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By EILEEN O’GRADY
New Hampshire lawmakers are debating a bill that would prevent educators from teaching about systemic racism and sexism in public schools and state-funded programs. HB 544, titled an act “relative to the propagation of divisive topics,” seeks to limit...
By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH
Dawn Tyree was a child back in 1985 when she married the man who impregnated her.A couple years later, after years of physical and sexual abuse, she decided to leave her husband at just 17.As Tyree made her way into the world as a child herself with...
By EILEEN O’GRADY
A Concord High School teacher was arrested Thursday after police say he solicited sexual activity from a minor in exchange for money, and obtained images depicting child sexual abuse.Joshua Harwood, 36, of Manchester, who taught business at Concord...
By EILEEN O’GRADY
Every employee, volunteer or independent contractor who works with the Concord School District will be required to undergo a criminal background check and do training in child abuse prevention, according to a recently-updated policy.At the monthly...
By DAVID BROOKS
The irony is painful: On the year that it would have celebrated its 100th anniversary, Camp Spaulding is shut for good and up for sale.The financial strain of running the 57-acre summer camp at the intersection of Bog and River roads in Concord as a...
By ETHAN DeWITT
As a boy, Chris Sununu traveled down to down at Cape Canaveral with his father to watch the Challenger take off in person. But then the weather intervened.Sununu, a fifth-grader back in January 1986, went to Florida for the weekend with his father,...
By DAVID BROOKS
I am happy to say that the Space Force has come to New Hampshire, although not in the form that rocket fans might have hoped.Alas, they are not going to build a spaceport at Pease. You’ll have to continue going to Odiorne State Park to watch...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Police have identified a Hudson man who died Tuesday in a single-car crash on Route 106 in Concord.Nicholas Coolen, 27, was killed when he was ejected from a 2001 black Chevrolet Corvette traveling south from Loudon to the Capital City, Concord Deputy...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Ten-year-old Francesca Brown will have to wait a few more weeks to learn whether a city committee will support her calls to amend Concord’s backyard chicken ordinance, thereby getting her one step closer to realizing her dream of raising a flock.It...
By DAVID BROOKS
So many bad things are happening in the environment that the sight of what looks like huge balls of cotton candy all over some trees feels like the latest new disaster.But don’t fret: They’re routine and not as bad as they look.These aren’t gypsy...
By DAVID BROOKS
Rymes Propane and Oil, founded a half-century ago and long based in Concord, is being bought by a Canada energy firm for $159 million.The purchase by Superior Plus needs regulatory approval and is scheduled to wind up Sept. 30., Superior Plus is based...
By DAVID BROOKS
A drive-thru Starbucks is closer to appearing in the parking lot of the Capital Shopping Center, part of a proposed development that acts as a sort of stand-in for the denser, taller development that the city would like to see there.Concord has...
By TIM O’SULLIVAN
The country is searching for roads that lead to racial equality and social justice. Contoocook native Daryl Peasley hopes the Abenaki Trails can be one of them.The trails would offer a deeper understanding of the influence the Abenaki people had on...
By LEAH WILLINGHAMand ALYSSA DANDREA
Concord City Manager Tom Aspell’s pay increased steadily over the years to the point where he was the first city employee to make more than $200,000 in a single year.In 2019, Aspell made $200,828 in total compensation, which is more than...
By OLIVIA BURDETTE
If you’re looking to plan a beach day at one of New Hampshire’s state parks, you might want to book your reservations now.The first opening to get in at Wallis Sands State Park in Rye isn’t until Tuesday, July 28 and there’s only a handful of parking...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Richard McNamara was a newly minted graduate of Boston College Law School in 1975 when he was recruited by now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to work at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.Souter, then New Hampshire’s deputy...
By ANN GEHAN
Having a newborn baby is difficult enough, but Hillary d’Entremont never anticipated the challenges of raising an infant during a pandemic.D’Entremont, who gave birth in January, had planned for her daughter to join her son at day care once she was 3...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Victims of domestic violence and stalking in New Hampshire can now apply for protective orders online, in addition to filing in person at their local courthouse.The new remote filing option requires victims to contact one of the state’s 13 crisis...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A Manchester teenager who authorities allege has ties to multiple burglaries in the state, including firearm thefts, is in jail.Duncan Levey, 18, is being detained on three felony charges stemming from a Jan. 29 home invasion on Woodhill Hooksett Road...
By ALYSSA DANDREA
Two parolees are facing new felony charges after police say drugs, thousands in cash and a gun were found during a traffic stop in Franklin.Police said they recovered 20 grams of methamphetamine, 14 grams of heroin/fentanyl, $3,433 in cash and a .40...
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