Good day Manchester! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Queen City Cop On Leave After Video Appears To Show Him Assaulting A Handcuffed Strangulation Suspect (patch.com) — Manchester residents are reacting after a cellphone video surfaced that appears to show Officer Justin Ketcham stomping on the back of a handcuffed domestic violence suspect on Bruce Road. The Manchester Police Department has placed Ketcham on administrative leave while its Professional Standards Unit investigates the arrest, which involved allegations the suspect strangled his elderly father and resisted officers.
2. Homebuying in America: Priced out of her hometown, she boosted her purchasing power (fox56.com) — A Manchester resident’s struggle to buy a home shows just how intense the city’s housing market has become, with homes selling far faster than the national average. By teaming up financially with her mother and using a homebuyer education program, she finally secured a modest house, illustrating both the challenges and possible paths for locals trying to stay in Manchester.
3. Unloaded weapon found in student backpack at Manchester middle school (unionleader.com) — Students and staff at Manchester’s McLaughlin Middle School briefly sheltered in place Thursday after staff discovered an unloaded weapon in a fifth grader’s backpack. The superintendent says the weapon was confiscated, the student removed, no one was hurt, and Manchester police will maintain an increased presence at the school while they investigate.
4. African refugee finds passion in painting images of 'struggle, strength of humanity (therochestervoice.com) — A Manchester-based refugee painter, Jozimar Matimano, is gaining recognition across New Hampshire for powerful portraits that explore beauty, struggle, and the immigrant experience. Though his latest show is at Rochester Public Library, he’s deeply involved with the Manchester Arts Commission and local creative projects, using his work to support and inspire fellow artists and neighbors.
5. Missing in History: The Woman Known As 'Lady Edison' (saturdayeveningpost.com) — Long before today’s tech scene, a young girl in 1850s Manchester went to work in the Amoskeag textile mills and began inventing safety devices. Margaret Knight later created the flat-bottomed paper bag machine, earned dozens of patents, and became a symbol of women’s inventive talent, but her story started in Manchester’s factory floors.
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