Housing money could pay for Keefe, and the Y has a new chief
Plus two dead on Route 101, a city property auction, and the Multicultural Festival's second try
Madison Bennett
September 28, 2026
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Happy Monday, Nashua 🌧️
Rain most of the afternoon with a high near 59, and there could be thunder in it after 5. It clears overnight and then the week climbs: 67 Tuesday, 73 Wednesday, and 79 by Thursday.
The mayor has a way to pay for Keefe Auditorium that leans on the housing going up at the old Elm Street Middle School. The Y has a new chief executive after more than 30 years under the same one. And a Nashua firefighter who died in 1909 finally got his name on the state memorial Saturday.
The Multicultural Festival gets its second try this Saturday, and the forecast looks a lot kinder than it did last weekend.
Let’s dive in.
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What’s Happening Around Nashua
Housing money could pay for Keefe Mayor Jim Donchess wants a tax increment financing district that would send about $18 million from the housing project at the old Elm Street Middle School toward fixing up Keefe Auditorium, which also lets that housing move ahead on its own. The commission’s preferred options run $28.8 million to $34.3 million, so another $11 million to $16 million still has to be raised, and the doors would not reopen until late 2032 at the earliest. Nashua Ink Link
The Nashua Y has a new chief executive Joe Manzoli took over as president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Nashua on September 1, after running the Nashua branch since 2008 and spending most of the years since as chief operating officer. He follows Mike LaChance, who led the Y for more than three decades. YMCA of Greater Nashua
A Nashua firefighter from 1909 makes the state memorial George Hidden was a 69-year-old driver for the Nashua Fire Department and the oldest working engine driver in New Hampshire when he fell from a fire cart in 1909 and was struck by it. His name went up Saturday in Concord alongside three others at the memorial’s 20th anniversary service. Nashua Ink Link
Nashua PAL honors its young athletes next week The Police Athletic League’s Night of Champions gala is October 8 at Sky Meadow Country Club, with about 300 people expected and nine youth champions being recognized in basketball, football, track, cross country, cheerleading and boxing. Jen Jordan is coach of the year and Kalin Carroll is PAL of the year. The Nashua Independent
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Upcoming Events in the Area
Public hearing on more landfill PFAS money Monday, September 28 at 7 PM
Nashua City Hall, aldermanic chamber, Nashua, NH (229 Main St, Nashua, NH 03060)
The aldermen take public comment on borrowing another $345,000 from the state’s Clean Water fund for the PFAS and leachate removal work at the Four Hills Landfill. Learn More
Resource center stakeholders session Tuesday, September 29 at 6 PM
Nashua City Hall auditorium, Nashua, NH (229 Main St, Nashua, NH 03060)
City officials sit down with community groups to work through how the temporary resource center at Harbor Care will actually run. Learn More
Nashua city property auction Friday, October 2 at 12 PM
Nashua City Hall, third-floor auditorium, Nashua, NH (229 Main St, Nashua, NH 03060)
Ten properties the city took for unpaid taxes go up for bid, with bidding starting at 1 PM once registration closes. You have to be there in person, and deposits are due at the door. Learn More
SNH Comic Bash Saturday, October 3 at 10 AM – 4 PM
Sheraton Nashua, Nashua, NH (11 Tara Blvd, Nashua, NH 03062)
A comic book show in the hotel ballroom, running since 2018, with vendors, original art for sale and artists and writers on hand to sign. Learn More
Nashua Multicultural Festival Saturday, October 3 at 12 PM – 5 PM
Le Parc de Notre Renaissance Française, Nashua, NH (23 Water St, Nashua, NH 03060)
The city’s annual festival on the Riverwalk, rained out last weekend, with cultural performances, music, food vendors and family activities. Admission is free. Learn More
Nashua Farmers Market Sunday, October 4 at 10 AM – 1 PM
Nashua Riverwalk, Nashua, NH (23 Water St, Nashua, NH 03060)
The weekly market runs from Bicentennial Park down to the pavilion with produce, bakers, flowers and crafts, plus a different musician each week. SNAP and Granite State Market Match are accepted. Learn More
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Other Happenings Around New Hampshire
Two killed in a crash on Route 101 in Amherst An Acura crossed into oncoming traffic Friday just west of the Merrimack Road overpass and hit a commercial oil tanker, and the drivers of both vehicles were killed. A third driver, in a utility truck towing a trailer, was not hurt, and Route 101 was shut both ways between Baboosic Lake Road and 101A for hours while hazmat crews worked. The Nashua Independent
The Queen City Bridge is open again Manchester put the Route 3 bridge over the Merrimack back in service Thursday, three days after the state ordered it closed when a routine inspection turned up rust and a cracked truss. Public works director Tim Clougherty said more testing had to come back before cars and people on foot could go over it. NHPR
Cheshire Medical closes its rehab unit The Keene hospital is shutting the 20-bed Farnum inpatient rehabilitation unit at the end of October and has already stopped taking new patients, cutting five jobs there and seven more in administration. It lost $3 million in the year that ended June 30, better than the $8 million it lost the year before, and outpatient rehab stays open. NHPR
That’s it for today.
Today is the wet one and the rest of the week is better. Friday hits 76 and sunny for the property auction at City Hall, and Saturday sits at 67 with sun for the Multicultural Festival on the Riverwalk and the comic show out on Tara Boulevard. The market Sunday has about a 30% chance of showers.
I’ll be back in your inbox Wednesday.
– The Nashua Note
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