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During their April 2026 meeting, the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) denied a set of variance requests for a proposed housing complex at the end of Woodland Avenue, a street immediately to the west of the Hannaford Plaza on Hanover Street.
Downshifting costs, and blame, to red towns and blue towns alike has been instrumental to the state GOP’s “New Hampshire Advantage” ruse for a long time. In her inaugural address more than a year ago, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said, “Property taxes are a burden in New Hampshire in spite of the fact that the state is sending more money than ever before down to the local level.”
Over four dozen people provided testimony over more than three hours on Tuesday night as the Manchester Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2027 budgets for the City of Manchester and Manchester School District.
I am a Christian. I had an old fashioned, come-to-Jesus conversion experience as a young woman during the “Jesus Freak” era. For me, it wasn’t a fad; it was and is the real deal. We find ourselves living in an era where we have witnessed the rise of White Christian Nationalism in the United States; a trend that has now become a movement that is determined to make the U.S. a “Christian Nation.”
It was a year ago that the first Grocery Snapshot was published. At the time, I said I’d track prices for a year. Silly me, right? Thinking that a year would be enough. With all the craziness going on, we’re just going to keep going.
If you live in Manchester, you’re already feeling the pressure—higher property taxes, strained schools, and growing demands on local services.
State officials are set to decide this week on a $36 million design contract to rebuild the New Hampshire State Prison for Men next to its current site in Concord.
After being temporarily suspended overnight due to darkness, the search resumed around 8 a.m. Sunday, April 12, 2026. At approximately 9:15 a.m., members of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Dive Team located and recovered a body from the river.
The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, April 16 at 6 p.m. for a limited public hearing and business meeting.
The Manchester Board of School Committee’s Committee on Finance and Facilities narrowly recommended a new Fiscal Year 2027 contract with Aramark during their April 8, 2026 meeting after promises of a “reset” in terms of communications and expectations.