camping With Kids Is an Option for a Close-To-Home Vacation

Camping with kids is an option for a close-to-home vacation

Lindsey Lapointe’s family relaxs by the fire after a day of camping.Camping is one of those activities that parents seem to pass on, much like those that pass on an affinity for certain sports, like hockey families or football families. That was the case for Lindsey Lapointe, an outdoor enthusiast and writer who blogs as the Freelance Adventurer. Her parents…

Manchester’s United Nations of Soccer

In June of 1974, Mom uprooted my five siblings and me from our home in New Jersey and relocated to Manchester’s North End. For Mom, it was a homecoming of sorts, having grown up on Manchester’s predominantly French-Canadian West Side.  Mom’s brothers — my Uncle Arthur and Uncle Bill — played football and baseball for the Giant Killers of St….