Author: Rich Girard

Budget Brawls, Predictable Outcome.  Published 11:59 PM on June 4, 2012.  CORRECTED 6/5 AT 9 AM The special budget meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen was intense, but predictable.  Passions boiled over several times as...

BREAKING May 29, 2012 4:15 PM Manchester Education Association President Ben Dick denied there was any pending deal on a contract extension in discussion with Girard at Large this afternoon.  Said Dick:  “I’ve had...

May 23, 2012  11:00 PM Teachers Flame Contract Extension Proposal. With the votes of more than 850 Manchester teachers tallied, the proposed contract extension negotiated between Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and Manchester...

Filed on May 23, 2012 Below is the entire email chain that now exists in our efforts to get the Goffstown School District to explain its legal basis for everything it is doing with respect to the approval of administrator...

Breaking:  May 22, 2012 @ Noon.   Girard at Large has learned that Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and Manchester Education Association President Ben Dick have agreed to terms that repair the “legal glitch” that nearly...

Radio talk show host Rich Girard, a former assistant to former Manchester Mayor Raymond J. Wieczorek, former Alderman at Large and candidate for mayor offered a suggestion to resolve the apparent impasse that arose over the...

May 21 10:45 PM:   After a more than 3 hour meeting, the Manchester School Board adjourned after voting to send a letter to the NH Retirement System asking whether or not a provision in the contract was legal.   At issue is a...

ALERT! Girard at Large has learned that the Association of Manchester Principals and Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas formally entered into a tentative agreement this morning. While the specific terms were not disclosed, it is...

BREAKING (5/21/12 4:15 PM): Girard at Large has learned that Goffstown School Board Vice Chair Dian McCarthy has annouced she will no longer participate in any discussions regarding the search for a consultant to analyze the...

Posted May 18, 2012 Goffstown Superintendent Stacy Buckley replied to the Right to Know request we submitted in relation to the controversy surrounding the search for a consultant to assess the situation at Mountain View Middle...