In a unanimous vote on Tuesday night, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved a request from Manchester Fire Department Chief Ryan Cashin for the city to pursue a FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant, ignoring a committee recommendation last month.
Manchester aldermen approved a request by the city fire chief to apply for grant funding to hire firefighters that was rejected last month at the committee level.
POLITICAL STORM CLOUDS are swirling over City Hall, with school board members firing back at a recent vote by aldermen seeking a “pause” in plans to close one Manchester school
A REQUEST BY the city fire chief to apply for grant funding to hire firefighters was rejected last week by a committee of aldermen, to the surprise of some.