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After rain postponed their schedule contest on Wednesday, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats split a doubleheader on Thursday against the Akron Rubber Ducks, making up Wednesday’s game in addition to Thursday’s game in two seven-inning contests.
A bill prohibiting what many call the “gay panic” defense will be sent to a committee of conference after a 199-175 vote from the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday.
During Monday night’s Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) meeting, approval was reached on a three-year contract with Student Transportation of America (STA) to handle 50 percent of the Manchester School District’s school bus needs, including all extra-curricular transportation.
At a meeting on Monday night, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) voiced support for a recent LGBTQ event recently held at Manchester West High School.
Weeks after a contentious discussion about a contract between the City of Manchester and Gatehouse, it appears all is now well in the agreement designed to help address alcohol and opioid abuse among the city’s homeless population.
A discussion on new body camera, taser and digital evidence management system (DEMS) contracts for the Manchester Police Department will come before the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) on July 11.
On Friday, Green Acres defeated Webster 3-2 at Manchester West High School to win the first-ever Manchester Elementary School Soccer Championship.
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.