City officials’ analysis indicates reverting school district to pre-1997 status would have nominal legal impact

Monday, June 2, 2025Monday, June 2, 2025

As part of Tuesday’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen packet, any referendum “turning back the clock” on the Manchester School District to its status in relation to the City of Manchester before the current City Charter came into effect in July 1997 would have a nominal impact at best.

Dozens of Manchester Job Corps students will be homeless after Trump administration cuts nationwide program

Friday, April 10, 2026Friday, May 30, 2025

Forty young people will need homes by June 6 after the Trump administration announced it was eliminating the Jobs Corps program nationwide, including Manchester’s on Dunbarton Road.

Hallsville School development requires a lot of pieces coming together

Thursday, May 29, 2025

MANCHESTER, NH – The latest plan to develop the vacant Hallsville School property is a marathon, not a sprint, and

Proposed 30-unit development on Mammoth Road receives variances

Thursday, May 29, 2025Thursday, May 29, 2025

On a 3-2 vote earlier this month, the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a series of variances regarding to fence heights and frontage requirements for a property located between Mammoth Road and Melrose Street that its owner hopes will host of a 30-unit development.

Car stolen from food delivery driver crashes in Bedford, teen driver dead; passenger injured

Wednesday, May 28, 2025Wednesday, May 28, 2025

On May 28, 2025, at approximately 12:50 a.m., Manchester Police responded to a report of a stolen motor vehicle in the area of 5 Clifford Ave. The victim, a food delivery driver, told officers he had briefly left his 2014 Toyota Corolla unattended. When he returned, the vehicle was gone.

School Committee asking Ayotte to veto book ban bill

Tuesday, May 27, 2025Tuesday, May 27, 2025

In a 10-2 vote, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) voted to send a letter to New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte asking her to veto a bill that could ban books considered “obscene or harmful to minors” from schools.

Aldermen approve second sale of vacant city lots to benefit affordable housing trust fund

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

The Board of Mayor and Alderman agreed to combine three vacant lots at the May 20 meeting – the first on Smyth Road measuring .70 acres, with the other two lots located on Sheffield Road for a combined 41 acres.

Victim identified, arrest warrant issued in death investigation at transitional housing complex

Wednesday, May 28, 2025Tuesday, May 27, 2025

A man covered in blood ran out of a Union Street apartment building early Tuesday morning yelling for someone to call police, that he had just killed someone, a witness told reporters.

Memorial Day 2025: ‘A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure’

Monday, May 26, 2025

After a weekend of weather ups and downs Monday proved to be the perfect day for a parade, which was fortunate as it coincided with Manchester’s annual Memorial Day Parade.

ReGen Valley about more than an industry, southern New Hampshire community told

Friday, May 30, 2025Monday, May 26, 2025

Housing, workforce development, education and child care were all topics during the Regen Valley Tech Hub Community Update, held at 150 Dow St., home of Advanced Regenerative Techology Institute. The update, which drew an audience of more than 300, was the cap-off to the weeklong Meeting in the Millyard 2025, which highlights advances in the industry.