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At the February 3, 2026 meeting of the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen, I spoke during the public comment portion to raise a practical issue related to snow removal and winter parking enforcement that many residents experience every winter, and to provide the Board with draft ordinance language for its consideration.
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.
At their Feb. 3, 2026 meeting, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a memorandum of understanding with the Manchester School District that would approve an independent audit of the Manchester School District, a key part of the mayor’s STARS (streamlining, taxpayer accountability and reform system) initiative.
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.
On Wednesday, just over a week after a U.S. District Court judge ordered New Hampshire to take all necessary steps to continue its vehicle inspection program, the New Hampshire Executive Council voted to let the state’s emissions testing contract expire.
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 New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition is thrilled to announce that it received over $15,000 in charitable gaming proceeds following its run at Revo Casino and Social House in Keene.
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais announced the initiation of the City of Manchester Commission on Child Care, a new initiative designed at expanding access to affordable, licensed childcare and strengthening early childhood supports across the city.
The documents released yesterday by the ACLU of New Hampshire confirm what many of us have feared: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been actively planning to build a detention facility in Merrimack while avoiding transparency and public input.
For anyone who believes learning shouldn’t end at retirement, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of New Hampshire is now welcoming new and returning members for its Spring 2026 term.