The dispute between BART and the town goes back more than a year, with the town claiming the company failed to stay within approved hours of operation.
LACONIA — Newly updated assessing data was posted on the city’s website last weekand shows the value of Laconia property for tax purposes has increased by more than 4% compared to the prior year.
JAFFREY — Selectmen voted recently to ban alcohol at all town beaches as well as at events like the annual Festival of Fireworks.
The owners of a floating restaurant named “The Dive” are appealing the city planning department’s decision that a site plan amendment is needed for the business to continue its operation adjacent to the Winnipesaukee Pier.
Cabinets, fabrication machinery, welding equipment, rotary tables and an abundance of steel and aluminum scraps are up for bid.
The cost to collect cash at two turnpike ramp tolls in Merrimack is so high that the Department of Transportation is weighing whether to make them all-electronic with no live staffing, the DOT deputy commissioner said.
An economic analysis shared with the city council found that a proposed 20-mile recreational trail in the railroad right-of-way between Franklin and Weirs Beach would boost the city’s tourism industry.
The discolored water is not a health risk, the DPW says, but water may taste bad and could stain laundry.
MANCHESTER — The city Welfare Department will likely overspend its housing budget this year, thanks to the capacity limits at the New Horizons homeless shelter, the tight housing market, and the lack of shelters in many New Hampshire communities, according to the city’s welfare director.
The state’s highest court has denied a reconsideration request by a former alderman in his continuous fight to protect the city’s spending cap.
Nobody, formerly Rich Paul, told radio personality Mike Hsu that he intends to run against Gov. Chris Sununu in the New Hampshire gubernatorial primary.
As residents circulate a petition to possibly eliminate the Planning Board, author Liz Marshall Thomas, former chairman of the Board of Selectmen, is publicly accusing the petition backers of being Trump supporters, or worse, possibly Nazis.
MANCHESTER — City voters will decide whether to allow a retail location for sports betting in the Queen City, and a public hearing on a ballot question on the issue will be held Tuesday at City Hall.
Mayor Charlene Lovett said last week that the city is running out of time for this year to craft a policy that will pass legal muster.
MANCHESTER — City public works officials are warning commuters of several road closures early this week that could impact travel around Manchester.
In addition, renovation estimates for the existing middle schools in Nashua hover around $12 million for Fairgrounds Middle School, $24 million for Pennichuck Middle School and $93 million for Elm Street Middle School.
MERRIMACK — Local officials will once again attempt to have at least one toll booth removed in Merrimack — this time at Exit 11.
MANCHESTER — Donald Topham, the county prosecutor whose plea bargain in a fatal child overdose case last month prompted the Attorney General takeover of the Hillsborough County Attorney’s office, was officially fired last week.
The proposal does not state which brand.
Both groups cite Craig's efforts to bring an added police presence to the city.
Selectmen hope the town planner and police chief will proceed with plans to hire a parking consultant.
City officials say homeowners will have to pay for 20% of the project.
The district is getting $3,212,500 from the U.S. DOJ and DOE.
Residential housing is not currently permitted in the zone where the property is.
Affordable housing at Pease? City councilor wants state to examine former Air Force Base's direction
A city councilor in Portsmouth wants the state of New Hampshire to form a task force to assess the strategic future of Pease International Tradeport and the entity that controls it.
Drive south on Beech Street past Hanover Street — in the part of Manchester where officials don’t put up warning signs or bike lanes to slow traffic — and you will likely see Lisa Dugas playing with her young children.
The law neither requires nor prohibits their use by local departments, but it lays down provisions about training, when videotaping can take place, what happens to the data and how long it can be stored.
After more than three years since it was first banned by Dartmouth College, and after a year since it lost its national charter, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is due back before the Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Seven condos, a playground, a new road and a cul-de-sac are proposed.
In addition to the proposed new middle school, the city's large overall middle school project proposes the potential closure of Elm Street Middle School, or renovations or expansions to the city’s three existing middle schools.
Under current police commission rules, the city manager appoints all members to the commission. The manager also sits on the commission as a non-voting, ex-officio member.
MANCHESTER — Mayoral candidate Victoria Sullivan said she opposed bail reform last year in the New Hampshire House and has been speaking to prominent Republicans to see what can be done to revise the existing law.
NASHUA — The police department is investigating criminal allegations against the city’s assessing department.
CONCORD — After months of acrimony and a bitter veto fight, Gov. Chris Sununu and the Democratically-led Legislature on Wednesday embraced in overwhelming fashion a two-year state budget that ends an uncomfortable holding pattern for state government and communities.
CLAREMONT — City Councilor Jon Stone says that his web design vendor is to blame for his campaign website’s news feature that had Stone taking credit for several news articles he did not write.
CLAREMONT — The city councilor who tangled with residents opposed to Claremont’s Christmas display gave himself credit for news articles written by others and published on his reelection campaign website.
Lela Connors, Matthew Coughlin and Brian Truong -- all students at Manchester Memorial High School -- are among the approximately 16,000 students announced last week as semifinalists.
A vocal police chief said she will go as far as endorsing a qualified candidate for Hillsborough County Attorney next year, following the rejection of a former Manchester police chief to oversee most decisions in the troubled prosecutor’s office.
WASHINGTON — Former state Rep. Bill O’Brien’s campaign for U.S. Senate got a nod from Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Cruz endorsed O’Brien Thursday morning, after O’Brien visited Washington on Wednesday.
Aldermen will vote on the recommendation on Sept. 24.
MANCHESTER — The official results from Tuesday’s municipal primary election were released late Wednesday, and the certified numbers show incumbent Mayor Joyce Craig increased her lead over Republican former state Rep. Victoria Sullivan overnight.
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