Manchester News

To the Editor: One thing that may be said of church scandals is that their occurrence is nearly the only time that most Catholics talk out loud about their faith or, in many cases, their departure from it.

IT'S AN AFFECTING story. Matthew Desmond, writing in The New York Times Magazine, profiles Vanessa Solivan, a poor single mother raising three children.

With a win tonight, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats would capture their third Eastern League championship.

As New Hampshire's baby boomers age, the state's 212,000 workers 50 to 64 are contemplating retirement in different ways and at ages older than previous generations.

The state's largest firefighters union endorsed 1st Congressional District candidate Chris Pappas after his decisive primary win earlier this week.

State officials issued a public health threat declaration Thursday for southern New Hampshire for West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis.

Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced his office reached a five-year settlement agreement over child sexual abuse charges with St. Paul's School to monitor behavior on its campus, provide training to staff and services to victims.

CONCORD ' St. Paul's School graduate Owen Labrie sat in the front row Thursday as the New Hampshire Supreme Court heard his appeal seeking to overturn a felony conviction for use of a computer in furtherance of a sex crime.

A fierce lobbying campaign by wood energy advocates had the desired effect on Thursday, as lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to override Gov. Chris Sununu's veto of a bill designed to help sustain the state's six wood-burning power plants and the forestry industry.

New Hampshire's largest Boy Scout organization kicks off a new era today when it begins officially signing up girls as Cub Scouts, part of the groundbreaking decision last year by Scouts nationwide to open its membership to girls.

City officials are backing a plan to explore whether a new hotel would be appropriate for the downtown area.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will be in New Hampshire on Friday, Sept. 21, for a conversation on 'Civility, Cooperation, Compromise: Why Our Constitutional Republic Requires Them.'

The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to raise sewer rates to 4.65 per 100 cubic feet in 2019, 4.85 in 2020, 4.85 in 2021 and 4.95 in 2022 following the recommendation of town Finance Director Nicole McGee.

What began Wednesday afternoon as an 'emergency situation involving a minor' appears to have ended with the child being found safe in Haverhill.

Manchester resident Daniel Sullivan has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms, federal prosecutors announced.

Democratic Congresswoman Annie Kuster congratulated Republican state Rep. Steve Negron on his 2nd District win in a hard-fought GOP primary and pledged to avoid negative attacks on her opponent in the weeks leading up to the general election.

Fresh from his victory in the 1st District Democratic primary for Congress, Executive Councilor Chris Pappas greeted supporters at his family-owned restaurant, the Puritan Backroom, with a pledge to 'keep making the case on the issues that matter to the people of the Granite State.'

Linda Philibert was unfazed on that day in 2016, when a gaggle of crowded around the counter where she sat in Blake's Restaurant. On Wednesday, it was much the same.

The First Congregational Church is raising money for its stained glass window project with a concert by The Funky Divas of Gospel.

Local business owners are selling 'spudcrow' heads to be placed on scarecrows to raise money for outdoor wall murals, including one on the side of Cask Vine.