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N.H. is finally getting a Tesla service station
By DAVID BROOKS
Tesla is finally coming to New Hampshire after years of false starts and while the news is exciting for many people, it would have been more exciting a couple of years ago.A 50,000-square-foot Tesla dealership and service center is under construction...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash
By JON GAMBRELL
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on...
NH missed a court deadline to end ER boarding. But it's making some progress.
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
For the last year, New Hampshire has been staring down a deadline for ending a persistent problem: patients languishing in emergency rooms for days or weeks, due to a lack of inpatient mental health care.Last May, a federal judge ruled that had to end...
Iditarod champ had Concord roots
By MARK THIESSEN
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rick Mackey, the winner of the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died of lung cancer, his daughter told The Associated Press Wednesday. Mackey, who died Monday, was 71.The Mackey name is closely tied to the history of the...
Monitor bids farewell to Ray Duckler
By JONATHAN VAN FLEET and STEVE LEONE
Ray Duckler, the Concord Monitor’s undisputed leader in bylines published at the paper, is calling it a career.Duckler’s service to Concord area readers and New Hampshire journalism has spanned almost four decades and has included an impressive list...
Area nursing homes warn new federal staffing standards could reduce capacity
By KELLY BURCH
New staffing mandates from the federal government will likely reduce the number of nursing home beds available in the Monadnock Region, officials say, leaving people who need a higher level of care less able to access it.The new rules, which were...
Child care providers: We like the $25K grant, love the free business coaching
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Ellen Grudzien is the founder, executive director, accountant, and landscaper for Let’s Grow Outside, a preschool program with classrooms in Amherst and an outdoor-based program in Bedford. In that, Grudzien is not unique among child care providers...
Forecasting the future is hard – and it’s harder in the energy transition
By DAVID BROOKS
The folks who run New England’s power grid think New Hampshire is going to see big changes in the creation and the use of electricity over the next decade, with a ton of new solar panels feeding a ton of new heat pumps and roughly 200,000 more...
Despite using federally funded math coaches, Concord math scores show little improvement
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
It was supposed to be a yearlong effort to help blunt and ultimately reverse pandemic-related learning loss in math.Using relief funding from the federal government, the Concord School District pulled six expert math teachers from their classrooms in...
Environmental advocates wary of state’s industry-friendly solid waste rules
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
After years of operating under outdated solid waste regulations, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has proposed updated rules, but environmental advocates are concerned these changes may favor the waste industry over environmental...
Who’ll foot bill for water projects?
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
With the largest increases in proposed city spending next year tied to major water and sewer projects on the Heights, some city councilors appear open to leaning harder on developers to pay for growth-driven infrastructure improvements.The more than...
Concord solidifies plan to respond to homelessness
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Twice a day the fire department can expect a call relating to homelessness in some way, whether it’s a fire at an encampment that needs to be extinguished; the river flooded with high rains and campers are stuck on the banks, or a medical emergency...
Hometown Hero: Hopkinton PE teacher Jordan Whitaker ran the Boston Marathon as support runner for para-athlete
By CHLOE RATTEE
Hopkinton physical education teacher Jordan Whitaker ran her third Boston Marathon last month – but her first as a support runner to a para-athlete. “It’s awesome to be able to be a part of that,” said Whitaker. “It’s nice to feel like you’re proud...
New book by Mike Pride captures NH literary era
By RAY DUCKLER
Before he died last spring from a rare blood cancer at age 76, the community knew the local newspaper editor was a well-rounded author, a prolific writer who loved the written word and its ability to summon clear images without being verbose.For...
Cottage community rebuilds beloved dock after it was destroyed in boat crash
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
The Keewaydin Cottages feel like the set of a movie.Tall pines stand sentry on Lake Winnipesaukee’s rocky shoreline, and the air’s humidity-muffled stillness is cut only by the quiet lapping of waves against the small beach and the deep, hollow...
Concord planning board approves new casino zoning
By DAVID BROOKS
A proposal to limit casinos in Concord to fewer locations while the city writes new laws to control their use got approval Wednesday from the Planning Board and will go before the public in July before the City Council decides what to do.The proposed...
2023 hit farmers hard. Now, many say NH's Ag department is making things worse in 2024
By KATE DARIO
At the start of every growing season for the past 14 years, James Steever, who co-owns Generation Farm in Concord, works his fields, plants his seeds — and hand-delivers his organic certification application to the New Hampshire Department of...
Barrington entrepreneur giving new life to single-use plastic
By MATTHEW J. MOWRY
Nathan Gray has an endless supply of raw materials for his products. He would like to see that change. Gray is CEO of Plastic Recycled, a Barrington-based company that is “creating new life from single-use plastics,” as the company’s tagline states.To...
Parental notification bill passes Senate
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A bill that would require teachers to notify parents at least two weeks before they introduce content about sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, passed the Senate Thursday, much to the chagrin of its longest-serving...
‘A little bit of kindness can go a long way’: Belmont continues honoring legacy of Jake Deware
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Belmont baseball coach Matt LeBlanc looked up at the scoreboard and saw that his Red Raiders had scored 11 runs against Winnisquam. He felt a chill move up his spine.On May 6, the program had partnered with the Jake Deware Kindness Project to carry on...
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