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Scott Brooks: No matter how you slice it, some say it was half-baked idea

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:46 GMT

Mayor Frank Guinta had a memorable line in a debate a couple years back, when the subject turned to pizza.

City Hall: Mayor getting high praise from those across the table

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:46:20 GMT

Alderman Russ Ouellette could hardly believe the words coming out of his mouth.

City Hall: Outlook good for Queen City taxpayers, aldermen say

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:57 GMT

Alderman Ed Osborne has a hunch. He suspects this year's tax increase, if there is one, will be the smallest in three years.

Middle school doesn't work, they agree, but what will?

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:37 GMT

The meetings go on and on, week after week, and every time, Katherine Labanaris comes back to the same question:

Whatever happened to the promised police officers?

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

It was one of his last acts in office. Mayor Frank Guinta held a press conference announcing a two-part plan to combat drug-related violence.

Scott Brooks' City Hall: Lots of ideas to make city better, but is anyone listening?

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The challenge of the mayors' Task Force on Efficiencies and Consolidations isn't merely to come up with ideas for saving money. The challenge is to come up with ideas that won't get shot down.

CITY HALL: Cash in the trash, cell phones and City Hall brides

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

City officials, feeling the breath of a March 31 budget deadline on their necks, are looking for money, and their search has led them straight into the trash bin.

CITY HALL: Park free in the name of public service

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Aldermen don't get parking tickets. But Jack Brady does.

CITY HALL: Is Alderman Roy just a voice in the wilderness?

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

ALDERMAN Jim Roy thinks the man in charge of Manchester's Office of Youth Services should be fired.

CITY HALL: Gatsas treating transition period as full-time job

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The name plate on the conference table said Mayor Frank C. Guinta, but the man in the chair behind it was someone else.

CITY HALL: Gatsas says he'll turn volume down on city TV stations

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

MAYOR-ELECT Ted Gatsas shares his predecessor's views about the city's public access TV stations.

City Hall: Gatsas eases up on fund-raising

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

With all the money Alderman Ted Gatsas was raising early on the in the mayoral race, it seemed this election was destined to be a record-smasher. The picture looks a little different now.

City Hall: Crossing party lines for a better system

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

SCHOOL BOARD members Art Beaudry and Debra Gagnon Langton weren't getting much help from the Democratic Party, so they're getting an assist from the GOP instead.

City Hall: If you want a big job, first check your address

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

One alderman noted, "I'll be honest with you: I don't know where most of the department heads live." In fact, roughly 40 percent of all Manchester department heads and city officers live outside the city.

City Hall: Republican candidates get financial windfalls

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

IF REPUBLICANS gain some seats on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen this year, they'll probably want to raise a glass in toast of Fred Tausch.

City Hall: Roy says issues more important than bank balance

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Alderman and state Sen. Ted Gatsas' campaign for mayor continues to vacuum up money, recently at a rate of $1,000 per day.

City Hall: Who will draw the other's votes is a primary concern

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

In past primaries, two candidates would move on to the general election, and one would be recognizable as a Republican, and the other would be a Democrat.

City Hall: Roy delights in bickering between Gatsas, Stephen

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Ted Gatsas has begun firing shots at Bobby Stephen, a chief foe in the quickly intensifying campaign for mayor, after quietly enduring weeks of heavy fire from his opponent's camp.

City Hall: Schools face tough decisions in the coming days

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Superintendent Tom Brennan doesn't have all the answers, but he can safely say this about the new school year: "Things will not be the same."

City Hall: Roy bides his time with signs

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Mark Roy is just getting around to posting campaign signs, three months after announcing his bid for mayor. Meanwhile, Ted Gatsas has put up about 1,000.

City Hall: One thing all agree on: It's time to rework city charter

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Manchester's City Charter places no limits on how much money a person or group can give to a candidate. It doesn't place any restrictions on who may donate, either.

City Hall: Tax cap issue still has a lot of life in it

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

When a superior court judge threw out the city's case against the proposed spending cap, one alderman declared the matter closed. Really?

City Hall: Many city officials delinquent on tax, sewer bills

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY recently went after Mayor Frank Guinta for not paying his sewer bill on time. You'd think they would have checked to make sure their own candidates were a bit more punctual.

City Hall: Who's running, who's not, who's on the fence

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Also, a new report by a state task force asserts that young people in the Granite State don't "connect" with the phrase "Live Free or Die." Some say the motto is "not a friendly, supporting message" and "something else is needed."

City Hall: Hats in the ring and fence-sitters mean it's election time

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:17:14 GMT

The drama begins tomorrow, when the first batch of candidates lines up at the City Clerk's Office for the start of the two-week filing period. Doors open at 8 a.m.