Joseph “Skeeter” Maurice Brideau (75), died peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on June 22, 2025, surrounded by family. Born in Fitchburg, MA, he was the son of Estelle (Bergeron) Brideau ...

In his first three months on the job back in 2013, Manchester Town Administrator Greg Federspiel was met with a pile of decidedly “local” issues. A grant application for sea wall repairs at Singing ...

Last week at a meeting of the Manchester Select Board, Antonio Barletta was sworn in as the new Manchester Town Administrator, replacing Greg Federspiel, who will officially retire on June 30. With ...

To the Editor, The Friends of Memorial Park Improvement Project, Inc. (FOMPIP) formed as a non-profit organization in 2018 with the goal of improving the Annie Gosbee Field (baseball) and building the ...

On July 1, Manchester’s town flagpole will raise a replica of the earliest known American flag, the “Forster Flag,” to mark America’s 250th anniversary of Independence. The flag, a replica of the ...

The Hanson Milone Safe Boating law was signed by the Gov. Maura Healy in January. The law requires boaters to complete a state-approved boating safety course and obtain a safety certificate before ...

There are many important projects in various stages that the Town of Manchester has in the works. The following provides a status report on many of them. Pleasant Street Paving: The end of the ...

First on the docket is a special permit application for 44 Main Street, the former Main Street Antiques building. The plan includes one commercial unit and six two-bedroom residential units. Back in ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Manchester Essex boys tennis team earned a top-three seed in the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament with a memorable regular season, blazed through the tournament ...

It was a daunting trip, followed by a matchup with a daunting foe. The ninth-seeded Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team traveled a long way over land and sea to meet top seed Nantucket on the Whalers ...

Higher prices: As previously mentioned, tariffs are often passed on to the consumer. The more tariffs a country imposes, the harder it is for its citizens to avoid higher costs on everyday items.

he Manchester Essex girls tennis team spent more than half a season attempting to find its groove. Once the team did, that groove brought them all the way to the state title match against one of the ...