Online registration closing on Oct. 17 for NERGC 2025 genealogical conference in Manchester

Saturday, October 11, 2025

October 17 is the last day to register online for the 18th New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC), “New Englanders – Here, There, and Everywhere,” which will be held Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Manchester. Onsite registration for the main conference will be available on Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 if tickets are still available.

Who owns your local newspaper? Understanding media ownership and its impact

Friday, October 10, 2025

The front page of an early October 2025 edition of The Keene Sentinel features stories about city elections, the ongoing drought in New Hampshire and two Medicare Advantage providers leaving the state. It’s all local news.

NH sees largest decrease in drug-related fatalities in a decade as state funding on substance use services increased

Thursday, October 9, 2025

New Hampshire has seen a 33.4 percent decline in drug-related fatalities between 2023 and 2024, the sharpest year-over-year reduction in 10 years, according to a report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI).

The Soapbox: Manchester at Risk – Our schools, our taxes, our future

Thursday, October 9, 2025Thursday, October 9, 2025

Manchester — Our city is caught in the crosshairs of a growing fiscal and constitutional crisis in public education. The state’s failure to fully fund its legal responsibilities is hurting students, taxpayers, and entire communities.

Chelbys is closed for renovations

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Did I mention Chelbys is closed for renovations?

Manchester releases ‘Age-Friendly Action Plan’

Thursday, October 9, 2025

The City of Manchester on Thursday released its finalized Age-Friendly Action Plan: an initiative designed to build a more inclusive, accessible and livable community for older adults, as well as other Manchester residents.

The Weekender, Oct. 9-12: Moonlight Market, Sober Social, Catch ‘Em Card Show + more

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Here’s some weekend trivia for you: What do pumpkins, Taylor Swift, Pokémon, fashion, foliage, swing dancing, and chocolate have in common? They’re all being celebrated at events around the state this weekend! Don’t let this crispy weather weekend pass you by without making the most of your fall free time.

The Soapbox: When it comes to PFAS, please put humanity above business influence

Wednesday, October 8, 2025Tuesday, October 7, 2025

I’ve come to share my concern about PFAS pollution at the Manchester Wastewater Treatment Plant. The cause is both personal and on behalf of the greater good. You see, I feel an obligation as perhaps any of you have who has been diagnosed with cancer as I was in 2022. Advanced thyroid cancer. Just one of the many documented health effects related to PFAS exposure.

The Soapbox | Accountability is not censorship: Why the Board is right to rein in Levasseur

Tuesday, October 7, 2025Monday, October 6, 2025

Rich Girard’s recent defense of Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur presents a false choice: either elected officials are free to hurl insults at city staff without consequence, or the city risks trampling the First Amendment. This framing oversimplifies the issue and ignores a basic truth: accountability and civility in public service are not unconstitutional, they are essential to good government.

Waiting for updates on PFAS remediation, Merrimack strives to keep contaminated dirt contained

Sunday, October 5, 2025

In the greater Merrimack area, where toxic forever chemicals are concentrated throughout the soil and a long-term cleanup plan is yet to materialize, keeping the contamination local is the best many feel they can do for now. But how well that’s working isn’t clear and guidance is scarce, creating headaches for developers and concern for activists.