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City to end trash pickup Dec. 1 for landlords of buildings with 5+ apartments

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, September 20, 2023

“If they’re going to provide me with less services, I think I should get a tax abatement,” said Bill Stergios who owns a 21-unit apartment building at 150 Bridge St. where Julian’s Breakfast Place was located. “They say tenants need more affordable housing and now they’re making it more expensive for the tenants because landlords will have an excuse to raise the rents even higher. They’re hurting the people they said they intend to protect.”

$1.1M for federal ‘Diaper Distribution’ pilot program on its way to NH

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Community Action Partnership of NH will receive more than $1.1 million in federal funding to provide NH parents with diapers and connect them to additional resources to support their families. New Hampshire is part of the third cohort of grant recipients for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Diaper Distribution Pilot program.

Tuesday’s victorious mayoral candidates begin laying groundwork for general election

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Jay Ruais and Kevin Cavanaugh will square off in November’s Manchester Municipal Election, after coming in first and second place respectively in Tuesday’s primary.

Tenants rights advocate now facing eviction herself after series of setbacks

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Those setbacks resulted in her being unable to pay her $800 a month rent (plus utilities) for two months in 2022 on her 474 Cartier St. apartment. Then her car broke down – twice – hitting her with two large repair bills to pay while making a monthly car payment.

Rising cost of getting by: Welfare offices across the state seeing increase in people seeking help

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, September 19, 2023

MANCHESTER, NH – When the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) ended last May, the number of people who showed up at the City Welfare Department seeking help in paying their rent more than tripled, climbing from an average of 70 a month in May 2022, to 222 in May 2023.

Free rides for voters: Manchester Transit Authority expanding service for Election Day

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, September 18, 2023

The Manchester Transit Authority will be expanding its services to offer free rides to and from the polls for Manchester residents on Election Day. This service will cover all 12 wards and will begin on Tuesday, September 19 and extend to the general election on Nov. 7 as well.

City honors Salvadorian independence

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, September 15, 2023

The City of Manchester on Friday honored the Independence Day of El Salvador and National Hispanic Heritage Month with a flag raising ceremony at City Hall.

NH Congressional Delegation gives $2.2 million for Manchester urban forest initiative

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, September 14, 2023

On Thursday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) as well as U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) and Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) announced that $2,277,742 has been allocated to the City of Manchester’s Urban Forest Equity Planning and Implementation Project.

PragerU financial literacy programs okayed by NH Board of Ed

Saturday, June 15, 2024Thursday, September 14, 2023

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Board of Education approved an optional .5 credit financial literacy program that school districts can use toward graduation requirements with content supplied by the right-wing PragerU organization.

American Independence Museum to display original working drafts of U.S. Constitution

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Generally stored in a special climate-controlled environment and not available for public viewing, two original working drafts of the U.S. Constitution will be on display at the American Independence Museum on Saturday, September 16.

Manchester’s affordable housing shortage is driving out talent and contributing to homelessness. Here’s how we can address it.

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Simply put: We need to build more housing. But four main factors stand in the way: the cost of lumber, the lack of labor, limits on land supply, and laws and regulations. To put it more succinctly: lumber, labor, land, and laws.

NH Lottery to schedule hearing requested by Concord Casino

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The New Hampshire Lottery will schedule a public hearing within the next 30 days to determine whether Win Win Win, LLC, d/b/a “Concord Casino” will retain its charitable gaming licenses.

School board voices frustration, search for solutions, regarding charter bus driver shortage

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, September 12, 2023

On Monday night, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) responded to concerns regarding a lack of bus drivers leaving some charter schools across the city without school bus coverage over the first week of school.

Stewart rallies supporters as Primary Day approaches

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, September 11, 2023

With just over a week left until the Manchester Mayoral Primary Election, Mayoral Candidate Will Stewart and a packed house of his supporters gathered for one last campaign get together to build morale.

Pappas discusses federal grant program needs with local youth leaders

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, September 10, 2023

On Thursday, U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) met with a panel of local and regional experts at Manchester School of Technology to gain information on what the federal government can do in keeping kids safe from the influence of illegal drugs.

Cavanaugh supporters gear up for Mayoral Primary home stretch

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, September 10, 2023

With just days left until Manchester Mayoral Primary Election, Mayoral Candidate Kevin Cavanaugh gathered dozens of supporters to Mammoth Road on Sunday morning, issuing words of motivation before they head out to talk with voters.

Wiggins Airways plane missed approach at Maine airport before fatal crash

Monday, June 10, 2024Saturday, September 9, 2023

A Wiggins Airways training flight that crashed in Litchfield, Maine, in August, killing the two pilots, missed its approach to the Auburn, Maine, airport runway and was in a holding pattern when it descended rapidly, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Crystal Lake closed to wading or swimming due to elevated cyanobacteria

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, September 8, 2023

The Manchester Health Department announced today that the public beach at Crystal Lake is closed to wading or swimming due to elevated levels of cyanobacteria. The elevated cyanobacteria levels were identified in water samples taken on September 7, 2023.

Check out our primary election voters guide

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, September 7, 2023

The Primary election is Sept. 19 and we’ve been gathering information from the candidates to help you make an informed decision when you go to your polling places to vote.

Newly formed commission to set guidelines as state heads toward a path of pot legalization

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, September 7, 2023

The newly formed commission’s task will not be easy. Among other challenges, it will have to reconcile the legal sale of cannabis with the limited amount a patient can acquire at any one time. Moreover, it is not clear how, if enacted, a state-controlled system would engage with third-party, out-of-state brokers and distributors.

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