Vote for your favorite holiday painted window display in downtown Manchester

Sunday, December 14, 2025Saturday, December 13, 2025

Downtown Manchester is once again glowing with creativity this holiday season as Mosaic Art Collective’s Holiday Painted Windows project transforms storefronts into festive, hand-painted works of art. Local artists teamed up with downtown businesses to create colorful window displays that celebrate the season while showcasing the city’s vibrant arts community.

Profiles in Merrymaking: One big sweater, 2 batons and a couple of kindred spirits

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Meet Karen Rosenberg and Tara McGee – hard to miss this dynamic duo if you attended Sunday’s Merrymaking on the Merrimack as their distinctive headgear was second to their Siamese Twin-sweater which was rivaled by their intermittent but quite intentional baton twirling.

Making merry: 3rd annual holiday block party brings out the best in community

Sunday, December 7, 2025

How these West Merrimack St. neighbors built an annual street party for all.

It’s Official: ‘Creepy Santa Day’ is on the city calendar

Thursday, December 4, 2025Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Nobody is lukewarm when it comes to “Creepy Santa.” And for the most part, the beloved iconic holiday figure that for 35 years has towered over the Rheaume family’s Christmas tree stand on Elm Street, has gained a growing mob of followers, not to mention celebrity status.

Snow Day: City Hall closes early, Board of Alderman postponed until Dec. 3 and how not to get towed during winter parking emergency

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

A nor’easter has descended on the region, bringing several inches of snow to the city and surrounding area – the first big snow of the season.

Executive Councilor John Stephen hospitalized following ‘cardiac event’

Tuesday, December 2, 2025Monday, December 1, 2025

Former Manchester Mayor Bob Baines wasn’t sure how to react to the news circulating Monday night, that Executive Councilor John Stephen had been hospitalized.

Manchester Youth Services Director resigns after audit cites misuse of funds, safety risks

Thursday, November 27, 2025

The director of Manchester’s Office of Youth Services resigned earlier this week ahead of the release of an internal audit that identified extensive misuse of public funds, missing financial documentation, and lapses in youth supervision standards.

Palace Theatres’ Peter Ramsey announces retirement after 27-year stellar performance at the helm

Saturday, November 22, 2025Friday, November 21, 2025

The man credited with turning the Palace Theatre from a debt-strapped local stage into a thriving multi-venue cultural institution will step down in 2027. Peter Ramsey, President & CEO of the Palace Theatre, confirmed his retirement plans to the board last week, concluding a 27-year era that reshaped downtown Manchester’s arts and economy.

Make Manchester Ink Link a ‘preferred source’ in your Google searches

Monday, November 10, 2025

Want more authentically local news in your Google search results? Tired of AI summaries that aren’t quite right (and sometimes very, very wrong), and clickbait that isn’t even about New Hampshire? You can set Manchester Ink Link as one of your “preferred sources” to make sure more of our independent reporting tops your list!

Shaheen, Hassan help broker bipartisan agreement to reopen government

Sunday, November 9, 2025Sunday, November 9, 2025

In a statement released Sunday by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the deal would also reinstate thousands of fired federal workers and restore the appropriations process that includes funding for SNAP, WIC and health care for veterans.

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