A proposal to create the first Aldermanic pay raise in 48 years earned a negative recommendation from the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) Committee on Accounts during their Dec. 16, 2025 meeting.
As the Board of Mayor and Aldermen moves to replace at-Large Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur as its chair, it has both avoided the very questionable conduct of a city department head and embarked on a course of action that would place unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of elected officials.
In what may feel like a solitary game of musical chair, Alderman-At-Large Joe Levasseur cannot take his chair back after previously vacating it.
Mayor Jay Ruais on Monday sent out a note to the full board of Aldermen advising them that they should plan to vote for a new chairman at their Oct. 7 meeting.
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen have scheduled an ’emergency special’ non-public meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 10 to address comments made by Board Chairman Joseph Levasseur following the board’s Sept. 2 meeting.
During the new business period of the May 20th Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Ward 5 Alderman Tony Sapienza announced that he will not be seeking to run for a seventh term later this year.
Some of Manchester’s aldermen, including Ward 6 Alderwoman Crissy Kantor, who is now running for mayor, may be outsourcing their jobs to Rich Girard, an unelected political operative with a track record of advocating for policies that harm Manchester’s core institutions. They’re either too lazy, too incompetent, or too indifferent to do the work themselves. This is a blatant failure of leadership and a slap in the face to every voter who expects elected officials to earn their keep. Â
The following is a summary of public comment from the Feb. 18, 2025 Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, which was brief – just two people signed up to speak. Please e-mail andy@manchesterink.com to correct any errors.
The following is public comment at the Jan. 21, 2025 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, transcribed as it happens. Please email Andrew Sylvia at andy@manchesterinklink.com for any name misspellings.
On a 7-3 vote, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen allowed the Manchester School District to accept a supplemental appropriation of $6,517,315 toward their Fiscal Year 2025 budget on Wednesday night.
MANCHESTER, NH – A police investigation into an allegation of criminal slander filed by Alderman Crissy Kantor against a private