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A city man faces the possibility of 45 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering his 7-year-old son who suffered burns over 15 percent of his body, had a fractured skull, was whipped with a cord about his body and burned with a hot pan.
The Office of Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais has announced that the mayor will be holding a town hall meeting in Ward 7 on Thursday, April 3. The event will held at Fire Station #7, 679 Somerville St., from 6 to 7 p.m.
On Tuesday, incumbent Jay Ruais announced that his mayoral re-election campaign has raised $400,000 since he announced he would be seeking a second term as Manchester’s mayor.
For Chatila, the tariffs are the last straw; he has put his company and facility up for sale. His biggest customer stopped buying, and his costs for imported ingredients, electricity, and eggs are rapidly escalating. He received notice from his fuel supplier of tariff surcharges they will impose. The company employed more than 20 people at its peak. Today, they have reduced their staff to just two remaining employees.
On Monday, Ward 5 Manchester Board of School Committee Member Jason Bonilla announced on social media that he will be seeking Ward 5’s seat on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen this fall.
As the ice recedes, especially from many smaller Granite State waterbodies, there may be dead fish, and most of these occurrences are due to natural processes.
The Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program has coordinated 120 volunteer cleanups at the city’s urban ponds since 2000. Other groups have coordinated 14 more. The 134 cleanups mean that 1,390 volunteers have spent about 4,327 hours collecting 2,893 bags of trash. This is in addition to larger dumped items like shopping carts (117), tires (464), car batteries, other car parts, construction debris, and more, according to a news release from the program.
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.
Aside from terminating collective bargaining rights, the order halts workers’ right to grievance, mediation, other court action, and job protection, according to a memorandum issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Union officials said it could also immediately end their right to collect dues and represent employees in grievance and court procedures.
I know that not all New Hampshire Republicans want the same things. For some, it’s the pro-business, anti-tax piece of the platform that makes them register as Republicans. For others, it’s a desire for revenge against societal shifts that they don’t like or that make them uncomfortable — for which they use the shorthand “woke.” But in this moment, made unique by the appetite and actions of Donald Trump and his administration, it is impossible for a New Hampshire Republican to pick and choose the way the party does or does not represent their desires.
“This program has worked extremely well for a long time and hasn’t cost the state any money,” said Rep. David Nagel, R-Gilmanton, who is also a physician. “What’s problematic about this bill [is] from the very beginning, virtually no stakeholders supported it. That should be a red flag for everybody.”
The federal government, under President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday it was revoking $11.4 billion of unspent, leftover, post-pandemic COVID-19 relief funding from state and local governments, $80 million of which is coming from New Hampshire.
The death of a newborn baby girl, whose body was recovered from Pine Island Pond Thursday afternoon, has been ruled suspicious, according to police.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais presented his budgetary vision for the upcoming fiscal year on Thursday night and he hopes that vision is seen as one of balance.
Manchester Fire, and AMR ambulance responded to Pine Island Park on Thursday for a water rescue.
Manchester Community College is hosting its annual New Hampshire Cybersecurity Symposium April 1-3. The event is free and open to the public, with a focus on business leaders who are navigating the challenges of protecting valuable information and data from hackers. The event features experts who will lead tutorials and discussions over the course of the three-day event.
Manchester School District recently announced that 47 students representing four schools will have entries in the 2025 New Hampshire Scholastic Art Awards. A special exhibition and reception was held March 20 at the District Welcome Center.
With nearly 1,200 nominations, three players – Frank Tessier of Manchester Memorial High School, Dillon Boucher of Berlin High School and Ethan Peluso of Windham High School – and two goalies – Lucas Arlen of John Stark Regional High School and Cameron Roberge of Manchester Memorial High School – were chosen at random to skate alongside Bergeron and represent their schools.
After two days of discussion, the committee voted along party lines to defund the State Arts Council but preserve the library funding.
An amendment to the proposed state budget that could net the state’s general fund an estimated $11 million more in rooms and meals tax revenue than it’s due to get, but leaves municipalities out of any gains, was approved by the House Finance Division I Tuesday.