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During the Feb, 10, 2026 Board of School Committee’s Committee on Teaching and Learning meeting, Manchester School District Executive Director of Multilingual Leaner Education Wendy Perron provided an overview of a proposal that would create school specific report cards for the district’s dual-language immersion schools.
As speculation continues over proposed U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in town, on Saturday protesters descended upon Merrimack’s town hall once again to express their opposition to the facility as well as tactics used by ICE across the country.
Following a special meeting on Feb. 18, 2026, the Manchester Board of School Committee has approved five Fiscal Year 2027 proposed budgets for approval by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen, , three of which reflected options on the potential Manchester School District budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Former presidential candidate and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a stop at the Puritan Backroom and Conference Center to praise U.S. Senate Candidate Chris Pappas and meet with New Hampshire residents.
With just days before the expiration of the current agreement between the City of Manchester and the operators of the homeless shelter and engagement center on Beech Street, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved funding requests from Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais related to a more streamlined version of the shelter located at 200 Elm Street.
In the annual presentation on the airport’s year in review to the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s Special Committee on Airport Activities, MHT Airport Director Tom Malafronte provided a positive report, echoing past positive reports from former MHT Airport Director Ted Kitchens in 2021, 2022 and 2024 among others.
A proposal to convert a former office building at 22 Hazel St. into five apartments moved forward at the Manchester Planning Board’s first meeting of February after the property owner withdrew an earlier plan to create a 14-unit rooming house that drew significant neighborhood opposition last fall.
With decades of history serving pizza on Elm Street, customers have been treated to a soft opening of the reborn Caesario’s with an official grand opening coming on the 23rd of February.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a vote to confirm Stan Garrity as Ward 9’s member on the Manchester Board of School Committee.
In a 10-8 vote on Feb. 10, the New Hampshire House of Representatives Committee on Education Funding approved an Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) recommendation on HB 1831, a bill that would prevent approximately $10 million in state aid cuts to the Manchester School District.
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (IATA:MHT) announced more good news this month following the start of new non-stop Breeze Airways flights to Myrtle Beach last week.
The Public School Infrastructure Commission has awarded a total of $8 million in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 appropriations to fund 259 school safety projects statewide, including just over $2 million to Manchester.
The Manchester School District has long expected a difficult budget season this year and that season has finally come.
As Congress approved appropriations for most of the Fiscal Year 2026 budgets of several federal departments, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced a total of $43 million in Congressionally Directed Spending projects in New Hampshire.
The Manchester Board of School Committee voted Monday night to approve an expanded College Board testing and career planning day for district high schools, a plan that includes early release for underclassmen and off-campus career exploration options for seniors.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais gave his 2026 State of the City Address on Tuesday, Feb. 10 to an audience of dozens of local community leaders and many more community leaders living in Manchester hundreds of years from now.
Recently, Donald Trump has strained America’s relations with its European allies over various issues, perhaps most notably Trump’s threats to annex Greenland. On Friday, Feb. 6 at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Richard Swett joined an event examining the impact of Trump’s Greenland policies on international relations.
In an event held by Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire, a panel discussed the competing visions for America between recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as what was seen as comparable types of polices versus pursuing limited government economic intervention.
Prior to the regularly scheduled Feb. 3, 2026 Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA), a special hearing was held to allow public comment on a proposed tax increment financing (TIF) district in Manchester’s downtown area.
A pair of proposed ordinance amendments proposed by Manchester resident Troy Micklon will be heading for further review after the Tuesday, Feb. 3 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.