Keene’s former youth services manager seeks lifesaving kidney donation

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Dimitria Kirby, 33, is in kidney failure after serious complications following the birth of her second daughter last July. Now, every Tuesday and Saturday she drives an hour each way to dialysis, where her blood is filtered by a machine that removes waste products and extra fluid — work that Kirby’s damaged kidneys can no longer do.

Good turnout and important dialogue had during Zoning-Code Week events

read more…: Good turnout and important dialogue had during Zoning-Code Week events

Imagining code that serves the city 50 years in the future, connects the community to the space they live in, and guides investment is a complex project. Anticipating changes like rail or other future transportation modes, keeping quality of life a priority, and enhancing Nashua’s existing features are all factors under consideration.

Puzzles

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And one of the things that I was firmly convinced of was that the ability to figure out a mystery and the ability to complete a crossword were somehow entwined.  It did not really matter, though, because I was hooked on both, forever.

Shewanda Daniels-Williams and Kimberly Whittaker. Courtesy photo

Nashua residents plan to celebrate Juneteenth and the Black community

read more…: Nashua residents plan to celebrate Juneteenth and the Black community

“We get the day off, state buildings are closed, that’s all great and good, but do people really know why?” she said. “It’s about freedom. We broke free from the chains of slavery. That was a time when black people … came together to build community amongst each other and for each other, so if people now in this day and age know what it really was and [what] people did, then maybe it will force us to come back together as a people and unite and just be stronger.”