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A Londonderry, New Hampshire, man wanted since last November in connection with a Portland murder is in federal custody after surrendering to the New Hampshire Probation and Parole Service.
Stefany Shaheen, a health care advocate and entrepreneur – and daughter of retiring U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen – announced on Wednesday she will be a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire’s First District, vowing to stand up for New Hampshire families against the assault on their health care by Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Republicans in Congress.
A modification of the City of Manchester’s Parking Division was put on hold following a decision from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s Committee on Human Resources earlier this month.
On a 3-2 vote earlier this month, the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a series of variances regarding to fence heights and frontage requirements for a property located between Mammoth Road and Melrose Street that its owner hopes will host of a 30-unit development.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the latest budget reconciliation bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), on the morning of Thursday, May 22. Changes were made to the bill up until the final day of passage, including a 42-page amendment Wednesday evening.
The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, June 5 at 6 p.m.
On May 28, 2025, at approximately 12:50 a.m., Manchester Police responded to a report of a stolen motor vehicle in the area of 5 Clifford Ave. The victim, a food delivery driver, told officers he had briefly left his 2014 Toyota Corolla unattended. When he returned, the vehicle was gone.
Mayor Jay Ruais announced Wednesday that the city’s Director of Human Resources, Lisa Drabik, will be returning to her hometown to lead the HR department for the Town of Londonderry’s School District. During her tenure, Drabik was instrumental in spearheading the recent compensation study that brought city employee wages to market rates and successfully negotiated 11 new contracts with city unions.
Senator Hassan began by saying, “ On Memorial Day, we honor the heroes who gave their lives for our country, who gave up everything just so that others, people whom they never met, could live in freedom. With their sacrifice, they purchased for us not only freedom from tyranny and the freedom to live in a democracy, but also the freedom to experience a multitude of life’s ordinary moments
In a 10-2 vote, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) voted to send a letter to New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte asking her to veto a bill that could ban books considered “obscene or harmful to minors” from schools.
The Board of Mayor and Alderman agreed to combine three vacant lots at the May 20 meeting – the first on Smyth Road measuring .70 acres, with the other two lots located on Sheffield Road for a combined 41 acres.
New Hampshire State Representative Kathleen Paquette has announced that she will run this fall for the Ward 5 Aldermanic seat being vacated by incumbent Ward 5 Alderman Tony Sapienza.
A man covered in blood ran out of a Union Street apartment building early Tuesday morning yelling for someone to call police, that he had just killed someone, a witness told reporters.
A city man was sentenced to 45 years to life in the death of his 7-year-old son Jaevion Riley who died after he burned him over more than 15 percent of his body, beat him so badly he suffered a skull fracture and broken tooth, and whipped him with an electrical cord over several days in January 2023.
The investigation was initiated after Manchester Police received a 911 call for assistance at a residence on Union Street on Tuesday. Responding officers discovered an adult male deceased inside an apartment.
New Hampshire is represented in the 119th Congress by Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in the US Senate, Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Maggie Goodlander (NH-92) in the House of Representatives. Below are notifications about some of their legislative activities from the past week.
President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Budget” spells disaster for the working middle class and the poor. The people that most desperately need support in food (SNAP), affordable housing, reasonably priced healthcare, and more.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) will begin striping for a new phase of construction on the F.E. Everett Turnpike Northbound and Southbound just North of the Bedford tolls starting Tuesday, May 27, 2025, through Wednesday 28, 2025.
Earlier this month, developers seeking to construct a seven-story, 51-unit multi-family mixed-use building at 1308 Elm St., the current location of the North End Superette, were granted variances from the city’s zoning ordinances from the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment for minimum buildable lot area and infringement on the required visual clearance area on a corner lot within the city’s Central Business District.
On Wednesday, May 21; the Manchester Board of School Committee’s Committee on Education Legislation held a discussion relating to an injunction around what has become known as the “Dear Colleague Letter.”