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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.
Ward 5 residents gathered at the Manchester Community Resource Center for two hours on Saturday morning in what could become the beginning of a group dedicated to advocating for Center City issues with a consistency and scope not seen before.
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m.
I still think of Rachel every year around this time, as my Facebook feed fills with mortar-board hats, acceptance letters, and congratulatory yard signs, and I wonder how many of those gleeful graduates have their next several decades mapped out, and how many are secretly terrified by their lack of a map. I was terrified at graduation, and for decades afterwards; but I can say now that loved the journey, and I love where it brought me.
At approximately 8:33 a.m. on June 7 Fire Rescue & EMS responded to the Nazaire Biron Street Bridge after a woman was seen jumping from the bridge.
State leaders are limiting the ability to meet the differing needs of Granite Staters. By inserting sections 451 and 452 into the State Budget (HB 2), they would ban all programs tailored to people based on their age, disability status, gender, or race, among other factors. This applies to state, municipal, and school programs.
All Manchester residents are encouraged to participate in the survey no later than June 20, 2025. The first 200 people who fill out the survey will reeive a $10 gift card.
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) on June 3 decided against moving forward with a referendum making the Manchester School District into a department of the city’s government.
This year marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day; a day that marked the beginning of the end of Hitler’s Third Reich, the day Allied forces traversed the English Channel, landed on Normandy beaches in the north of France, and pushed and kicked their way to Berlin.
Get yourself over to the Rex Theatre on June 24 for a community meeting during which you can learn more about – and speak up on – the matter of downtown walkability and pedestrian/accessibility improvements.
A city man was indicted on first-degree assault and other offenses in connection to a Feb. 7, 2025 stabbing outside Bunny’s Superette on Elm Street.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the City of Manchester’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget at a grand total amount of $201,366,017 with the general fund coming in at $196,511,261.
On Wednesday, International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 856 and the Manchester Police Patrolmen’s Association (MPPA) endorsed Kevin Cavanaugh in his campaign for Ward 1’s Aldermanic seat.
Derek “Brooklyn” Jones, the 60-year-old man found dead last week in a Union Street apartment building, was stabbed at least a dozen times with the knife left behind, lodged in his ribcage, according to court documents.
On Tuesday, June 3rd, Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved the sale of portions of city-owned land on Hackett Hill to the Manchester-based Socha Company, following recommendations by the BMA Lands and Buildings Committee earlier in the night to make the land surplus and forego a request for proposals (RFP) process.
Crisis Intervention Training is a nationally-recognized model of helping law enforcement respond with empathy and communication skills to successfully interact with individuals who might be experiencing a mental health or substance misuse crisis.
As part of the ongoing work of its efficiency committee established by order of the Supreme Court on April 11, the New Hampshire Judicial Branch is seeking feedback from any member of the public with experience in the state court system through an online survey.
“As we heard this morning, as we were talking about what the impact of potential cuts to the AmeriCorps program would be, it’s not going to save money,” said Senator Shaheen. “What it’s going to do is downshift those costs to local communities, and it’s going to actually cost us more. So this is all a foolhardy effort.”
