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In a powerful blend of modern progress and firefighting tradition, the Town of Derry officially opened its new $21.5 million Central Fire Station with a ceremonial “uncoupling.”
On Wednesday, a 37-year-old mother was shot and killed by an ICE agent. I don’t have words to express my grief and outrage, but I know we cannot continue down this path.
As 2025 concluded, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a long-awaited rewrite of the city’s zoning ordinance. However, another long-awaited change to the city’s ordinances that will also greatly impact Manchester’s residents was approved by the board with much less fanfare.
A 5-year-old child, hospitalized in Boston after being severely injured in a three-alarm blaze on New Year’s Day, has died.
A large crowd gathered outside Merrimack Town Hall on Thursday night, protesting a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility rumored to be coming to town.
A new warning for EBT cardholders was issued Friday from the NH Attorney General’s office about a phone scam targeting recipients of cash assistance benefits, following reports of significant financial losses connected to fraudulent ATM withdrawals in New Hampshire.
A city man is in custody after police say he eluded police after a traffic incident and then crashed his vehicle and fled on foot before being taken into custody..
New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Commissioner William J. “Bill” Cass will retire at the end of February after 40 years of service to the State. Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte congratulated the Commissioner on his distinguished career.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced the appointment of Donnalee Lozeau as Director of the Governor’s Office of New Opportunities & Rural Transformational Health (GO-NORTH), which will administer New Hampshire’s Rural Health Transformation Program.
Recent fires across Manchester have displaced families and shaken our sense of safety. In response, Ward 5 is coming together for a community-focused meeting with city Fire Chief Ryan Cashin and members of the Manchester Fire Department to share practical guidance, answer questions, and strengthen neighborhood preparedness.
Per Queen City tradition, following the conclusion of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais’ inaugural address at the Palace Theatre, members of the newly sworn-in Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Manchester Board of School Committee walked a few hundred feet down Hanover Street toward City Hall for their biennial organizational meetings.
During the first term of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais, he possessed a clock in his office counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until that term would conclude. With Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony at the Palace Theatre, Ruais’ clock has begun to countdown once again as a reminder of the urgency he hopes to have toward making Manchester better over the next two years.
The City of Manchester announces the Inauguration of Mayor Jay Ruais, Members of the Board of Aldermen, and Board of School Committee.
As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world.
As the New Year approached, the 400 members of the House and 24 senators proposed more than 1,140 potential bills in the form of Legislative Service Requests, or LSRs. Many deal with high-profile subjects like school funding, but a hunt through the list finds plenty of intriguing topics that don’t get as much attention.
No injuries reported following an early-morning fire on Amherst Street.
Manchester Fire, police and AMR ambulance responded to Valley Street near Cypress Street Sunday at about 6:15 p.m. for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
New Hampshire has never believed in kings.
From the town meeting floor to the State House, we are a state that insists power must be earned, justified, and restrained. That is why what happened this weekend should alarm every Granite Stater—regardless of party.
I’ve relied on Manchester’s public bus system for decades, beginning in 1989. Over that time, I’ve seen how effective transit planning can make daily life possible for people without cars — and how changes to routes can unintentionally leave some residents struggling to meet basic needs.
A coalition of attorneys general including NH’s John M. Formella are calling on Meta to better enforce its own policies about pharmaceutical and wellness ads on Instagram and Facebook and take additional measures to prevent AI-generated weight loss content in ads.