Manchester News

The Palace Theatre in Downtown Manchester, NH announces the Palace Theatre Summer Music Tribute Series - beginning with a performance by Changes in Latitudes: The Premier Jimmy Buffet Tribute on Saturday, July 6th at 7:30 p.m. Comprised of world-class musicians, and travelling with a full tropical stage set-up, Changes In Latitudes recreates the ... (more)

"At first it almost sounded like a joke but when I saw the knife I knew it wasn't a joke," said clerk Bob Hogan, 65.

Devotion to public service and rugged individualism are two values deeply ingrained in every New Hampshire child growing up.

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Monday, May 27, 2013 With Memorial Day Weekend upon us we are now entering the "unofficial" start to summer.

"She was willing to use her daughter as an object to achieve sexual gratification for herself....and left her daughter feeling guilty for her own victimization," U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro said when sentencing Lisa A. Biron, 43.

The Senate voted 13-11 Thursday down party lines to kill a bill that would have reestablished the state's minimum wage law.

The aldermen voted on Tuesday to broaden a request from Alderman-At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur to review the cell phone policy of the Manchester Police Department to cover all city departments.

John Huff/Staff photographer A tow truck owned by Bill's Service is judged in for awards at the Tow Association Rodeo Sunday at the Hampton Beach State Park.

CONCORD The Senate Finance Committee Wednesday night voted 4-2 to reject Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and instead establish a commission to study the potential impact on the state.

Manchester used to have a full-time economic development director. He resigned in November.

The New Hampshire Transportation Department is going to close the on-and-off ramps of Exit 4 on Interstate 293 in Manchester for bridge and deck work.

Car owner John Green of Deering, looks at his burned Toyota Corolla in the Home Depot parking lot in Manchester on Wednesday.

Mike Carlton, right, of Calling All Cargo Moving and Storage, accepts the 2013 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for a small business from Howard Brodsky, left, chairman, and Robert Shomphe.

Police are searching for a man they say brandished a pipe as he robbed Han's Food Mart on Maple Street Tuesday night.

Curtis Smith, president of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester , has announced the award of a $2,000 grant from the Lewis Downing Trust.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved $177,000 in contingency funds to repair the track at Livingston Park.

Nazar Lopushansky, 30, was the operator of Engelwood Construction, a Manchester-based construction company that in 2009 was financially distressed, the release said.

The House Wednesday killed Gov. Maggie Hassan's pet proposal to bring casino gambling to New Hampshire and with it an estimated $80 million in revenue in the next two years and $130 million in gaming taxes in ensuing years.

Rep. Patricia Lovejoy, D-Stratham, warned that proponents promises of revenue and jobs are overblown and that the bill will lead to "proliferation" of more casinos in fugure years.