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.

A South Lincoln Street property described by neighbors as a site of frequent police calls, alleged city ordinance violations and other concerns was at the center of a discussion during the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment’s September meeting, with the board unanimously denying the property owner’s variance request to turn it into a three-family home.

In a 4-1 decision, the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a set of variances for two townhouse dwellings proposed for 26 Titus Ave. during their September 2026 meeting.

Ink Link News Assistant Editor Andrew Sylvia took two rounds around the polling places of Manchester during 2026 Primary Election Day, here's a look back along with turnout numbers accumulated by Sylvia throughout the day.

A decision upon a subdivision application for a proposed development that would see 34 homes built off Wellington Road was postponed by the Manchester Planning Board during their Sept.3, 2026 meeting due to pending legal challenges and other lingering concerns such as stormwater management.

For over a century, Temple Adath Yeshurun, also known as TAY, has been a gathering place for the Queen City’s Jewish community. With the Jewish High Holidays about to commence, that continues to be the case as TAY seeks to blend tradition with new updates intended to enhance its community’s spiritual experience.

For months, New Hampshire Democrats have faced off against each other in the hopes of advancing their preferred candidate toward the party’s nomination and a spot on November’s general election ballot. Now that the slate has been settled, the immediate question is whether those months of internal struggle can be set aside in pursuit of a larger goal.