Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld is taking a major step toward challenging the renomination of President Donald Trump by forming a committee today to explore a Republican primary bid for President in 2020.
CONCORD — During a lengthy session Thursday, the state Senate unanimously approved spending nearly $6 million over the next two years to increase staffing levels at the Division of Children, Youth and Families.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency is offering a pretty appealing Valentine’s Day card to environmentalists and the state’s congressional delegation.
MANCHESTER — Mayor Joyce Craig will deliver a “State of the City” address this morning that highlights her first year in office while unveiling new initiatives like a homelessness task force and free rides for students to and from Manchester high schools on city buses for students beginning …
A similar plan was introduced in 2007 but never came to fruition.
While the cost of the project continues to climb, supporters have insisted that the school needs upgrades to address safety and security concerns, space deficiencies and other problems.
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Can a city regulate what kind of services a church offers to the vulnerable people in its midst?
CONCORD — Three young women from the Seacoast area who led last year’s effort to raise the legal smoking age in New Hampshire from 18 to 21 were back in Concord on Thursday, hoping for a different outcome this time around.
MANCHESTER — Both sides in the ongoing talks with city teachers on a new contract say progress is being made, while stressing the framework of a new agreement has yet to be reached.
Elected officials are taking steps to safeguard the Nashua River and its tributaries.
RAYMOND — Voters will be asked to OK a $53,000 plan to switch all town street lights to more energy efficient LED in a move that could cut the light bill by 40 to 60 percent.
MANCHESTER — Police will begin a 30-day tryout of body cameras for police officers later this month, with the expectation that all police officers will eventually wear body cams, top officials said Wednesday.
MANCHESTER — City aldermen will continue discussions on redesign concepts for Maple and Beech streets to calm traffic through an area known to some as the “Manchester Motor Speedway,” following a presentation on possible solutions made Tuesday night by city staff.
SALEM — The Salem School Board presented its plan last week to renovate Grant Field behind the high school, to the tune of $4.5 million.
CONCORD — As legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in the Granite State moves toward its first public hearing on Tuesday, both sides in the debate are mobilizing their supporters.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Ben Clemons and Fred Teeboom were the only two residents who filed nomination paperwork by Friday’s deadline.
New Boston fire officials have twice tried and failed to make the case for a new firehouse.
JAFFREY — Town Manager Jon Frederick got a formal warning from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office after he was found to have violated state election law.
DERRY — After an anticipated vote on a plan to close a school was derailed, school board members decided Tuesday to have a student population trigger that will set the wheels of closing a school in motion.
John Grammas insists that his traffic light idea would address safety concerns for drivers trying to exit nearby Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s.
MERRIMACK — Elected officials are working to ratify tentative agreements with five local unions, all of them expected to include annual salary increases for town workers.
Local residents will be asked to approve the hiring of six new town employees as part of a proposed $31.2 million budget.
Like many New Hampshire school districts, Epping has switched to competency-based education.
Two former Timberlane Regional School Board members have taken legal action against the board.
A petitioned warrant article that seeks to change the dates of the town’s annual voting day from March to May got mixed reviews during a public hearing.
MANCHESTER — Convicted tax cheat Tommy Katsiantonis appeared in a Hillsborough County courtroom Thursday, but a judge delayed for months a hearing that will determine how much he owes the state treasury.
BEDFORD — A $3 million bond for various energy efficiency projects throughout the district is being proposed to try to save money on electricity and fuel costs.
A new 3D rendering flyover video released by developers hints at a major L.L. Bean outlet potentially coming to the Tuscan Village. But the developer said viewers of the video should not take that to mean there will be an L.L. Bean store, as they have no deal with that retailer at this point.
MERRIMACK — Local teachers could get a nearly 10 percent pay hike over the next three years if approved by voters at the polls in April.
MANCHESTER — With preliminary school budget estimates forecasting a shortfall of $2.5 million, city officials have scheduled three public forums early next month to outline the fiscal year 2020 budget process.
NASHUA — City officials are supporting a proposal to begin the initial phases of the future downtown performing arts center, which includes the hiring of a construction manager and architectural manager.
NASHUA — An aldermanic panel is supporting a new partnership with E for All, a nonprofit group hoping to launch an initiative in the Gate City aimed to foster entrepreneurial growth.
PORTSMOUTH – The fate of the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building site is in limbo due to some recent opposition to the project as planned.
LACONIA – The Belknap County delegation has rejected the adoption of a $12.9 million budget recommended by the executive committee by a 12-4 vote, a spending package, supporters said, that was in line with last year’s actual spending plus contractual increases.
KEENE — The Pho Keene Great sign controversy is over, with city officials Friday approving the tiny sign for the new downtown noodle shop.
Town officials reviewed the proposed town warrant to include an operating budget of $33,858,810 with a supplemental operating budget of $172,192 for fiscal year 2020 during a public hearing Monday.
CLAREMONT — Former City Manager Ryan McNutt is opting not to have a public meeting with the city council to discuss the reasons for his firing.
LACONIA — The City Council has delayed a vote to approve a competitive cable TV franchise after Councilor Bruce Cheney expressed concern that the proposed agreement with Comcast doesn’t include a local emergency notification option.
LITCHFIELD — Local teachers will be receiving pay raises over the next three years under a tentative agreement being supported by school officials.
Tower Hill Tavern, located at the epicenter of the city’s annual Bike Week festivities, is planning to serve up beer with a view.
