Manchester Charter Question: A Backdoor to School Board Taxing Authority–Updated
The question asking Manchester voters to amend the city charter seems simple enough. It...
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Tag: Dick Anagnost
Mayor Ted Gatsas on the Budget, Opioid Epidemic and Economic Development
(Hours 3a,b,c) Rich spoke to Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas. The conversation covered the...
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Advancement Assistance with Manchester Community Resource Center
(Hour 2c) Rich talked to to Renie Denton, Executive Director of the Manchester Community...
Read MoreMayor Ted Gatsas: Budgets and Hotels
(Hour 3b) Rich was joined by Mayor Ted Gatsas for this week’s edition of his segment. They talked about how the recent tax assessment will affect the budget, as well as the hotels that are expanding into Manchester. ...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for January 19, 2015
Girard at Large has obtained a presentation given by Hampstead Budget Committee Chairman Jorge Mesa-Tejada, whom we’ve nicknamed “Jorge the Horrible,” to the Hampstead School Board back in October regarding the...
Read MoreFamilies in Transition Event and the Risks of Eggnog
(Hour 2c) We were joined by Manchester Health Officer Tim Soucy for Public Health and Wellness. He and Rich told us about their Thanksgiving turkeys. They talked about a Families in Transition event that Tim attended and they...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for December 2, 2015
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen met last night and it was, well, interesting. Without providing the pending employee union contracts to the public for prior review and inspection as expected after their preliminary...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for October 30, 2015
“We’re here to announce today that we’re joining in with the fight against the epidemic facing our city. The private sector has come to the conclusion that government and non profits alone cannot face the...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for October 29, 2015
A sixty million dollar retail development project is on its way to the Queen City. Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and Economic Development Director Will Craig joined developers Dick Anagnost, Arthur Sullivan and Shane Brady at the...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for October 28, 2015
Assistant Manchester Superintendent David Ryan announced more good news regarding the district’s A P scores at Monday’s meeting of the Board of School Committee. At the meeting, Ryan said The College Board, which...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for March 6, 2015
In a follow up to a story we brought you earlier this week, Girard at Large has obtained information on the million dollar loan given to developer Dick Anagnost to build ninety units of high density, low income housing on Old...
Read MoreThe Folly Of Taxpayer Loans To Developers
(Hour 2a) Manchester developer Dick Anagnost says he can’t afford to make payments on a $1 million interest free loan from the city used to develop high density, low income housing because of the restrictions on what he can...
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