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On Inauguration Day, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais provided an outline on how he hopes to increase financial transparency and efficiency in the upcoming term. This week, he provided more details on how he hopes to work with the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen to make that happen.
Great food and fun will be on the menu as the Queen City Rotary Club hosts its annual comedy bowl fundraiser later this month. The annual event, which includes a buffet dinner, comedy show and cash bar, will take place on Saturday, January 31 at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester.
The Manchester School District and the City of Manchester Department of Public Works Parks and Recreation Division are expecting to test a new partnership that help both groups as well as students and other community members gain access to new recreational programs.
American Medical Response (AMR) released it annual suspected opioid overdose statistical report today for New Hampshire’s two largest cities, Manchester & Nashua. Both communities experienced record low numbers.
Police seek public’s help in identifying a woman who robbed Hillsborough Market late Thursday night.
A fire at a Prospect Street apartment building early Friday morning was quickly managed by Manchester Fire Department.
Auburn Police Chief Charles “Chip” Chabot said he signed the agreement on Jan. 6, 2026. The issue was not put before the police commission, he said, because as “police chief it falls under my purview.”
For only the third time in 30 years, there will be no Manchester’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Nine days before Dr. David Vargas-Lowy was criminally charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl during an office visit last year, the New Hampshire Board of Medicine (BOM) lifted a temporary suspension of his medical license in connection with the same incident.
As the budget season for Fiscal Year 2026 begins to come into focus, a memorandum of understanding between the Manchester School District and the City of Manchester for an independent efficiency audit was recommended by the Manchester Board of School Committee’s Finance Committee on Wednesday night, part of a larger initiative by Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais to proactively find budgetary efficiencies in local government budgets.
Bringing back the death penalty is not justice, it’s the ultimate form of slavery. It is inhumane to believe that taking another life restores safety or peace. The New Hampshire legislature repealed the death penalty in 2019 by a bipartisan, two-thirds majority. Since then, there has been no rise in homicide. In fact, New Hampshire has the lowest homicide rate in the nation.
State revenue collections in December, a key month for State revenues, offered both good news for the State’s overall financial picture and more cautionary signs for underlying revenue strength.
McCormick, 72, applied for the elderly tax exemption last year and has saved over $1,000 on her tax bill. She said the exemption has “most definitely” been helpful, but she and many of her neighbors believe the exemption’s requirements are difficult to meet.
A story published by Granite Post about a leaked group chat among leaders of the NH House Education Policy and Administration Committee has prompted NH Democrats to call for the resignation of a Bedford state lawmaker – who chairs the committee – and a fellow Republican for comments made about “segregated schools.”
The Manchester Planning Board held their first meeting of the year last week in a meeting focused on a pair of proposals looking to re-envision properties in the heart of the city.
Join Auburn Democrats at the Auburn Severance School for the Democratic Town Caucus from 12-12:30 p.m. on Jan. 17, followed by a meet and greet with community building activities and Caribbean food from Don Quijote.
For years, there have been rumors that the Manchester School District would somehow realign the city’s public high school students away from its long-standing configuration. In their first regular meeting of 2026, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) held another discussion looking at just such a realignment that recommended no immediate action.
Four months into the school year, the state Department of Education warned districts that those types of videos are now illegal under state law, unless the school has written permission from parents to audio or video record each student. The same applies to band concerts and, it appears, sporting events.
vThe Manchester Historic Association (MHA) is pleased to announce that it has selected five honorees for its 2026 Historic Preservation Awards, including awards to the new Queen City Center project on Canal Street and the Brookside Congregational Church for their care of the 1908 neo-Classical Manning house. A new category this year is the Mid-Century Design Award, being presented to Doctors Park at Elliot Hospital for its well-preserved mid-century modern architecture.
Following the resignation of Chairman Jim MacEachern, former Rochester Mayor Paul Callaghan has been elected Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee by the Executive Committee.