Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais gave his 2026 State of the City Address on Tuesday, Feb. 10 to an audience of dozens of local community leaders and many more community leaders living in Manchester hundreds of years from now.
The Moka Pot was packed wall to wall Monday as city officials, business leaders, and regulars gathered to celebrate the café’s newly expanded space — a move that speakers repeatedly described as more than a renovation, but a reaffirmation of downtown Manchester’s sense of community.
It’s tax time, and boy are there a lot of things, big and small, you should know about filing this year.
There were a lot of changes with the tax bill pass last summer. On top of it, with the huge staffing cuts at the Internal Revenue Service this year, things will be a little chaotic. Don’t just take my word for it – National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins told Congress Wednesday that this year’s tax filing is going to “present challenges” because of the job cuts and other disarray at the IRS.
Rock of Ages sings out like you are at your favorite 1980’s rock concert. The exciting thing about local theatre is that it is indeed local. Barely two degrees of separation and celebration.
A program recently touted by the state as critical to building more housing, yet not funded in the current state budget, took another step toward being scrapped, with a New Hampshire House vote in favor of repealing it Thursday.
For years, the Silver Stars of the Palace Theatre have been a familiar and beloved presence on the Hanover Street stage, delighting audiences with annual revue-style performances that showcase song, dance, and camaraderie among performers age 55 and older.
This season, they are doing something entirely new.
Leaders of Manchester’s Department of Public Works provided a presentation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during their Feb. 3, 2026 meeting that had a stark message: continuing current road repaving funding levels will lead to average road in the city becoming “poor” in the near future.
Stephanie Beard, charged with stabbing a 71-year-old man to death in his apartment at the Carpenter Center in 2022, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and one charge of theft by unauthorized taking.
The ACLU of New Hampshire on Feb. 3, released public state documents that confirm detailed site plans for the proposed immigrant detention facility that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking to create at 50 Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack.
The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, February 5 at 6 p.m. and the following applications will be heard.