Nashua

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.nashuanh.gov/ (City of Nashua, Hillsborough County); city calendar https://www.nashuanh.gov/calendar.aspx
• Agendas, minutes and meeting notices (since February 2025): https://nashuanh.portal.civicclerk.com/. Earlier records are in the city's older archive, https://www.nashuanh.gov/AgendaCenter.
• Board of Education (the school district is separate): https://www.nashua.edu/our-district/board-of-education, with agendas and minutes at https://www.nashua.edu/our-district/board-of-education/boe-meeting-agendas-and-minutes
• Meeting video: Nashua Board of Aldermen meetings YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@NashuaBOAmeetings (the Board of Aldermen and many committees and boards). No video was found for the Board of Education.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor James W. Donchess
• Board of Aldermen (15 members; regular meetings usually the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7:30 PM, plus special hearing meetings): President Lori Wilshire (At-Large); Vice President Ben Clemons (At-Large); At-Large Michael B. O'Brien Sr., Shoshanna Kelly, Alicia Gregg, Amber Morgan; Ward 1 James Ravan; Ward 2 Richard A. Dowd; Ward 3 Patricia Klee; Ward 4 Thomas Lopez; Ward 5 Paula Johnson; Ward 6 Vengerflutta Smith; Ward 7 Tim Sennott; Ward 8 Derek Thibeault; Ward 9 John Sullivan
• Legislative Affairs Manager Donna L. Graham; Corporation Counsel Steve Bolton; City Clerk Daniel Healey
• Planning Department: Planning Manager Sam Durfee; Deputy Planning Manager / Zoning Carter Falk. Building Safety: William McKinney. Code Enforcement: Nelson Ortega
• Planning Board (1st and 3rd Thursday 7:00 PM) and Zoning Board of Adjustment (2nd and 4th Tuesday 6:30 PM; chair named in the minutes as Chair Minkarah)
• Committees of the Board of Aldermen: Finance (1st and 3rd Wednesday 7:00 PM), Budget Review, Infrastructure (2nd and 4th Wednesday), Human Affairs, Planning and Economic Development, Personnel/Administrative Affairs; Board of Public Works (about the 4th Thursday, 4:00 PM)
• Board of Education (regular meeting 2nd and last Monday 6:00 PM, Nashua High School North, 8 Titan Way): Superintendent Mario Andrade; members Jennifer Bishop, Jaimeika Lewis, Shewanda Lopez, Sharon Giglio, Santosh Salvi, Regan Lamphier, Kirsten Prinn, Rob Johnson and Heather Raymond

Data quality notes

• Schedules other than those stated on the city's and district's sites are observed 2026 patterns and may change. Meetings from 2026-11-04 onward have no minutes yet; later dates are scheduled only.
• Minutes marked draft on the city's site (Planning Board 2026-09-17, 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-15; Zoning Board of Adjustment 2026-10-27) are not yet approved. For the other minutes, approval status is not stated in the documents. A few documents were skimmed (see each meeting page).
• Board of Education agendas and minutes are posted but were not read, so those pages have no summary. The Planning Board minutes for 2026-10-15 carry a header and footer reading October 1; their content is the October 15 meeting.
• Not built: minor boards and committees that appear only on the city calendar (for example Conservation Commission, Library Trustees, Fire Commission, Historic District Commission, Arts Commission, Board of Health, Mine Falls and Greeley Park advisory committees). Video-only meetings of the Cable Television Advisory Board, Board of Assessors, a joint Infrastructure and Library Trustees meeting and the Homeless Services Gap Analysis Committee have minimal pages.
• The names of the Planning Board chair, the Zoning Board of Adjustment chair's first name, the Community Development director and the Board of Education officers were not confirmed, so they are not listed.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. Videos are YouTube auto-generated captions pending transcription; the video title for the 2026-10-06 special hearing mentions Budget Review, so its match is uncertain.