The Sidecar Podcast from The Cricket

SIDECAR’s Kris and Erika dip into a truly remarkable local figure in history

In this episode, Manchester Cricket Editor Erika Brown and Features Editor Kris McGinn bring back Bob Booth, historian and Manchester Historical Museum curator, to talk about Manchester's Samuel Lee, who rose from nothing to dominate one of Boston's biggest economic ports, Marblehead, Massachusetts.

SIDECAR this week, Kris and Erika talk local news!

This week, Kris and Erika talk Manchester Fire Dept budget drubbing, Skate the the Sea, Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll's visit to Cape Ann, and a little bit of GenZ and its love of fact-based news.

SIDECAR this week, Cricket editors Kris and Erika talk this week’s news

On this week's edition, Erika Brown and Kris McGinn of the Manchester Cricket talk Cell Signaling and its big plans for Manchester's Limited Commercial District, art, and other news.

SIDECAR this week: It’s Valentine’s Day, Regional School District FY24 budget, and turkeys in Masconomo Park

This week, Kris McGinn and Erika Brown from the Manchester Cricket take on Valentine's Day shopping, the mystery behind the mystery books market, and how ME Regional School District is facing structural budget issues shared by many other school districts across Masschusetts.

SIDECAR: Kris and Erika talk winter home design projects (and other things) with Jen Coles.

Jen Coles is a busy Cape Ann interior designer who writes the At Home Now home design column for the Cricket.  This week, Kris McGinn and Erika Brown talk with Coles about trends in color and wallpaper and which projects are suited for the DIYer during the homey winter months.  Oh yes, and we pull Jen into chatting about some current events in Manchester.

SIDECAR talks Cape Ann serpent sightings of 1817 with Bob Booth

It was no hoax, and no hallucination; it was real, as many local mariners and observers could attest.  Erika Brown and Kris McGinn, editor and features editor of the Cricket talk about a real (and spectacular) story pulled from Cape Ann's mariner history with Manchester Historical Museum executive director and historian Bob Booth.

SIDECAR’s Kris McGinn & Erika Brown on the Galapagos and Commuter Rail zoning

This week, Cricket editor Erika Brown and features editor Kris McGinn talk about how Cape Ann communities are tackling a new state zoning mandate around commuter rail stations, a trip to the Galapagos Islands, and the Ecuadorian Amazon Rain Forrest.

SIDECAR with Kris McGinn & Erika Brown on Catch Up Patrol

This week, Cricket Features Editor Kris McGinn catches up with Erika Brown and talks Festival by the Sea, the recent controversy at Long Beach, and Manchester resident Martha Woods' remarkable swim across the English Channel.

SIDECAR with Paul Tucker, 2022 Candidate for Essex County DA

This is a new thing for SIDECAR.  This week, Cricket editor Erika Brown chats with Paul Tucker, candidate for Essex County District Attorney.  Get past the long intro and you'll hear a really interesting discussion that touches on police reform, BLM, mental health and the DA's role in keeping people out of the system.

SIDECAR with Pets & People columnists and veterinarian Dr. Larry Lamb

The role of pets in our lives has never been bigger.  And the role of veterinarians has changed along with that ... with more sophisticated treatment and care. What is it like to be a veterinarian, and how has it changed?  Larry Lamb, who has penned the Cricket's "Pets & People" column for 15+ years, sits down with Editor/Publisher Erika Brown.