Elliot Health System has been selected to operate the Manchester location of The Doorway, a statewide program that connects people to treatment and recovery services for substance use. The transition will officially take place on July 1, 2025.
Price drops beat increases, 4-to-2, on my June grocery list, but the two that were up washed out any savings, including a hairball-coughing hike in dry cat food. Overall, the prices of this sampling of items I regularly buy are still up since we started tracking.
“Volunteerism feeds my soul. It provides me a vehicle through which I can hopefully leave my community a little better than when I found it,” said Stevens. “I am grateful to the Manchester Police Athletic League for allowing me the space to work with high risk/justice impacted youth and contribute to my community in a meaningful way.”
“As we heard this morning, as we were talking about what the impact of potential cuts to the AmeriCorps program would be, it’s not going to save money,” said Senator Shaheen. “What it’s going to do is downshift those costs to local communities, and it’s going to actually cost us more. So this is all a foolhardy effort.”
Teens can get a summer pass to any Planet Fitness on the planet.
Medical debt, often an unexpected budget-buster, when on your credit report, can tank your credit score. This can make it difficult to get other credit, or drive up interest and fees on credit you do get, and even make it hard to get an apartment or job. The CFPB last year passed a rule that was supposed to go into effect in March that would keep medical debt off credit reports, but Congress and Trump’s CFPB are pulling that back.
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.
Market Basket’s latest ownership dispute won’t affect operations at its stores, including 33 in New Hampshire, company officials have told employees and customers.
“The need is greater than ever. We have seen more families experiencing hunger and we’re hopeful that the Seacoast community will step up to help our neighbors. Last year Gather distributed fresh, healthy groceries to 125,000 people, an increase of 50% over the last two years. We need to make our largest food drive a big success to address the increased need,” says Gather Executive Director Anne Hayes.
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) announced this week its expanded partnership with Aira, a video remote interpreting app, to now offer free access to Aira ASL for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The Airport already offers Aira Explorer for the blind and low-vision community.
Among programs in the crosshairs are the funding sources for over 1,000 Community Action Agencies across the country — including five in New Hampshire – that were created through the landmark Economic Opportunity Act in 1964. The agencies administer anti-poverty initiatives such as Head Start and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and distribute food to pantries and soup kitchens.
Sunapee Shade and Blind, a trusted provider of custom window treatment solutions across New England, has tapped retail veteran Shawn Nichols as its President, to guide the company into its next chapter.
On Tuesday, May 27, Insomnia Cookies held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in advance of its official grand opening on Saturday, celebrating the start of Manchester’s first-ever cookie-based restaurant, or at the very least, Manchester’s first late-night cookie-based restaurant.
For survivors of a life-changing health event, outlook on life can change and connection with others is important. Similarly, professionals who help to save the lives of individuals cherish the opportunity to reconnect with those they have served.
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.
Earlier this month, developers seeking to construct a seven-story, 51-unit multi-family mixed-use building at 1308 Elm St., the current location of the North End Superette, were granted variances from the city’s zoning ordinances from the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment for minimum buildable lot area and infringement on the required visual clearance area on a corner lot within the city’s Central Business District.
Dig Energy, a geothermal drilling tech startup, was the third-place winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s EPIC Pitch Competition.
The public session had a diverse array of approx. 20 speakers, from age 7 (with her father) to 65 (at least), who spoke in favor of the Pine Street paving with the addition of a bike lane.
On Monday, May 19th, the Manchester Fire Department gifted a sport utility vehicle to HOPE for NH Recovery to assist individuals living in the city with substance use disorder seeing recovery services.
