West High School lockdown prompts review of district’s safety protocols

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 29, 2014

Debriefing after an emergency is routine practice so that everyone involved can evaluate current emergency plans and procedures to improve safety. Superintendent Dr. Debra Livingston will meet with school board members in a non-public session, in accordance with administrative rules*, to brief them on the results of the evaluation. Specifics on any changes to policy or procedure may be released publicly in order to protect the integrity of those emergency plans.

Man charged with DWI after crashing car into house, fleeing the scene

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 29, 2014

About 15 minutes into the investigation, Cressey walked up to the officer and identified himself as the owner of the vehicle. Cressey was bleeding and his clothes appeared to be covered in “dirt and soil,” according to the reporting officer.

Two on joy ride in stolen truck charged after nearly hitting officers

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 29, 2014

Two people face charges after nearly running down two Manchester Police patrol officers with a stolen pick-up truck on Hanover Street early Monday morning.

Manchester NH Chamber hosts Economic Forecast Luncheon Sept. 30

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, September 29, 2014

The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce will host three of the State’s top economic experts at its annual Economic Forecast Luncheon. The event will take place September 30 at 11:30 a.m. at the Derryfield Country Club at 625 Mammoth Road in Manchester. Lunch will be served from 11:30-12:00 and the program will take place from 12:00-1:30.

Post-lockdown at West HS, parents, school committee focus on security

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, September 29, 2014

What played out in Desrochers head as she waited in the parking lot last Thursday for her daughter was the same thing that brought a throng of parents to the perimeter of the crime tape, and the swift response from local and state police with SWAT teams: Images of Columbine and Sandy Hook, and all the others, where, in a flash, mass school shootings happened without warning, and ended in tragedy.

Poetry in Motion: Inside the Slam Free or Die N.U.T.S. Tournament

Saturday, January 18, 2025Sunday, September 28, 2014

Unlike its two-dimensional counterpart, a “slam” is poetry in motion, an interactive experience as much about performance as it is about the written word.

Feeling nostalgic? Here’s your top 20 stories for September

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, September 28, 2014

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Lockdown suspect entered West to ask teacher for college letter of recommendation

Saturday, January 18, 2025Friday, September 26, 2014

Damian Johnson, 21, was arrested Sept. 25 after entering West High School in Manchester, NH, with a pellet gun in his waistband and a folding knife, triggering a lockdown. On Friday the court learned that he had come to ask a former teacher for a letter of recommendation.

Uninhabitable: Manchester’s rental housing problem

Saturday, January 18, 2025Friday, September 26, 2014

It’s my view that the City has ignored the housing issue for decades. This situation at 405 Manchester St. will happen again and again until the City makes the decision to take the problem seriously.

Reward doubled for capture of Manchester NH man wanted for murder of parents

Saturday, January 18, 2025Friday, September 26, 2014

A $10,000 reward is being offered by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force for information leading to the location and arrest of fugitive, Matthew Thomas Dion. Dion is wanted by the Manchester, New Hampshire Police Department on outstanding arrest warrants for 2 counts of 2nd Degree Murder, Arson and Possession of Child Pornography, all of which are relating to the arson fire and homicides of Dion’s parents in March, 2014.

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