Public comment during the Oct. 21 meeting was uncharacteristically brief, but two Ward 1 residents made their voices heard over the future of the former Sununu Youth Development Center property, urging city leaders to keep control of the site’s destiny and maintain their neighborhood’s quiet, residential character.
On Monday, October 20, incumbent Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais and Board of School Committee Member Jess Spillers came together with moderator Scott Spradling for a mayoral forum hosted by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
The message: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.
The biggest reaction of the day was sustained applause after Somersworth Mayor Matt Gerding said, “I was very disappointed the state of New Hampshire cut funding for housing programs in the budget. It’s critical to what we’re doing, and I was shocked the state did it in the middle of a housing crisis.
Some wanted the Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) property to remain as it is, others wanted it to feature starter and smaller homes for seniors, still others complained River Road couldn’t take any more traffic and others wanted to know how the state could sell the property, given covenants on it.
The Education Alliance for New Hampshire (EANH) is proud to announce that Jaime Ceniceros, a graduate of EANH’s GEAR UP Manchester program, has been named Student of the Year at the 2025 Rising Stars Awards hosted by Stay Work Play New Hampshire.
Frank Hobbs Jr. was found guilty of violating the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act when he removed a “Goffstown Pride” sign from the Route 114 and 114A intersection and disposed of it.
The future of the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center will take center stage on Oct. 16 when the public is invited to hear from city and state officials at Brady Sullivan Tower, 1750 Elm St., to discuss what many describe as a once-in-a-generation redevelopment opportunity for Manchester, the region, and the state.
A faulty horizontal stabilizer rod – the part of an airplane that keeps it from pitching downward uncontrollably – was the cause of a 2023 Maine crash of a Manchester-based airplane that killed its two pilots.
What happens when a magician and a mentalist meet on Elm Street and decide to team up? The result is a bit of good old-fashioned alchemy, a pinch of rivalry and a resulting friendship that is now a full-blown business partnership. Edge of Reality, an immersive night of magic and mind-reading, is coming to The Rex Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, from 7 to 9 p.m.