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To recycle or not to recycle? And what IS recyclable? These are the questions’

read more…: To recycle or not to recycle? And what IS recyclable? These are the questions’

I was at Manchester High School West when the Students for Environmental Action (SEA) extracurricular club spearheaded the school’s first recycling initiative for plastic bottles and aluminum cans. I don’t recall if it included glass, such as the many Yoohoo and Snapple beverage bottles I purchased from the cafeteria’s vending machines.

Defense Department terminates union protection for hundreds at Portsmouth Navy Shipyard

read more…: Defense Department terminates union protection for hundreds at Portsmouth Navy Shipyard

Last week, Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth notified most of the unions that have contracts with the department that their collective bargaining agreements are terminated, including American Federation of Government Employees and the and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, which represent about 800 civilian workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine.

The Weekender, April 16-19: Made in NH Expo 2026, New England Spring Craft & Artisan Show, Earth Day Park Clean Up + more

read more…: The Weekender, April 16-19: Made in NH Expo 2026, New England Spring Craft & Artisan Show, Earth Day Park Clean Up + more

Get out and show Mother Earth some love by celebrating Earth Day early this weekend. You can take part in Hope for NH Recovery’s Earth Day Park Clean Up, attend the Earth Day Celebration with UNH at the Manchester City Library, check out the Earth Day Benefit Concert, hear from Duncan Watson, the author of Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds, build a terrarium while sipping on some eco-friendly wine at the Terrarium Workshop & Wine Tasting with Penumbra, or even just simply Make a Gnome Home. Whatever you choose, try your best to pay homage to our one and only home planet somehow.

Aramark gets narrow recommendation for new Manchester schools contract after “reset” promise

read more…: Aramark gets narrow recommendation for new Manchester schools contract after “reset” promise

The Manchester Board of School Committee’s Committee on Finance and Facilities narrowly recommended a new Fiscal Year 2027 contract with Aramark during their April 8, 2026 meeting after promises of a “reset” in terms of communications and expectations.

Hanover Street proposal becomes official as reconsideration request is dropped

read more…: Hanover Street proposal becomes official as reconsideration request is dropped

A proposal that would reconfigure a portion of Hanover Street known as the Theatre Block received tacit approval from the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen during their April 7, 2026, meeting after Alderman At-Large Dan O’Neil withdrew his request to reconsider the motion that approved the proposal at the board’s previous meeting.

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