Posts by Andrew Sylvia
Earlier this year, the City of Manchester earned a $2 million Strenghtening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This week, members of the community gathered in the cafeteria of Manchester Central High School to provide their opinions on how that money should be spent.
Although the weather is getting colder, local golfers just got a new place to practice their skills until spring comes and socialize with their friends year-round.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m., a recount will be held in the race between Cristina Goodwin and Edward Sapienza for the office of Ward 8 Alderman.
Recently, members of the Manchester Board of School Committee’s Committee on Teaching and Learning received an overview of upcoming modifications to the Manchester School District following recent changes to Chapter 306 of the New Hampshire Department of Education’s administrative rules.
Representatives from the City of Manchester’s Department of Public Works and local architectural firm Hoyle Tanner provided several proposed plans aiming to improve sidewalks in the heart of Manchester’s downtown in a Nov. 5 event at the Carol M. Rines Center.
Stay Work Play New Hampshire recently released the 2025 edition of its Quality of Life Index, with a panel of local experts unpacking the information uncovered in that survey with a Nov. 6 event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.
Here are accounts from Manchester Ink Link Assistant Editor Andy Sylvia as he travels throughout the city.
The New Hampshire Tenants’ Association will be holding its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m.
This week, former Alderman and Board of School Committee Member Rich Girard announced that he will be running a write-in campaign for mayor in the final week before the city’s 2025 municipal election.
In a presentation during the Oct. 27 Manchester Board of School Committee meeting, Manchester School District Executive Director of Technology Stephen Cross and Manchester School District Executive Director of Technology and Data Kelly Jobel explained that Manchester’s public schools currently have more Chromebooks than students. However, now the question is what is the best way to maximize the educational value of those devices.
Three prominent Manchester Democrats gathered at Arms Park on the morning of Oct. 28 for a press conference intended to remind voters about the policies and beliefs of recently announced Republican U.S. Senate candidate, John E. Sununu.
A request to delay the transition of a baseball field to a soccer field at Sheehan-Basquil Park during the new business portion of the Tuesday, Oct. 21 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting was defeated following a discussion on the state of youth sports in the inner city.
A proposed ordinance change that would prohibit pedestrians from using traffic medians met pushback from the city solicitor’s office during the Tuesday, Oct. 21 Board of Mayor and Aldermen Committee on Public Safety, Health and Traffic.
The next step in the “Picklegate” saga, or maybe the first step in its aftermath, took place during the Tuesday, Oct. 21 Board of Mayor and Aldermen Committee on Public Safety, Health and Traffic meeting as Aldermen began discussion about an updated ordinance related to food service establishments.
Limited housing options remain one of the biggest issues for Granite Staters and on Wednesday, Oct. 22, a group of local activists and state legislators gathered at the offices of the Granite State Organizing Project on Elm Street to discuss the issue.
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum had one core message for assembled Republicans at the Courtyard by Marriott Event Center on Friday night: the country needs a national constitutional convention before it is too late.
On Monday, October 20, incumbent Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais and Board of School Committee Member Jess Spillers came together with moderator Scott Spradling for a mayoral forum hosted by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
On Oct. 16, candidates for the At-Large seats on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Board of School Committee were invited to a forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester.
