MANCHESTER — A crew started tearing down one of the most blighted buildings in the city Monday — the Victorian apartment house at Hanover and Maple streets, which has stood derelict since a fire hit it on Dec. 7, 2017.
“We plan to phase in use of the garage, observe the impact on traffic, and may adjust operations as needed,” a university spokesman said.
The most recent agreement with the more than 1,100 members of the MEA expired on June 30, 2018.
Years of financial losses and failed state license inspections have prompted selectmen to vote for closing the historic Carpenter House.
Salem’s deputy police chief, currently on leave pending a criminal investigation, is trying to get a court to reconsider a ruling.
For the first time in the Manchester's history, the liaison between the police department and the public will be a civilian and not a sworn officer.
A judge has declined to dismiss a civil complaint filed against a state representative by the town of Belmont, ruling that he was unpersuaded by Michael Sylvia’s argument that his compliance with a court order barring him from using his Farraville Road property without the needed local and s…
MANCHESTER — The state’s Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) has rejected a request from the Manchester teachers union for a cease-and-desist order against the city school district, after dozens of requests from teachers to take Friday off to attend religious services were denied b…
EPPING — An Epping High School student who was asked to cover up her “Make America Great Again” Trump T-shirt is ready for the school district to move forward and learn from her principal’s mistake.
PLAISTOW — A proposal to bring a heavy equipment business to the property that’s been home to Sanborn’s Fine Candies for more than 60 years faced strong opposition from neighbors who voiced concerns about potential environmental impacts at a meeting Wednesday night.
DERRY — In his second visit to New Hampshire since March, Beto O’Rourke said at a town hall meeting Thursday that it’s up to all Americans to work for change.
References to games were poorly received by several board members. Some of them said they would not support the project if it was to be more than a training facility.
At the meeting, Epping residents will speak first and each will be limited to three minutes.
The report, which was posted on the town’s website last week, was, in areas, critical of Chief Matthew Currier’s leadership.
Voters are getting their wish to have a special town meeting on the fate of the town’s one-man police department, but what the meeting can legally accomplish remains to be seen.
The outgoing police chief told officials this week that the city's spending cap has resulted in major budget woes for the police department.
After a Tuesday night vote of the Derry Town Council, the last of several stakeholders have signed off on a contract approving the rates, responsibilities and liability terms for a major water interconnectivity project that will deliver water from Manchester to multiple southern communities.
A proposal to operate an asphalt plant in Epping is raising concern among neighbors who say they’re worried that the plan would generate odors and bring more heavy truck traffic to the area.
An aldermanic subcommittee voted Tuesday to support a request from the general manager of the SNHU Arena for $1.13 million in capital improvement funding from the city, to ensure the “full and continued operation” of the facility.
MANCHESTER — One of the most prominent eyesores in the center city — the fire-damaged apartment structure at Maple and Hanover streets — will soon be coming down. What’s uncertain is what will replace it.
GILMANTON — An operational assessment of the Gilmanton Police Department has been finished and a redacted version has been released to the public.
STRATHAM — A newly retired police lieutenant from Massachusetts has been hired as the town’s new police chief.
Gate City residents and business owners have strong opinions that are clearly divided on a proposal to raise the smoking age to 21 in Nashua.
RAYMOND — Neighbors are fighting the town’s conditional approval of a plan to build 172 multi-family condominium townhouses.
While it's been over week since former acting town administrator Don Winterton tendered his resignation as Hooksett’s top official, his name dominated Wednesday's Town Council meeting as councilors debated whether to reconsider their vote to overturn the controversial hiring position that led him to resign.
NASHUA — After eliminating the city’s chief assessor position following an audit that revealed ineffective management and other deficiencies, Mayor Jim Donchess announced this week that he has hired an acting administrative services director.
As of Wednesday night, the town of Hooksett has eliminated all single-stream recycling.
The Union Leader Corporation and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire are appealing the recent decision by a superior court judge to sustain several redactions in an audit report critical of the Salem Police Department.
The school superintendent says she’s investigating Monday’s incident in which an Epping High School freshman claims she was told she couldn’t wear her “Make America Great Again” Trump T-shirt at school.
As the town moves closer to a special town meeting sparked by the controversial attempt to get rid of the one-man police department, the Croydon selectmen’s secretary, Cathy Peschke, announced she is resigning.
School officials say a mediation session between the district’s negotiations team and representatives of the Manchester Education Association (MEA) held Tuesday “did not yield the results we had hoped for,” and are disputing claims by union leadership the district is refusing to sit down with them for a second time this week.
Plans to move offices into a fixer-upper are being scrapped as the building is too far gone for the needed work, according to the department director.
MANCHESTER — Manchester city officials could not provide specifics about the legal questions involving the footage they will capture from surveillance cameras in the downtown and whether it falls under laws governing public records.
Hillsborough County Attorney Michael Conlon asked county leaders on Tuesday to hike his budget 19 percent, a down-payment on a four-year plan to improve an office that has suffered from employee turnover, excessive workloads and leadership issues.
MANCHESTER — Fifteen people — the vast majority of whom were there to support fully funding city schools — offered testimony during a public hearing on Mayor Joyce Craig’s proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget Tuesday night at City Hall.
“In documenting internal control over cash receipts and disbursements of the town, it was noted that funds awaiting deposits are taken home and stored at the Treasurer’s home overnight,” an audit letter states.
MANCHESTER — Saying she believes the Queen City stands at a “crossroads” and she will help it “shine again,” Republican former state Rep. Victoria Sullivan announced Monday she is running for mayor of Manchester.
Justice is not being effectively administered in the state’s largest county, one of the state’s top prosecutors said in a critical letter sent last month to the newly elected Hillsborough County Attorney.
CROYDON — Selectmen tried this week to discipline a town employee they accused of collecting petition signatures at the dump on town time, but backed off when the employee, Brenda Williams, pushed back.
MANCHESTER — Citing a “spirit and energy you can feel across our great city” and a desire to continue tackling Manchester’s challenges “head-on,” Mayor Joyce Craig said early Thursday she is running for reelection to the Queen City’s corner office.
HOOKSETT — The Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Police Chief Janet Bouchard acting town administrator in the wake of Don Winterton’s sudden resignation last week.
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