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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats split a pair of seven-inning games on Saturday against the Harrisburg Senators, winning the first game 6-1 and losing the second game 7-2.
In front of an audience of friends, family, neighbors, political activist and probably a few people just looking for dinner, a packed Don Quijote restaurant played host to a group of co-joined campaign kickoffs on Friday night.
Although they couldn’t quite make it over the finish line, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats pushed the Harrisburg Senators to the brink on Friday night, falling 4-3 in 11 innings.
Earlier this week, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) authorized a public hearing for Manchester residents to discuss a charter amendment referendum that would give autonomy to the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC).
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On Thursday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives concurred with the New Hampshire Senate’s passage of HB 1, the biennial state budget, by a vote of 351-25. Weeks ago, the House passed its initial version of HB1 on a voice vote, the first time that has occurred in decades. Earlier this week, the Senate approved an amended version of the budget unanimously, necessitating the concurrence vote on Thursday.
The proposed budget, coming in below the 4.96% increase tax cap limit (3.48% increase), changed the following items in addition to the mayor’s proposed figure of $177,283,166.
On May 30, Manchester Central alumnus Richard Joseph Fuller, better known as Dick, passed away at his home in Arkansas at the age of 75.
By a 10-4 vote, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized negotiations for an additional one-year lease extension and expansion of the Beech Street Shelter.
On Tuesday, American Medical Response (AMR) announced that May’s suspected overall opioid overdoses were down by five percent in Manchester compared to last year.
A proposed residential development just off Wellington Road known as Wellington Heights has received approximately $250,000 reduction in school impact fees following a decision by the Manchester Planning Board on Thursday night.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke to a largely supportive audience at Manchester Community College on Thursday, finishing off a multi-stop tour across the state earlier in the day.
A few months from now, a sports fan might look at the score from Thursday night’s New Hampshire Fisher Cats game and automatically assume it was a football contest given the score, but the ‘Cats were still playing baseball as they lost to the Reading Fightin’ Phils, 13-7.
Warmington is currently the only Democrat on New Hampshire’s Executive Council.
At next week’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long plans to introduce a city charter amendment on November’s municipal election ballot that would give the Manchester School District complete autonomy.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats got an early win on Wednesday, taking a 6-2 victory over the Reading Fightin’ Phils.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats couldn’t hold onto an early lead but managed to come back off Will Robertson’s eighth-inning home run to secure an 9-8 victory over the Reading Fightin’ Phils on Tuesday night.
University of New Hampshire (UNH) officials took a tour of Manchester to meet with local officials and discuss the university’s role in supporting organizations around the region.
Ward 2 Alderman and Manchester Mayoral Candidate Will Stewart on Tuesday announced a dozen endorsements from current and former elected officials in Manchester.
Last week, the Manchester Department of Public Works (DPW) announced a redesigned version of the proposed pedestrian bridge planned for Granite Street.