Posts by Pat Grossmith
A city man is suing a downtown bar saying a bouncer last year punched him in the eye resulting in needed surgery at a Boston hospital.
Manchester High School West Principal Richard Dichard led the 173 graduates of the Class of 2020 in a synchronized dance, Pamela Martinez Fuentes played “Over the Rainbow” on the trumpet and a handful of students took the knee as classmate Abigail Chretien sang the National Anthem.
Fire Chief Dan Goonan said those services – portable toilets, handwashing stations and food delivery – will still be available to the homeless population but they will have to go to other locations to access them.
A 45-year-old man was tied to a tree naked, had bleach poured on him and was cut twice in the chest because he didn’t come through with a rental car or cash from a drug deal, according to court documents.
There were no firm handshakes with the delivery of the Manchester School of Technology diplomas Saturday evening. There were no hugs among the 2020 graduates and the traditional cap toss was verboten. But for these high school seniors, it was a ceremony that will go down in history because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NH childcare workers had a virtual meeting with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, to discuss concerns about safety and available space as NH reopens.
Damien Seace, a self-described Nazi, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder in the 2019 beating death of his girlfriend, Jennifer Burpee, 45.
Daniel Zeron, accused of authoring a Facebook post intended to incite a riot in the city last week, is being released from the Valley Street jail on personal recognizance bail with conditions including he not access the internet and that he live with his parents in Plymouth.
Daniel Zeron, the Ashland teen accused of authoring a Facebook post intended to incite a riot last Tuesday at a South Willow Street shopping center, will be held without bail until at least June 9 when a further evidentiary hearing is held, according to a court order.
Public Defender Jillian Rizzo argued the Manchester court lacked jurisdiction in the case since the allegation is that a threat was made in Ashland. No element of this offense occurred in Manchester, Rizzo said, yet the charge is being “brought here without jurisdiction and with the pressure from the police department and the chief of police making public statements about this charge.”
A Manchester police detective working as part of the FBI’s Joint-Terrorism Task Force tracked down the event poster with the cooperation of Facebook.
The truck, which had a large Trump 2020 flag in its bed, then turned and parked in the entrance of the parking lot at 450 Valley St., across the street from the police station. Police officers heard Scott and Mark Kimball shouting obscenities at the protesters “with the intent to provoke a reaction,” according to police.
A peaceful sit-in by Black Lives Matters protesters outside the Manchester Police Department Saturday ended with a confrontation with two apparent Trump supporters, one of whom pulled out a gun, according to police.
Memorial High School Principal Arthur L. Adamakos said this past school year by far has been the most challenging in his 41-year-career with the Manchester School District.
No matter where you’re working, the advice is to take precautions like using PPE, washing hands, and changing your clothes could help protect you from coronavirus.
“I feel I was born to be a nurse,” Danielle Gerrior says. “I should be there for the COVID patients who are really sick and couldn’t be there with their families. They’re so scared and you’re the person in the room that’s assuring them, taking care of them and making sure they feel safe. It’s why I became a nurse.”
While the majority of New Hampshire renters are still making their monthly payments, some tenants appear to be taking advantage of the Governor’s order banning evictions during the COVID-19 state of emergency, according to two landlords and groups representing the property owners.
Employees in the city’s Health Department usually go about their work without fanfare, out of the public’s view, but COVID-19 has put them on the front line in the battle to contain the deadly disease. The health department, with a staff of 60 including 30 school nurses, is out straight.
Restaurants across the state are gearing up to open outdoor dining areas on May 18 amid growing concern of how to ensure the public and staff’s safety and whether there will be enough customers to make it financially viable.
