A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Grafton County Superior Court against the state by state residential and commercial property owners claims the state failed to meet the 1997 Supreme Court’s Claremont II decision declaring the use of local property taxes with varying rates to pay for the state’s obligation to provide its students with an adequate education is unconstitutional.
Defendant Adam Montgomery, 32, did not appear Tuesday at a dispositional hearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District where defense attorney Caroline I. Smith requested a severing of the cases involving his initial charges of second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child and interference with custody.
At Monday night’s Board of School Committee (BOSC) meeting, the item was pushed to allow additional time for Manchester School District Chief Financial Officer Karen DeFrancis to determine the cost of such a move, which would primarily affect paraprofessional educators and cafeteria staff.
For months, and indeed years, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) has been awaiting a long-term facilities plan. On Monday night outline of that plan was presented to the BOSC on what is expected to be their final meeting until August.
A Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District grand jury returned the indictments on June 20, but they were not made public until Monday.
The Manchester protest was one of several organized around New Hampshire in response to Friday’s Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade.
The attorneys representing hundreds of alleged victims of sexual and/or physical abuse by employees at the former Youth Development Center (YDC), the state-run juvenile detention center, are accusing the state of “setting a trap for financially insecure victims” in settling the cases.
In order to schedule a pick-up of clothing for recycling, the textiles must be clean, bagged, and labeled.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) received feedback on the winning bid for a request for proposals to redevelop the Pearl Street and Hartnett Parking Lots into mixed-use housing with parking lots.
During the public comment section of Tuesday’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) meeting, Ashley Poulin, also known as the “Soup Ladee,” voiced her frustration with the Manchester Health Department after being denied the opportunity to serve food to houseless people in the city.
On Tuesday night, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved usage of the Fusus System, video networking software that allows the Manchester Police Department to use submitted camera footage remotely.
The state’s largest utility Eversource argued before the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday to increase its rate as New Hampshire electric consumers brace for bills going up by about 50 percent for at least the next six months.
On Tuesday, city leaders introduced the first nine members of the Public Health and Safety Team, or PHAST.
Four committees of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) met on Monday, here are a few of the highlights.
Applicants can apply for up to $10,000 per grant for community-based projects and events that contribute to economic development and tourism and support a vibrant and healthy community. All applicants are required to provide a 25 percent match for each project or event, which can include direct funding, in-kind donations, or volunteer hours.
Conventional national political wisdom sees Democrats facing a difficult election season this fall, but assembled New Hampshire Democrats appeared enthusiastic on Friday night as they gathered at DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown for the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s Annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner.
In addition to honoring retiring teachers and providing a recommendation on block scheduling for the upcoming school year, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) was busy this week with a full board meeting on Monday and committee meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Here are some of the highlights from those meetings this week.
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) was named as a 2022 Fiscal Hero by Fix the Debt, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to finding comprehensive solutions to address the national debt.
It appears that there will probably not be any block scheduling at Manchester Central High School and Manchester Memorial High School next fall following a recommendation by the Board of School Committee (BOSC) Teaching and Learning Committee on Tuesday.
A gay teen was sexually molested by both a male and female staffer at the Youth Development Center and, when he confided in the juvenile chaplain that he was gay, he was told he was going to hell, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.