Culture
In Memoriam Video: Celebrities we lost in 2022
A look back at 2022: Celebrity deaths. READ MORE
Month: January 2023
Business
Car accident causes Manchester-area Xfinity outage
An Xfinity service outage caused buy a car accident had Manchester customers frustrated and without internet, phone and more for most of Wednesday. READ MORE
City Hall
City will open West Side senior center for overnight emergency shelter, but continues to seek alternatives
Kimberly Drohan has spent the past decade serving the city’s most senior citizens at the William Cashin Senior Activity Center on the West Side. As Senior Center Manager, she and two other staff members manage the flow of some 150 seniors who come through daily for exercise classes, socializing and special events. She objects to the city’s plan to open the Cashin center as an emergency overnight shelter. After listening to the Board of Aldermen discuss the plan during Tuesday’s meeting Drohan spent the night tossing and turning, then penned a letter expressing her reservations. READ MORE
Civics
House votes on rules for guns, prayers, remote participation
With initial organization for the session out of the way, the House got to work codifying the set of rules they will use over the next biennium on Wednesday morning, with several proposed amendments to list of over 100 current House rules established by previous sessions of the House. Here are a few of the highlights. READ MORE
City Hall
BMA Committee recommends application for Sheehan-Basquil expansion grant
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) Committee on Community Improvement recommended ten proposals on Tuesday night, including approval to pursue a grant that would extensively renovate Sheehan-Basquil Park. READ MORE
City Hall
Stebbins Community Center group withdraws from proposed location next to Parkside
The Board of Directors of the Mark Stebbins Community Center has unanimously voted to seek a new location to place their proposed facility for children and families on the West Side. READ MORE
Around Town
Meet Joe Dakin NH Artist
Meet Joe Dakin, a NH Artist who is using his art to speak to the issues surrounding Climate Change. Joe and I first met at Manchester’s First Mural Festival last year. He expressed a strong READ MORE
Around Town
Welcome to Cat Alley Cafe: Artist’s creation inspires brand refresh with artful focus at Bookery’s cafe
Tulip Hospitality owner and operator Tom Puskarich’s latest venture has a new name and new look. Formerly known as Café at Bookery, the rebranded Cat Alley Cafe inside the downtown bookstore is inspired by Brooke Van Gurp, Cat Alley muralist and longtime employee of Restoration Café – and now operations manager at Cat Alley Cafe. READ MORE
High School Sports
Crusaders beat Trinity in both boys’ and girls’ basketball on Tuesday
Manchester Memorial earned Queen City bragging rights on Tuesday night, taking a pair of basketball wins against cross-town rival Trinity. READ MORE
City Hall
Tensions rise at Aldermanic meeting over homelessness on Manchester Street
Discussion got heated on Tuesday night Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) meeting as the topic returned once again to homelessness, this time largely around residents and business owners in the vicinity of the Families in Transition Shelter on Manchester Street. READ MORE
