Thursday, June 23, 2011

Manchester NH Information

By Bob Dube


Manchester stands out as the premier urban centre within the state of New Hampshire and north of Boston within an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. With a population more than 109,000 persons, it is rated 13th in the list of the hundred best towns to live in CNN.MONEY.com, and additionally has been voted the 2nd most tax friendly urban centre in the usa by Kiplinger's. Manchester possesses one of the fastest expanding economic climates in New England. Manchester boasts a four-season weather conditions with snowy winter months and warm summers, spring and autumn usually are crisp and brief changes.

Manchester features a multitude of social activities at the historic Palace Theatre, the Currier Museum of Art and the New Hampshire Institute of Art. The Verizon Wireless Arena is a civic center that features a range of occasions, from athletics to shows together with significant recording artists, comics, theatrical stage shows along with family oriented shows and fairs.

The school system has 4 public high schools, 4 public middle schools along with 14 public elementary schools. Furthermore there are lots of private and religious schools. You'll find 7 post secondary school in the area. The city is served by four newspapers, a New Hampshire public tv station and one commercial television station, WMUR-TV Channel 9, an ABC affiliate, as well as varied AM and FM radio stations.

Manchester hosts the Fischer Cats, a minor baseball team, and the Monarchs, AHL professional ice hockey. Pertaining to transportation it has the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, which is serviced by almost all main air carriers, with the major share held by Southwest Airlines. The airport has international service by way of Air Canada to Ontario as well as Toronto. Public transportation is supplied by Manchester Transit Authority which works buses through the city. Concord Trailways and Boston Express operate commuter services to Boston and other parts of the state.

Major highways consist of Interstates 93 and 293, and the Everett Turnpike that are multi-lane freeways and link the metropolitan area to Concord and the White Mountains to the north, and Nashua and Boston to the south. NH 101 is a 4 lane highway eastbound from Manchester to Hampton and beaches on the seacoast as well as Maine and Interstate 95 to the north shore of Massachusetts. Westbound NH 101 is a two lane highway serving as the key artery to Keene, the Monadnock region and points west. Manchester features a couple of main retail parts: downtown Manchester and South Willow Street. The Mall of New Hampshire is situated on South Willow Street, with more than 125 stores.




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