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12/29/2025

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12/29/2025

There is police activity in the area of Valley St and Maple St.

Please stay out of the general area to include areas near Gill Stadium and the Maple Valley Plaza

Valley St . ( east and west) is closed and there is no traffic moving north on Maple St.

Thank you for your cooperation.

12/29/2025

Did you buy beef for yourself, your family or friends to consume between Aug. 1, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2019? You may be eligible for part of a $87.5 million settlement.

12/29/2025

A new comic strip from Izzy DelOrfano.

Lizard Think: A comic strip by Izzy DelOrfano.

12/29/2025

John Irving’s breakthrough novel The World According to Garp (1978) won the National Book Award and was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize. Showing his versatility, he also received an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cider House Rules (2000) and a Lambda Literary Award, given to writers add...

12/29/2025

The celebration began with a social hour and community meal at the downtown YWCA, which became a hub of fellowship, learning and gratitude. As it has, off and on, for the past 30 years in Manchester, the annual Kwanza celebration serves as a way to education the public about the history of the cultu...

12/29/2025

As major changes to the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go into effect next year, local pantries and charitable organizations are stepping up to feed Granite Staters—especially as holidays and the winter season increase demand.

12/28/2025

Building a detention facility in Merrimack would make our town complicit in cruelty and human rights abuses. These facilities operate by warehousing human beings, often for months or years, under harsh conditions that dehumanize and traumatize adults and children alike. Detention has been shown to c...

12/28/2025

A fire sparked by an unattended candle gutted a Grove Street residence Saturday.

12/27/2025

NH Rep. David Preece is up on The Soapbox today:

This proposal is not simply about square footage and bathrooms. It is about whether New Hampshire wants to participate in a system that treats human beings as cargo — to be warehoused and moved around without due process.

12/26/2025

The skies are turning overcast, and a chill is settling in. Expect a high of 21°, but it will feel more like a brisk 13° with the winds from the northwest