Jun 7, 2021
MANCHESTER, NH. JUNE 7, 2021— SMITH BACKS GIRARD. Former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith is making an endorsement in the race for mayor of Manchester. Smith is backing Rich Girard, a fellow Republican who is running in the officially nonpartisan election against incumbent Mayor...
May 28, 2021
by Rich Girard Published in the Union Leader on May 28, 2021 BACKED BY Mayor Joyce Craig, Manchester school Superintendent Dr. John Goldhardt has “gone big” in an attempt to “restart high school” in the Queen City. To be sure, Manchester’s schools are struggling but...
May 27, 2021
For Immediate Release MANCHESTER, NH. May 27, 2021 — “Increased housing costs are a direct result of increased demand and insufficient supply. The goal of my proposal to increase housing is to identify and remove obstacles that get in the way of building more housing....
Apr 13, 2021
by Rich Girard Published in the Union Leader on April 13, 2021 MANCHESTER need not choose between helping those needing recovery and protecting its neighborhoods. A March 21, 2021 article in the Union Leader revisited the issue of “sober homes” that are illegally...
Feb 19, 2021
by Rich Girard Published in the Union Leader on February 19, 2021 ON JAN. 25, 2021, the Manchester Board of School Committee adopted a policy regarding “transgendered and gender non-conforming” students. On Feb. 8, 2021, it defeated Committeeman Arthur Beaudry’s...
Dec 27, 2020
by Rich Girard Published in the Union Leader on December 27, 2020 HAVING RECENTLY received my tax bill in Manchester, I noticed something. The tax increase, projected by both Mayor Joyce Craig and the Board of Aldermen at .49%, was actually nearly triple that amount...
