MANCHESTER, N.H. – Ward 5 Alderman Jason Bonilla has submitted a letter to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen nominating Shirley Tomlinson for the role of Board

As the first full month of the 2026-’27 School Year was coming to a close, leaders of the Manchester School District told members of the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) that class size issues were improving, but staffing problems remained.

The city’s recent property value reassessment drew criticism and concern during the Oct. 6, 2026 Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) meeting with the deadline to challenge preliminary property revaluation assessments looming in the near future.

In a 7-5 roll call vote, the Manchester Board of Aldermen have accepted the nomination of Don Spencer over Randy Tremblay to replace outgoing Ward 7 Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) Member Chris Potter.

Although the Manchester School District saw mixed results in recently released 2026 state assessments, district officials reported at the September Board of School Committee (BOSC) Teaching and Learning Committee that several Manchester public schools posted double digit improvements in the state assessments and are now attempting to understand why these particular schools excelled and whether their efforts can be replicated elsewhere.

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and various local elected officials gathered at Manchester Fire Department Station 7 on Tuesday afternoon to help support U.S. Senate Candidate Chris Pappas as they joined local firefighters for lunch and a tour of the station.

Another month has ended and Manchester Ink Link Assistant Editor Andrew Sylvia sat down with Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais to look back at what happened in city government in September as well as looking forward to what’s coming up in the near future.

A long-delayed plan to redevelop the Hartnett Parking Lot, officially designated as 99 Lowell St., into a mixed-use building returned to the Manchester Planning Board on Oct. 1, 2026 with a new proposal caught in-between the city’s urgent need for housing and concerns about the character of a neighborhood and disruptions to parking availability.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin met with local officials at the end of September for a tour of the future outfall for the Cemetery Brook Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) drainage tunnel, praising the project for its progress to date.

With the 2026 Major League Baseball Regular Season now over, former New Hampshire Fisher Cat Gabriel Moreno has the first-ever Arizona Diamondbacks player to win a National League batting title.

In addition to more extensive discussions about requests on Titus Avenue and South Lincoln Street, the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) had several other significant hearings during their September 2026 meeting.

The Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) Committee on Policy made the focus on their September 2026 meeting into a look on revisiting and clarifying some of the Manchester School District’s discipline policies and procedures in a pair of discussions.

During their September 2026 meeting, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) Special Committee on Athletics examined financial barriers for student athletic participation stemming from recent changes to insurance liability and the barriers regarding athletic physicals.

As Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) prepares for a new master plan, it is looking for public feedback on what the MHT of the future should look like.

This month, the Manchester Board of School Committee (BOSC) Committee on Education Legislation indicated that Manchester's public schools may pursue a lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire regarding a potential $10 million cut in state aid.

The Manchester School District’s transportation system has seen an evolution in recent years as district leaders provided several updates on how that system is facing the new school year during the Manchester Board of School Committee’s (BOSC) first meeting of September 2026.

During the Sept. 9, 2026 Manchester Board of School Committee’s (BOSC) Committee on Finance and Facilities, Manchester School District Assistant Superintendent Kelly Espinola was given guidance to seek out bids for the construction of new security vestibules at Smyth Road Elementary School, Gossler Park Elementary School and Jewett Street Elementary School.

A $10 million renovation effort is coming to an end and it has transformed one of Manchester’s most historic buildings from what had become an emptied commercial office space into a new set of downtown apartments.

On the morning of Sept. 21, the Manchester Department of Public Works officials were notified of potential structural deficiencies identified during a routine NH Department of Transportation inspection of the Queen City Bridge.

During their first meeting of September 2026, the Manchester Planning Board has approved some, but not all of, requested impact fee waivers for new housing units at what was Hallsville Elementary School.