Out in the Mountains

Manchester, NH
Club Burned
on Pride Weekend

John S Greene Jr

On Sunday morning at approximately
4:30 a.m. the Manchester Civic Club
(a.k.a. The FrontRunner) was extensive-
ly damaged by a fire. The Manchester
Fire Department has (as of press .time)
yet to comment on the nature of the fire.
It appears to have started on a basement
wall facing an alley in the rear of the
building, and appears to have spread up
the back of the building, destroying the
rear of the second floor and most of the
roof. The rest of the building suffered
some damage from smoke and water, but
the Manchester Fire Department did a
good job of containing the fire. There
were no reported injuries, although the
adjacent residential buildings were
evacuated as a precaution. The Front-
Runner Club was one of two dance clubs
in New Hampshire (The other is Mem-
bers, a members only private club in
Portsmouth.) and one of the three gay
bars in Manchester. It is also, like Mem-
bers, a members only club (a way of ex-
isiting in the otherwise restrictive at-
mosphere of conservative N.H.). It had
been at its current location for 5 years,
and has been in existence for almost 14
years as a gay owned and operated es-
tablishment. The founder, George Mi-
toulas, is also the founder of the New
Hampshire Aids Foundation and is quite
active in local politics. V

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