On the upside: Spice seems to have slowed some since the efforts of MPD to crack down on the higher-intensity areas that we have been discussing over the past few weeks. READ MORE
It was almost too hot to have fun – and then Manchester Fire Department’s Engine 6 rolled in to Parkside Middle School, and all the real fun began. READ MORE
The meeting will be held at the Carol Rines Center on Elm Street. READ MORE
Although he has a long road to full recovery ahead, thanking those who came to his rescue was the best medicine for Vossbrinnk, who is lucky to be alive, according to District Fire Chief Michael Gamache. READ MORE
All members of the team wore full hazardous material suits and breathing apparatus. READ MORE
City fire crews were busy Sunday with back-to-back fire calls, one of them aided by the heroics of two passers-by, and the other ruled an arson. READ MORE
Historically, since the inception of the city’s proposal and adoption of the Yarger-Decker pay scale, cost of living adjustments have been consistently applied to the City’s Unions. This year the City has been reluctant to follow this decades-old practice. Jeff Duval, President of Local 856, has stated repeatedly, “The Fire Fighters in the City are not looking for more than anyone else, we simply want to be treated the same as the other groups. The cost of living doesn’t change based upon what City department you work for.” READ MORE
Is a “success” someone who is admitted to a program, clean for a month, then uses once and turns back to the program to get back on track? Or is that a “failure?” If someone who goes through and is clean for years but falls off the wagon one day a success or a failure? This is a disease and one we are still learning about every day. Look at other diseases like cancer. If you undergo radiation and chemo and are clear for years but it comes back, do you automatically look at that like a failure or was it a success? READ MORE
Manchester fire officials are investigating two unrelated fires that kept crews busy in the early hours Monday. READ MORE
Fire officials say solar panels on both sides of the roof presented a challenge for firefighters as they worked to extinguish the fire. READ MORE
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