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

Thursday, April 16, 2026Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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.

Tianhui Ng, a behind the scenes look at conducting Symphony NH Passions concert this weekend.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Symphony New Hampshire music director finalist Tianhui Ng is taking the orchestra to the crossroads of music, passion, and science

Budget hearing dominated by residents seeking increased funding in proposed FY’ 27 budgets

Wednesday, April 15, 2026Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Over four dozen people provided testimony over more than three hours on Tuesday night as the Manchester Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2027 budgets for the City of Manchester and Manchester School District.

Families in Transition launches search for new CEO as Devlin steps down

Thursday, April 16, 2026Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Families in Transition is launching a search for its next CEO as President & CEO Maria Devlin has announced her plans to step down from her role in the coming months, marking the conclusion of a transformative six-year tenure.

Chamber Concert March 28 featuring SymphonyNH musicians

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Chamber Music Concert featuring Symphony NH musicians. A concert review by Nashua music student and Inkubator intern Faye Jones.

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

Sunday, April 12, 2026Sunday, April 12, 2026

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.

New abuse allegations surface at Sununu Youth Services Center

Friday, April 10, 2026

New abuse allegations have surfaced at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly known as the Youth Development Center (YDC) including a child’s arm being broken while being restrained and children being locked in their rooms for extended periods of time.

When the lights go out: Life without local news

Thursday, April 9, 2026Thursday, April 9, 2026

It was summer in Claremont last year when the city’s hyper-local newspaper, The Eagle Times, announced it would cease publication. It had been a long and hard-fought struggle for the paper dedicated to the Twin State Valley, but after nearly 200 years and several different names and owners, it gave up the ghost.

Hanover Street proposal becomes official as reconsideration request is dropped

Friday, April 10, 2026Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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.

Manchester mourns former Fire Chief Andre Parent, 62, whose death underscores toll of occupational cancer

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

The Manchester Fire Department is mourning the loss of former Fire Chief Andre Parent, who died Tuesday, April 7, at the age of 62, following what colleagues described as a long and courageous battle with cancer.