🌱 $5.6M Stadium Upgrade + Apply For Grants + Homeless Brush Fires

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First, today's weather:

A passing morning shower. High: 84 Low: 61.

Here are the top 3 stories in Manchester today:

1. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats asked the city of Manchester to split the cost of $5.6 million for improvements to Dental Stadium. Stadium improvements will bring Manchester's ballpark up to standards set last year by Major League Baseball and all 120 affiliated minor league teams. A special Aldermanic Committee meeting will be held at City Hall on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. to discuss the Fisher Cats' request. The upgrades will cost the team $2.8 million and would also cost the city about $2.8 million. (Subscription/The Union Leader)
2. Grant applications are now being accepted for school security project grants, said state education officials. The Security Action for Education (SAFE) grants can be applied for from July 5 until Aug. 26. Frank Edelblut, education commissioner, said in a statement that grants will be awarded "based on three major security risks" and "safety priorities for schools" including surveillance, access control and emergency alert systems. A total of $3.3 million in grants will be awarded to public schools in the early decision phase. (Subscription/The Union Leader)
3. The Manchester Fire Department was on scene Monday to extinguish a brushfire in the woods behind the U.S. Post Office on Goffs Falls Road, Manchester Information said in a Facebook post. The area, occupied by homeless camps, has caught on fire "multiple times" over the past 2 years. There was also a second small fire behind LaCaretta on South Willow Street, another place where there are homeless camps, the Facebook post said.

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Today in Manchester:

• Summer Credit Recovery — Manchester West High School. (All Day)
• BJ Hickman — The Rex Theatre. (10 a.m.)
• Oceans of Bubbles — Goffstown Public Library. (10 a.m.)
• Summer Camp: "High School Musical 2 Jr." (7 p.m.)
• FNC: Jimmy Cash and Friends! — The Rex Theatre. (7:30 p.m.)

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— Paula Constance

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