Updated: Man fatally shot on Manchester street; neighbors shocked
READER COMMENTS: 4An autopsy is expected to be performed this morning on the victim of a deadly shooting on Prospect Street.
"We have promised the victim's family we will not release his name until after the autopsy is performed," Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said. "We hope to have more information regarding the cause of death as well as the victim's identity available later Monday."
Town may have to fix grave error
READER COMMENTS: 0Seventy to eighty graves at Smithville Cemetery may have to be moved, after surveyors found that the burial sites are encroaching on state land.
Manchester alderman urges review of police phone use
READER COMMENTS: 6Following testimony by an officer that he used his work phone to communicate with women over a four-year period, a city alderman plans to ask that a committee be set up to review the use of department-issued cell phones.
Manchester 'homeless meter' program seeks to deter panhandling
READER COMMENTS: 0The Board of Aldermen is scheduled to vote on a proposal to install 'homeless meters' in six locations around the city.
Claremont group disputes incinerator plant's permit
READER COMMENTS: 0Rebecca MacKenzie said she chose to plant marigolds over vegetables because she is afraid to harvest food from a patch of earth so close to the waste-burning incinerators of Wheelabrator Claremont Company, about a mile away.
Manchester business owners hope to revive pedestrians-only Hanover Street project
READER COMMENTS: 0A pedestrians-only pilot project on a block of Hanover Street last summer was so successful, business owners hope to bring it back again this year.
Goffstown artisan gives new face to Wolfeboro tower
READER COMMENTS: 0The weathered and worn clock faces at the Brewster Memorial Hall clock tower are getting a $34,000 facelift.
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READER COMMENTS: 5It was a busy week for the Board of School Committee. There was debate over the Common Core curriculum standards and the details of the technology overhaul, and then there was Cupcake-gate.
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