As municipal budget season reaches its climax, Ink Link News Assistant Editor Andrew Sylvia sat down with Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais to catch up on the state of things as seen from city hall and the city as a whole.
A proposal to eliminate all health and dental insurance benefits for Manchester’s Aldermen in exchange for a $2,500 stipend increase was defeated on Tuesday night.
The Economic Development Office and the Mayor’s Office invite you to the official launch of the Downtown Cleaning Program on Tuesday, July 2 at 11 a.m. at the MTA Welcome Center, located at 775 Elm St.
Application deadline for the Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee is June 28
The Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) voted to accept their Fiscal Year 2025 budget on Tuesday, although the inability to receive an amount they had originally requested appears that it will impact the Manchester School District for years to come.
On Friday night, Manchester residents got a first look at the draft of Manchester’s new proposed zoning ordinances, the third update of its kind in the city’s history.
Only five members of the public, excluding staffers and elected officials, were on hand for Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais’ Ward 12 Town Hall on Thursday night. Here’s a recap of what was discussed.
On Thursday night, Manchester Mayor Ruais held a town hall meeting at the Manchester Fire Department Station 7 on Somerville Street to talk with Ward 7 residents. Here’s a recap of what was discussed.
The Manchester Health Department announced today that the public beach at Crystal Lake is closed to swimming due to elevated levels of E. coli bacteria. The elevated bacteria levels were identified in water samples taken on Monday, June 17, 2024. Water samples taken at other locations on Crystal Lake did not find elevated levels of E. coli bacteria.
With just a few days to spare, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen officially passed the City of Manchester’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget on Tuesday, raising and appropriating $185,401,207.
The Office of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais has announced two Town Hall meetings with the mayor this week.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a special meeting to see if they will appropriate the sum of $185,401.207 for the operation of city departments in Fiscal Year 2025, which begins in Manchester on July 1.
The Office of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais has announced the hiring of Owen Westover to the position of Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator and Irina Owens as Director of Homeless Initiatives.
The Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) received four separate options on the potential future of the city’s public elementary schools as part of the latest update in Phase Two of the Manchester School District Facilities Plan.
A draft of proposed amendments to the city’s zoning ordinances is expected to be released on Friday, June 21.
On Tuesday night, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved $24,150 funding to study a potential Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District in southern Elm Street area between Granite Street and Queen City Avenue.
Mayor Jay Ruais on Wednesday announced an important compromise agreement to the City of Manchester’s procurement ordinances, developed in collaboration with the Associated Builders and Contractors of New Hampshire and Vermont (ABC) and the New Hampshire Building and Construction Trades Council (NHBCTC).
Ruais was required to present a tax-cap compliant budget in March, which he did. Most years the Aldermen then either accept the mayor’s proposal or present their own proposal, something that was not released to the public this year. Ruais later told Manchester Ink Link that an Aldermanic proposal had been delayed after additional surplus funding was sought to lower property taxes beyond just over the initial approximate $1 million amount.
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen Special Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs and Youth Services unanimously recommended two contractual amendments related to the 39 Beech Street Shelter after a brief statistical update on the shelter’s activities.
