On Monday, April 28, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais that the city has reached tentative agreements with all ten city unions that had expiring collective bargaining agreements. The current agreements are set to expire at the end of June, the end of the city’s fiscal year, and the new agreements came only after several months of negotiation.
Prior to the concerns put forward by Manchester School District leadership followed by the lengthy discussion by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the Manchester Board of School Committee’s Committee on Athletics roundly rejected the concept of instituting a “pay-to-play” system for school athletics as a way to make up for school budget shortcomings.
The newly opened Nash Casino on Tuesday presented $1.5 million in checks to local nonprofits. They are licensed as a New Hampshire charitable gaming venue, which obligates them to donate a percentage of games of chance and historical horse racing machine revenue to local charities.
Leaders from SolutionHealth, Southern New Hampshire Health and Elliot Health System gathered at the Carol M. Rines Center on the night of Wednesday April 23rd to take questions from community members regarding the proposed disaffiliation of Southern New Hampshire Health, Elliot Health System and Home Health and Hospice Care from SolutionHealth.
Strap up your skates and grease your elbows for the slam of Manchester’s very own raucous roller derby this summer! Everyone’s invited to New Hampshire Roller Derby’s home opener, a double-header on April 26.
Manchester School District Superintendent Dr. Jen Chmiel held a question-and-answer session at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Office on Hanover Street on Tuesday morning, seeking to serve as a resource for local business leaders looking for knowledge about the current state of Manchester’s public schools.
This project was funded by NH Community Development Finance Authority, with the goal of understanding the experiences of young people in the neighborhood and identifying the needs and barriers they face in accessing services and resources.
Creating more affordable housing in New Hampshire was already a challenge, but big question marks related to proposed state budget cuts, massive federal policy and funding changes, and continuing supply-chain slowdowns and price hikes may make it hard to find any positives on the horizon.
Manchester is well known as the Chicken Tender Capital of the World, and that fact was celebrated on Thursday afternoon with an event honoring 50 years of the dish’s existence at the place of its creation: the Puritan Backroom.
As high school athletes around the state return outside for the spring season, teams at Manchester Memorial High School look for improvement and, hopefully, postseason success. Here’s a glance at some of those teams and athletes.