Posts by Carol Robidoux
Late Tuesday night police responded to a “suspicious death” on Silver Street. Hours later a woman was arrested, charged with causing the shooting death of a male victim.
Synchronize your watches for Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. because that’s when the downtown will come alive as the Annual Holiday Parade literally “Lights Up the Night,” with this year’s theme.
A mural dedication was held at Colon Tire and Automotive on Lake Avenue to officially acknowledge the work of muralist Manny Ramirez and Positive Street Art.
A city man suffered life-threatening injuries and four others were also injured in a crash Friday night involving five vehicles.
In the newly-renovated street-level entry way to 1000 Elm Street community leaders, past and present, and those who work and live downtown, gathered for the official ribbon-cutting of The Residences at 1000 Elm. This newly transformed residential community now occupies the iconic skyscraper that has anchored the city for more than five decades.
Mayor Jay Ruais has announced another town hall – this one will be in Ward 4 on Nov. 21 from 6-7 p.m. at McDonough Elementary School, 550 Lowell St.
A card-packing event was held Nov. 15 at Eversource NH. Joining the group were Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais and Police Chief Allen Aldenberg, both of whom said they have been deployed with the Army National Guard over the years and on the receiving end of heart-felt greeting cards.
he Manchester Police Department is backing an initiative called CHOICES (Creating Hope Opportunities Inspiring Change Excellence & Success) that pairs formerly incarcerated adults with at-risk youth to help steer them away from crime and toward more positive life paths.
The parade starts at 10:30 a.m., traveling from Elm Street to Webster Street and ending at Veterans Park.
A Derry man is dead from a gunshot wound to the back and police are seeking more information.
After much anticipation, the ribbon is officially cut at 75 Canal Street, a high-profile apartment complex just off Elm Street, across from Market Basket. Photo/Jeffrey Hastings
Results from around New Hampshire, thanks to our partners at NHPR.
It’s the weekend you’ve all been waiting for — the end of Daylight Saving Time. It means on Nov. 3 at 2 a.m., you gain an hour of sleep by setting your clock back one hour.
Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg announced his retirement, effective Nov. 29 .2024.
It was just another Friday night on Brennan Street – if the sight of a bear does not strike you as unusual. But for Guy Lessard, it was a first after more than half a century of city living.
Saturday was a celebration of the women who helped build the Queen City. A city-sponsored mural, “Women and Girls of Amoskeag” created by Harry Umen, Professor of Design and Media Arts, Southern New Hampshire University, was dedicated and is now officially part of the cityscape.
If last weekend could be summarized in one caption it would be something like, “The problem with peepers,” or “How to handle a horde of hikers.” And that caption would go perfectly with a photo that has circulated far and wide around social media, snapped by Tamara Breau, an experienced hiker who couldn’t believe what she was seeing on Artists’s Bluff Trail last weekend.
In the case of Eighty Eight Coffee Co., which has been notified by the city that their business is being taken under eminent domain and marked for demolition as part of the Cemetery Brook Tunnel Project, the definition of “just compensation” is pivotal to the family that operates the business.
