MAYOR JOYCE CRAIG joined 12 of her counterparts across New Hampshire in signing on to a letter asking the Senate for a bump in municipal aid to be included in the state budget.

ALDERMEN GAVE THEIR blessing last week for city officials to help DEKA pursue grant funding through the Economic Development Administration Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs to put a vertiport in Manchester.

MEMBERS OF THE school board’s Teaching and Learning Committee voted unanimously last week to recommend launching a pilot STEAM program at Beech Street Elementary School this fall.

RICH GIRARD’S POSSIBLE run for mayor became more probable last week, when the former at-large school board member filed paperwork at the City Clerk’s office to form an exploratory committee.

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THE NEWS THAT former school board member and alderman Rich Girard is considering a mayoral run this year revived one of the biggest rumors in Queen City politics.

CITY ALDERMEN VOTED last week to forgive $2.8 million remaining on a loan it made to the Manchester School District to purchase textbooks.

VOTERS IN WARD 6 will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the 2021 special non-partisan municipal primary election.

A CITY ALDERMAN is pushing for a Massachusetts company to be investigated for what he says amounts to “stealing” a fellow board member’s identity.