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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Charges are “forthcoming” in a shooting that occurred in Rollins Park on Monday, Concord Police said Friday. Few details have been released about the shooting, which left one person wounded. They were struck in the head but sustained...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In 2021, Concord City Council voted to change a city holiday, renaming the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This year, a new state law compels New Hampshire’s towns and cities to recognize it by its traditional name, Columbus Day.A...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Amy Cericola and her fiance, Mark DeAngelis, knew they didn’t want a big wedding.They met on a dating app two years ago and realized that they live just across the river from each other – her in Pembroke, him in Allenstown. They’re both in their 50s...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Canterbury residents are set to see a major increase on the school portion of their December tax bill, town officials wrote late last month.The 25% jump means a homeowner with an assessed property value of $400,000 will experience a tax hike of...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Site work has begun in the first phase of construction of a mixed-use project off Manchester Street and Black Hill Road in Concord. The development, once complete, would include 385 housing units, commercial space for retail stores, a restaurant, gas...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Organizations looking to apply for the city’s event grant program are now required to be 501(c)(3) non-profits and present a financing match, among other new requirements announced by the city manager’s office Monday. The grant program, created in...

By DAVID BROOKS

A just-released look at the attitudes of people in New Hampshire tells a sobering story: In recent years Granite Staters have been feeling more isolated and less connected to their town or city, have become more suspicious of government and are...

By DAVID BROOKS

A small, dilapidated building that once controlled railroad traffic throughout the region but has been on the verge of being demolished for years has been included on the latest Seven to Save list. “Because physical examples of railroad history and...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In recent weeks, Bow parents who wore pink armbands at soccer games to express their opposition to transgender girls participating on girls’ teams have sparked a heated debate over gender identity in sports and free speech.At the center of this...

Some homes around Concord have gone all out for the spooky season, adorning their front lawns with characters typically seen in horror movies.The decor isn’t for the faint of heart, especially as dusk turns to dark.To bring in the holiday spirit,...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

NORTH SUTTON – Hopkinton midfielder Noah Aframe’s throw-in acumen is thanks to his basketball skills, and he dished out two alley-oop-like throws to assist jumping strikers in the box. The throws backstopped the Hawks’ 3-1 boys’ soccer win over...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re looking for a Christmas tree this year, there’s a very New Hampshire-ish option to consider: Cutting down a wild one in the White Mountain National Forest.Yes, it’s legal and has been for well over a decade, although you do need a permit....

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Bow parent previously banned from school property for wearing a pink armband in protest of transgender girls playing on girls’ sports teams can now attend his daughter’s soccer games, following a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday.During the Sept. 17...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Evelyn Miller knew people living in a kibbutz, or community, in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. When a neighboring kibbutz was attacked by Hamas, some of them ran over to help. Four of them were killed, she said.It’s part of the reason she attended a vigil on...

By DAVID BROOKS

Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Humana and Wellcare, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley’s bus driver shortage grew so dire on Monday that Superintendent Randy Wormald found himself behind the wheel of a van en-route to Loudon.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re getting...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School Board voted Monday to transfer approximately $1.1 million from two trust funds to cover gaps in special education and capital improvement expenses that have arisen since voters approved the district’s $48.3 million...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A shooting at Rollins Park Monday night left one person wounded, according to Concord Police.No charges have yet been filed as result of the incident, but everyone involved has been located and identified, Deputy Chief of Police John Thomas...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The room fell silent as Franklin City Council candidate Valerie Blake reached into a plastic pumpkin bucket and withdrew a slip of paper. Her opponent, former school board member Al Warner, followed suit.Whoever drew the higher number would win the...

By ARIANNA MacNEILL

A flurry of pink-clad fans watched Concord High School’s football team prevail over Windham Friday night, supporting the team but also drawing attention to breast cancer.Concord cheerleaders wore pink to raise awareness as well.Oct. 1 marked the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Five soldiers from the New Hampshire National Guard are deploying to Florida early this week to help prepare for Hurricane Milton.Troops will head to Camp Blanding in the northeast corner of the state, about halfway between Gainesville and...