THERE'S JUST one problem with the aldermen's proposal to require city department heads to live in Manchester, according to Mayor Frank Guinta, and it's kind of a glaring one.
The proposal, he says, isn't legal.
"The Solicitor has advised me that he
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FOR MUCH of his time in office, Mayor Frank Guinta's campaign war chest has been awash in dollars.
Today, his coffers are bone dry.
Guinta, a Republican, says he didn't have any money left over when he closed the books on his campaign last fall, and he
MANCHESTER – A proposal to give the Board of Mayor and Aldermen a bigger say on the school district's finances won't be heading to the November ballot after all, officials on both sides of the issue said yesterday.
The measure was effectively killed
MANCHESTER – A local car dealership is giving the Mayor's Office free use of a 2008 Ford Taurus for the next two years.
Mayor Frank Guinta picked up the keys to the shiny new sedan yesterday after signing a two-year lease with AutoFair Ford. The car,
MANCHESTER – Former City Grants Administrator Dennis Hebert pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing about $22,800 while overseeing a federal anti-poverty program in Manchester.
In a plea agreement signed yesterday, federal prosecutors agreed to recommend
WITH HIS resignation letter already signed and delivered, Jonathan Cote was about to make a clean exit from the Manchester school board. Now, it seems, he may have to answer some questions.
At least two of Cote's colleagues on the board are crying foul
MANCHESTER – A superior court judge's prison sentence for the mastermind of a botched home invasion won near-universal praise from New Hampshire Union Leader readers yesterday, although some took issue with her characterization of the city as a
An anti-tax group that aims to curb municipal spending has wrapped up its petition drives in Manchester and Concord, announcing it has collected enough signatures to ensure its proposal will go before voters in both communities this November.
Officials
If Tammy Simmons has crunched her numbers right, the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition should by now have nearly all the signatures it needs to earn its spending-cap proposal a spot on the November ballot.
Clipboard-toting volunteers have been making