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A proposal to convert a former office building at 22 Hazel St. into five apartments moved forward at the Manchester Planning Board’s first meeting of February after the property owner withdrew an earlier plan to create a 14-unit rooming house that drew significant neighborhood opposition last fall.
In early January 2025 a business leader was quoted anonymously celebrating the ability to use “retarded” again in polite company thanks to Donald Trump’s return to power. At the time, I had a bad feeling, this was a harbinger of things to come.
Researchers are requesting the participation of New Hampshire firefighters, especially volunteer firefighters, in a huge study about the health risks of toxins, smoke and other carcinogens encountered on the job.
Law enforcement officials are investigating the suspicious death of an adult male in Manchester after a report of a shooting brought police out in force to an Elm Street address.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a vote to confirm Stan Garrity as Ward 9’s member on the Manchester Board of School Committee.
The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, February 19 at 6 p.m. for a limited public hearing and business meeting.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office shared two documents late Thursday that provide more detail about plans for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack, saying she only received them that day from the Department of Homeland Security.
A New Hampshire woman died Friday in a snowmobile accident in northern Maine, the Maine Warden Service reported Saturday.
More than 200 students at Memorial High School walked out of class Feb. 12 in a demonstration focused on immigration enforcement concerns, particularly fears surrounding potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the community.
Following the Executive Council’s denial of the Department of Safety’s request to extend the termination date of the State’s vehicle inspection contract with Gordon-Darby NHOST, Inc, the State currently has no approved vendor to operate the State’s vehicle inspection program. As a result, and after careful review of the legal implications under current state statutes of the lack of an approved vendor, the vehicle inspection program is suspended until further notice.
In a 10-8 vote on Feb. 10, the New Hampshire House of Representatives Committee on Education Funding approved an Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) recommendation on HB 1831, a bill that would prevent approximately $10 million in state aid cuts to the Manchester School District.
The City of Manchester Health Department, with the input of a multitude of community partners and hundreds of resident voices, has released a portfolio of ten community needs assessments and community health improvement plans for Manchester action.
The Public School Infrastructure Commission has awarded a total of $8 million in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 appropriations to fund 259 school safety projects statewide, including just over $2 million to Manchester.
New Hampshire’s new year began with slightly better single-family home sales numbers than 2025, but with a much higher median January sales price.
Just hours after U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, was told during a Thursday Senate hearing by the acting director of ICE that the Department of Homeland Security “has worked with Governor Ayotte” on the economic impact of a proposed Merrimack ICE detention center, the governor released documents she says her office just requested and received following Thursday’s hearing.
The Manchester School District has long expected a difficult budget season this year and that season has finally come.
When HCA Healthcare stepped forward, they did far more than keep a hospital open. They preserved an anchor for the West Side, a part of the city that touches me deeply. And that anchor is not only holding steady, it is gaining strength.
Caroline G. Martel (Manchester’s first resident female Eagle Scout) has been named one of the 2025 Eagle Scouts of the Year, marking a historic milestone as the first female Eagle Scout from Manchester to receive this distinguished honor.
Mill Falls Montessori Charter School – New Hampshire’s first public (tuition-free) Montessori school – proudly announces the start of the 2026 Lottery Enrollment Period. Our school is open to any child residing in New Hampshire in grades K-6. Previous Montessori school experience is not necessary to attend Mill Falls Montessori. Students must be 5 years old before September 1, 2026 to enroll in the kindergarten program.
The Founders Academy Public Charter School’s Dean of School, Cassie Hayes, announces recipients of the 2nd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2025-2026 academic year.