Posts by Andrew Sylvia
Team Police couldn’t find a shutout, but did find a 5-1 victory in the 15th annual Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship sponsored by the Elliot Perry Foundation at SNHU Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Here is an overview of the other bills discussed on the house’s regular calendar on Thursday.
On Thursday, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig announced that she will not seek a fourth term as the mayor of New Hampshire’s largest city.
The bill under discussion on Wednesday at the New Hampshire House of Representatives’ Committee on Executive Departments and Administration, HB 390, seeks to modify membership in the Commission on Native American Affairs, which currently consists of 15 members.
On Monday night, Manchester School District Superintendent Dr. Jenn Gillis reported to the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) that the Boston-based architectural firm SMMA has provided a revised lower estimate for its services to help design a plan for the expected renovation of Manchester’s public schools.
On Monday, supporters of the The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH), also known as Community Power, announced that this May, rate payers will in ten communities will begin to see significant savings on energy costs, with just over two dozen following in the near future.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee met on Friday. Here is a recap of what they discussed.
On Friday, New Hampshire State Police arrested State Representative Jeffrey Greeson (R-Wentworth) after an incident where he confronted a member of the Wentworth Highway Department.
This week, the Manchester Republican Committee called on New Hampshire House Democratic Leader Matthew Wilhelm (D-Manchester) to issue a statement regarding State Representative Ellen Read. (D-Newmarket).
Republicans showed up in greater numbers than Democrats in the almost equally divided New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday and won almost every vote. Here is a recap of what happened.
On Thursday, the Manchester Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance for the proposed Orange and Pearl Street lot housing development, allowing the upcoming development to build 366 dwelling units, which will include units classified as affordable housing.
On Wednesday, Democratic House Leader Matt Wilhelm announced the appointment of Laura Telerski (D-Nashua) as Chair of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Democratic Victory Campaign Committee (DVCC)
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Activists filled the state house on Tuesday for a public hearing of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs on HB 619, a bill that would prohibit gender transition procedures for minors.
Here’s a recap of what went down during a series of executive sessions in the New Hampshire House of Representatives Education Committee on Monday, March 6, 2023.
In an 11-9 vote last month, the House Judiciary Committee voted to retain HB 396, a bill that sought to allow, but not require, public organizations, primarily school districts and correctional facilities, usage of biological gender as the criterion for access to gender-specific places such as bathrooms, locker rooms or prisons.
The 2022-’23 Manchester Memorial girls’ basketball team could have been much more than what it was, but that question of what it could have been will have to remain unanswered.
NH Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut joined officials from the New Hampshire State Library, students, educators and other experts at a kickoff event at the New Hampshire State Library on Wednesday for National Reading Month, noting that the word “read” can provide children with countless exciting journeys.
