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Bank employees told police that around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, a man entered the bank, wrote a note on a deposit slip, and passed it to a teller. In the note, the man claimed to have a gun.
West High School recently released its Q4 honor roll, recognizing students for academic excellence for the 2025 school year.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces that James Peretti, of Merrimack, the former general manager of The Foundry Restaurant (Foundry) located in Manchester, has been sentenced by the Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District on two class A felony theft counts.
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Projects in seven New Hampshire counties that will boost economic development are sharing more than $7.3 million in grant funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission.
Manchester Police on Tuesday identified the man who was shot Saturday by a Manchester police officer after a disturbance at the Fairfield Inn.
Last week, the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) awarded a total of $5 million in state funds under the Housing Champion Program to 18 communities designated as Housing Champions in 2024, which included Manchester.
Memorial High School students who made the Q4 Honor Roll.
These Central students made the honor roll for Q4!
I recently wrote an opinion piece after the New Hampshire House passed a budget proposal, but before the budget had moved to the Senate. I stated I was a registered Independent and that the Republican state legislature was being controlled by the Free Staters. I spoke about how the House budget impacted the poor and the middle class in NH, and that because the House was controlled by the Free Staters, this budget was a means to their ends…dismantling of government, public education, healthcare, and more in the state of New Hampshire.
A community meeting is set for June 24 at 6 p.m. at The Rex Theatre. Focus of the meeting will be to gather community feedback for pedestrian improvements in the downtown area bounded by Elm, Concord, Chestnut, and Manchester streets.
After a soggier than usual spring, the city is hoping for a reprieve from the kind of rains that have delayed several construction projects, including the replacement of the liner at Livingston public swimming pool.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte participated in a briefing call held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the ongoing situation in Iran on Sunday, June 22. New Hampshire Department of Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) Director Robert Buxton joined Governor Ayotte on the call.
The NH Attorney General’s Office have joined an investigation in Manchester following a shooting involving a police officer that happened at the Fairfield hotel on South Porter Street.
A Manchester man and another driver sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, after a crash on Route 12.
New Hampshire Secretary of State David M. Scanlan on Friday co-hosted a naturalization ceremony with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the New Hampshire State Archives. Governor Kelly Ayotte and Concord Mayor Byron Champlin were among those who addressed New Hampshire’s newest U.S. citizens.
After four hours of deliberation, the Hillsborough County Delegation Convention approved a $148,319,029 budget for Fiscal Year 2026. That amount included $1,624,206 for covering the cost of three new collective bargaining agreements with county employees and did not include a $734,781 amount for a potential contract between the county and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE.
The bottom line is, for every million dollars in reductions, we can anticipate having to eliminate 15-17 positions. Assuming no other cost saving measures, a reduction like this would result in the elimination of between 150-200 positions.
“The City of Manchester should not be the whipping child for lawmakers who need to find ways to balance the state budget. While I recognize that difficult choices need to be made, last minute changes that adversely affect the City need to be reconsidered and allow Mayor Ruais and the Board of School Committee more time to properly plan ahead to avoid drastic increases in property taxes on Manchester residents,” said Stephen. “I urge lawmakers to rethink this proposal and find other ways to put the final pieces of the biennial budget together that benefit Manchester residents and Granite Staters overall.”
“Screens are negatively impacting our learning environments, drawing students’ attention away from their classes, and becoming a barrier for teachers to do their jobs,” she told lawmakers during her inaugural address in January. “No more.”
“If ICE can do its job effectively with its resources available currently in hand, then why are we trying to force ourselves into doing its job and trying to partner with ICE to house some of the inmates in our facility, which is not in good shape,” said State Rep. Sanjeez Manohar of Nashua.