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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.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais will present an address outlying the details of his proposed Fiscal Year 2026 City Budget on Thursday night.
The Queen City Rotary Club Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its 2025 Grant Program which provides about $50,000 in charitable support to dozens of nonprofits in and around Manchester in addition to hundreds of hours of volunteer service.
Governor Kelly Ayotte on Wednesday announced the formation of a Highway Safety Task Force in response to a sharp rise in roadway fatalities and accidents across New Hampshire.
In today’s tight housing market, homeownership is a distant and receding dream for people of modest means. Many people find themselves paying more for rent than they would for a mortgage, but they are unable to qualify for a home loan.
Attorney General John M. Formella is alerting consumers that on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection in the Eastern District of Missouri. 23andMe is a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that collects and analyzes individuals’ genetic data.
In the final wording of the bill, the magistrates that once provided an alternative to bail commissioners or judges on bail hearings will no longer be part of the bail process. Those arrested without a warrant will now be held up to 36 hours before a bail hearing excluding weekends and holidays.
March 25 marks National Women’s Equal Pay Day for 2025, the day that highlights the number of days full-time, year-round, median-income earning employed females would need to work into the new year in order to earn the same income as median-income earning males from the previous year. Below are several facts to know about women’s pay in the U.S. and the Granite State.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified the human skeletal remains located in the area of the Hoodkroft Country Club golf course in Derry on March 20, 2025, as belonging to Amanda Grazewski. Ms. Grazewski went missing from the area of Birch Street in Derry on March 17, 2020.
The wage gap hurts women’s ability to save for retirement and reduces their total Social Security and pension benefits, making older women more likely to live in poverty. In the past two years, there have been efforts on a national scale to close the gap, including the Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, by making it easier for workers to challenge employers on the basis of pay discrimination.
Manchester Parks & Rec announces the opening of Derryfield Country Club for the new season!
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If you’re applying to college, in college, or owe money on student loans, it could put a major crimp in your plans. If you don’t fall into any of those categories, there will still be short and long-term effects to the economy and culture.
An executive order issued Friday, March 14, 2025, calls for the reduction and elimination of functions of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is an independent federal agency that supports libraries and museums in all 50 states and U.S. territories. This decision will greatly impact Manchester residents and Granite Staters.
After voters slashed the Jaffrey-Rindge school board’s budget at the polls last week, the board approved $3 million in spending cuts Monday for next school year, eliminating about two dozen jobs, cutting competitive sports and reducing the pre-kindergarten program.
Democratic lawmakers have been invited to a local listening session on the state budget this Saturday March 22 at the Manchester Public Library’s auditorium.
Human skeletal remains have been found in an area near the Hoodkroft Country Club golf course in Derry. The announcement came late Thursday afternoon after many hours of intensive searching by local and state police.
A Salem man has died following a crash in Manchester Thursday morning.
The City of Manchester’s Department of Public Works (DPW) announced that construction of sidewalk improvements along Elm Street, from Central to Merrimack Street, adjacent to Veteran’s Memorial Park, will begin on March 24, 2025. The project will require partial sidewalk closures, with pedestrian detours in place throughout the construction period.
