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Love and chocolate: a look inside Granite State Candy Shoppe
02-13-2025 8:03 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

From heart-shaped chocolates and candies with love messages to pink and red gummies and flower-adorned confections, Valentine’s Day at Granite State Candy Shoppe is quite the occasion.

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Special education takes center stage at Epsom school budget deliberative session
02-05-2025 2:08 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The cost of special education and the role of state assistance for schools took center stage at Epsom School District deliberative session Tuesday during one of the town’s most widely attended meetings in years, which drew more than 250 people to the Epsom Central School.


John Stark students participate in busy music festival season
02-04-2025 12:07 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The music festival season kicked off last month for students at John Stark Regional High School in Weare. Several band and choral musicians attended the 20th annual Granite State Invitational Music Festival on Jan. 9 alongside students from several other New Hampshire schools. John Stark students also participated in the Chamber Festival at the University of New Hampshire on Jan. 11.


Salisbury proposes 1.07% budget increase ahead of Monday hearing
01-31-2025 10:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

On Monday evening, Salisbury will hold its budget public hearing. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Academy Hall, which is located at 9 Old Coach Road. The total proposed budget for the town is $2,116,713 in comparison to last year’s spending of $1,980,140.84, meaning voters will see a proposed increase of 1.07%.


Leaders, grandmothers, friends: Meet the female trio running Epsom’s select board
01-29-2025 4:27 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Epsom’s three select board members – Cheryl Gilpatrick, Virginia Drew and Meadow Wysocki – chatted in the refurbished basement of the town’s Old Meetinghouse, a building the town came together to restore.


Mocktails on Main Street: A fun exploration of downtown non-alcoholic drinks
01-28-2025 3:00 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Whether you’re celebrating Dry January, don’t drink alcohol, or simply love fun drinks, mocktails could be the answer you’ve been waiting for. A good mocktail provides not only an alternative to alcohol but something to sip on, to savor, to feel like you’re part of the party.


Monica Shaw wanted to give blood. Her developmental disability prevented her
01-26-2025 11:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Monica Shaw wanted to donate blood. She had seen her mother, Sally-Jo Shaw, do it over the years and hoped to finally do so herself.


Frost-filled fun: Winter Fest returns this weekend with a hot cocoa tour, ice carving competition, food trucks, and more
01-22-2025 4:31 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Berit Brown dreamed of participating in a hot cocoa tour. She pictured people strolling along Main Street with mugs of steaming cocoa and a stampable passport in hand for rating their sips of liquid chocolate at various stops.


Update: Allenstown to purchase former elementary and middle school buildings, but faces delay
01-21-2025 1:05 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

At long last, Allenstown’s board of selectmen voted Monday evening to purchase both the Allenstown Elementary School and the Armand R. Dupont School from the school district for $1 each.


Creating change through kindness: Andrea Alexander’s Concord Kind Facebook group reshapes volunteerism
01-19-2025 7:55 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Andrea Alexander hit the “post” button in her new Facebook group, Concord Kind, back in September, she had no way of knowing that the virtual space she created would yield widespread impacts for so many in her community.


Their voices, their stories: Personal experiences with special education
01-14-2025 3:58 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Parents and advocates gathered alongside students at a rally in support of special education funding outside the State House with many more students and educators participating from their classrooms via Zoom. They say the state shouldn't downshift costs to the local level, which would continue to squeeze these badly needed, and legally-requires services. 


Two large land parcels in Allenstown and Hooksett to sell at auction on Jan. 16
01-12-2025 2:00 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Over 155 acres of land belonging to Plourde Sand & Gravel Company in Hooksett and Allenstown will be sold at foreclosure in two parcels at an auction Thursday. Both parcels have served as aggregate excavation sites under the company.


Constructing hope, building futures: Habitat for Humanity prioritizes home repairs and reselling affordable refurbished dwellings
01-06-2025 2:14 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Back in September, a team of Habitat for Humanity volunteers began work on Beth Riley’s Loudon home, spending countless hours repairing the floors, plumbing, counters, doorways, stairwells, and exterior.Riley learned about Habitat for Humanity when a...


From origin to transformation: William & Sons Coffee Co. brings a flavorful experience to Concord
01-03-2025 2:17 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

For Jonathan Hutchins, coffee is far more than a drink. It’s an ideology, an ecosystem, a source of connection between people and the natural world.“I enjoy finding out where things came from and how they work and how they came to us,” Hutchins said....


‘How many days?’: One nine-year-old girl's years-long wait for permanent residency and a visit home to the Philippines
01-02-2025 3:25 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Nine-year-old Khloe Tag-At sat at her dining room table, hunched over her sketchbook with a colored pencil in hand.“It’s Mount Apo,” Khloe said without glancing up. “The tallest mountain in the Philippines.”She smiled at the thought and continued to...


Red Apple Buffet could reopen if the building doesn’t sell
01-01-2025 8:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The owners of the former Red Apple Buffet in Concord are prepared to reopen the all-you-can-eat restaurant after the sale of the Loudon Road property fell through multiple times.“If it doesn’t sell in the near future, the owners will open it up...


Allenstown to hold discussion between Board of Selectmen and School Board about elementary school building
12-31-2024 3:40 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The Allenstown Board of Selectmen will hold a joint discussion with the school board on Thursday to continue gathering information as they weigh options on what to do with the former elementary School building.The town is considering purchasing the...


‘If I can make someone happy, then I’m happy’: 97 year-old woman crochets scarves for charity
12-29-2024 9:01 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lucienne Boisvert sat by the fireplace with her crochet hook, a skein of purple yarn, and a half-completed scarf. As she wove the hook in and out of holes at the end of the scarf and wrapped the yarn accordingly, the 97-year-old began to explain her...


New law to make follow-up breast cancer screenings covered by insurance
12-29-2024 9:00 AM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Carrie Becker received abnormal results back from her yearly mammogram, she underwent a series of tests. Three biopsies, three ultrasounds, three mammograms and one MRI later, she learned what the tests had confirmed: she had breast cancer.While...


Allenstown continues to weigh fate of elementary school building
12-25-2024 3:31 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Allenstown officials weighing whether or not the town can afford to purchase, maintain, and potentially renovate the former elementary school have a new concern that if they don’t, it could be turned into a charter school.The town is considering...


Accessibility and inclusion: Outdoor access, inclusive language, transportation, housing, special education, are 2025 priorities
12-25-2024 3:29 PM

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When disability rights advocate Mark Race drives around Concord and its surrounding towns, he wonders how many of the new homes and apartments being constructed are designed with accessibility in mind. Likely not many, Race estimates.  The Loudon...

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