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At Monday night’s Board of School Committee Meeting, Manchester School District Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Chmiel responded to reports last week that a Hillside Middle School student had to sit on the floor of a school bus last week because there were not enough seats.
Ward 6 residents gathered on Candia Road for a spirited discussion on Wednesday night in a town hall-style forum hosted by Ward 6 resident Dan Mowery.
After years and years of waiting, Thursday marked the day that so many New Hampshire travelers had waited for: JetBlue has arrived at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT).
Attract, equip and retain. That may sound like the motto of a certain reality show, but it has also become bywords for the University System of New Hampshire’s efforts to bolster the Granite State’s workforce.
In an 8-6 vote, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) accepted an agreement that will allow the paused new Beech Street Elementary School project to proceed once again.
On Tuesday morning, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais announced the creation of a sustainability fund that will help homeless veterans requiring assistance with security deposits and application fees for housing as well as temporary winter emergency housing.
The following is public comment at the Jan. 21, 2025 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, transcribed as it happens. Please email Andrew Sylvia at andy@manchesterinklink.com for any name misspellings.
On Jan. 13 the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) approved a plan that will see the installation of a French dual language immersion program, tentatively placed at Webster Elementary School for the Fall of 2025.
The City of Manchester is developing the fourth set of zoning ordinances in its history, with 12 community meetings about the proposal spread across the city’s 12 wards last year. Anyone that missed the first of those meetings, the last of those meetings, or any of the ten in-between is now in luck as a 63-page report has been released recapping all of the data provided from the over 1,000 people that attended those meetings.
The City of Manchester has been no stranger to community input meetings over the last year and with the new year now in full swing it appears that Queen City residents will be getting more changes to give their input in city government.
On Tuesday night, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais began the first of what is expected to be 12 town hall meetings in each ward of the city, beginning in Ward 1 as he did last year. Here’s a recap of what was discussed.
On Monday, the Office of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais announced that the City of Manchester has been awarded a $2 million Stage 1 Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A proposed six-story building at 516 Elm Street received two variances from the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment from the city’s zoning ordinance for minimum buildable lot area and floor area ratio following a presentation and discussion on the building at the board’s January meeting.
Manchester residents will see a 19 percent increase on their sewer bill following a vote by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday night after the board learned without action, the Manchester Department of Public Works’ Environmental Protection Division (EPD) would see a zero-fund balance by Fiscal Year 2029.
The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) will hear a request for variances on a planned six-story 50-unit multi-family dwelling at 516 Elm St., the current location of the Gaslight District Diner. The building is proposed to have two studio apartments and eight two-bedroom units on the top five floors of the building with a likely commercial use on the first floor and underground parking.
Hey everyone, Ink Link News Assistant Editor Andrew Sylvia here. As 2024 comes to a close, I browsed through the nearly 500 articles I wrote or edited about stories here in Manchester over the past 12 months and a few common themes arose. Here’s a look back at some of those ongoing narratives that continued over the course of several stories in the past year.
This is a live recap of public comment from the Dec. 17, 2024 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. Corrections may be made at a later date. Video of these comments will become available at manchestertv.org
After months and months of speculation, the Manchester Board of School Committee got their first chance to discuss the long-awaited Phase Two of the Manchester School District Facilities Plan, called “Priority Two” in the board’s meeting agenda.
A local holiday tradition returned on Sunday as over 200 neighbors and friends gathered at Saint Pius X Parish Community Center for a neighborhood Christmas block party.
Recently, the soccer field at Livingston Park was dedicated former Manchester Central Boys’ Soccer Coach Chris LaBerge, honoring decades of LaBerge’s contributions to Little Green soccer as a coach and player.