Thursday, June 23, 2011

Manchester NH Information

By Bob Dube


Manchester stands out as the largest metropolis in the state of New Hampshire and north of Boston in an area composed of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. With a population more than 109,000 individuals The city scored thirteenth within a list of the 1 hundred best metropolitan areas to live in CNN.MONEY.com, and additionally has been voted the 2nd most tax friendly urban centre in the country by Kiplinger's. Manchester possesses one of the fastest developing economic climates in New England. The city has got a four-season weather with cold winter months as well as warm summer months, spring and fall usually are crisp and short transitions.

The city presents a lot of ethnic activities at the historic Palace Theatre, the Currier Museum of Art and also the New Hampshire Institute of Art. The Verizon Wireless Arena is a civic center which hosts a number of occasions, from sports activities to concerts together with significant recording artists, comics, theatrical stage productions along with family driven programs and fairs.

The school system has 4 public high schools, four public middle schools as well as 14 public elementary schools. Furthermore there are various private and faith based schools. You'll find seven post secondary school within the city limits. The city is served by four newspapers, a New Hampshire public tv station and one commercial tv station, WMUR-TV Channel 9, an ABC affiliate, as well as numerous AM and FM radio stations.

Manchester is home to the Fischer Cats, a minor baseball team, and the Manchester Monarchs, AHL professional ice hockey. Pertaining to transportation it contains the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, that is served by nearly all major airlines, with the largest share held by Southwest Airlines. The airport carries international service via Air Canada to Ontario and Toronto. Public transportation is provided by Manchester Transit Authority which operates buses throughout the city. Concord Trailways and Boston Express operate commuter services to Boston and other areas of the state.

Significant highways include Interstates 93 and 293, and also the Everett Turnpike which are multi-lane highways and join 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 2 lane highway serving as the chief artery to Keene, the Monadnock region and points west. Manchester possesses a couple of primary retail areas: downtown Manchester and South Willow Street. The Mall of New Hampshire is situated on South Willow Street, exceeding 125 stores.




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