The Salem Planning Board voted Tuesday to accept a site plan for a casino in a former Kmart store even though the building owner objects to the plan.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
MANCHESTER — Working with developers to build more workforce housing, redeveloping Hackett Hill and building small parks are some of the efforts in the works to help the city bounce back as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane.
MANCHESTER — With another homeless encampment scheduled to be cleared Thursday in Manchester, the issue of what to do about the city’s dispossessed continues to divide and conflict officials, businesses and residents — and will figure prominently in this fall’s mayoral election.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Hanover’s decision to push back the date of the annual Town Meeting from May to July has left select board candidate David Millman scrambling.
LITTLETON — Jim Gleason started his job as Littleton’s town manager Monday, two weeks after the Board of Selectmen refused to reconsider his hire over questions about his behavior in Florida.
In the race to replace late House Speaker Dick Hinch, Republican Bill Boyd took home the vacant state representative seat during Tuesday’s near-record turnout special election in Merrimack.
Merrimack’s special election on Tuesday hit record numbers, with nearly 5,000 residents going to the polls to vote for a candidate to fill the New Hampshire House seat left open by Speaker Dick Hinch’s death.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
City officials are supporting the launch of an affordable housing trust fund, which is aimed to create more housing options in Nashua.
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Plans to expand Chasers Poker Room and Casino in Salem into an 84,000-square-foot former Kmart space across the street hit a snag this week when the property owners said they would not give their permission for such a change of use.
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
The Newport School Board’s newest member stormed out of a meeting after announcing he refuses to sign the board’s ethic’s policy.
Antrim’s Board of Selectmen wants the state’s Site Evaluation Committee to help more with the complaints about the windmill project in town.
Sunday, April 04, 2021
Four prosecutors will leave the Hillsborough County Attorney Office this month, one with decades of experience and another who was the lead prosecutor under former County Attorney Michael Conlon.
Friday, April 02, 2021
The former state representative who lost the 2019 mayoral race to Joyce Craig is exploring a second run for Manchester mayor.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Epping and Fremont town officials are weighing their options to address concerns over road damage caused by commercial truck traffic, but one idea involving a possible access road from Route 101 may hit a roadblock.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
After numerous delays and two different buyers, a 27-acre parcel owned by the city of Nashua is set to be sold for more than $3.65 million.
LITTLETON — An after-the-fact hearing Monday on the Board of Selectmen’s hiring of Jim Gleason as town manager allowed the public to air grievances, but ended with selectmen supporting their controversial pick.
Sunday, March 28, 2021
LITTLETON — Selectmen say they will hear what the public has to say but have no intention of reversing their unanimous vote to hire a town manager fired in August from a city manager job in Florida.
Friday, March 26, 2021
Manchester’s outspoken fire chief, Dan Goonan, has notified Mayor Joyce Craig of his intent to retire on April 30.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Mayor Joyce Craig and Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg will unveil the 30x30 pledge on Thursday, an effort to have 30% of the city police department be female by 2030.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
West High is breaking with the three other Manchester high schools and will hold graduation on its own turf, according to the Manchester School District.
Hampton officials are debating a crackdown on buskers at the beach after the street performers who are often seen raking in cash outside Boston’s famed Faneuil Hall Marketplace headed north last summer.
Monday, March 22, 2021
A member of Richmond’s Planning Board says he quit his position after too many meetings with members who refused to wear a mask, including at least one selectman.
Sunday, March 21, 2021
MAY MARKS THE five-year anniversary of Safe Station.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
As Merrimack prepares to have its properties reassessed, homeowners are being warned that they could potentially experience a 30% appreciation in their home’s value.
Monday, March 15, 2021
E ven though his warrant article to return the Baker River to its original Abenaki name failed at Warren’s town meeting, Selectman Charlie Chandler said it “did exactly what I wanted it to do — it got people thinking” and talking about the town’s history.
The top ranks of the Manchester Police Department are solidifying under recently installed Chief Allen Aldenberg, who has selected a new assistant chief, four new captains and created a new position — chief of staff.
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Newly elected Newport School Board member Bert Spaulding Jr. is suing fellow board member Rhonda Callum-King, alleging that Callum-King lied about having an email responsive to his 91-A — also known as a Right-to-Know — request.
Friday, March 12, 2021
Dartmouth College students want the town to change the definition of “family” in the zoning ordinances to allow more students to live in a single apartment.
Westmoreland Selectman Russ Austin said it’s impossible to know what impact an anonymous mailer sent to residents had on the outcome of the failed $2.3 million bond vote for a new fire station.
Tuesday, March 09, 2021
The Monadnock Region town of Gilsum, famous for its summertime rock swap, is embroiled in a lawsuit over selectmen’s alleged refusal to disclose salary and insurance information for one of the town’s few town employees.
