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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord School Board voted to invite City Councilors to form a working group that would develop an action plan on renovations to Memorial Field.“Whether or not we end up moving forward with the master plan and the project, we have to take the next...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A new middle school in the South End would carry an $8 million higher price tag than one of the same size in East Concord, according to a new comparison presented to the Concord Board of Education.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Barb Higgins wants her fellow school board members to stop delaying the inevitable. The Concord Board of Education has been weighing the location of the new middle school should go to a public vote, either in the spring or the fall, or to simply work...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The online petition that started it all — calling for the school board to rescind its vote to move the middle school — has officially declared victory. The Concord Concerned Citizens, the group of residents who organized around their outrage to the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s school board is at a crossroads.An election day vote threw plans to build a new middle school into the ringer, and the board now faces a variety of options about what to do next. None have officially been ruled out, but their once-fervent...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Monday night’s school board meeting — the last of the current term — was heralded in by a string ensemble from Broken Ground Elementary, which charmed members of the school board with a seasonable rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock.”The meeting was the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s property tax rate rose 3.1% to $27.69 in 2024, while Penacook’s rate will be to $30.64, a heftier jump of 5.1%.Both communities pay the city tax rate, this year $9.84, and the county tax rate, but each has its own local school tax rate and...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A meeting of the Concord School Board will allow public comment for the first time since the election.The board isn’t expected to take major action during the special meeting on Dec. 4, but it will allow the first public input on the project’s future...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Police are searching for a man who robbed the Bank of America on Storrs Street downtown around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.The robber is described as a white male roughly five-foot, seven- or eight-inches tall who was wearing tan pants and a hooded tan zip-up...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Anyone who thought the election would lead to a swift rehash of the middle school project location was proven wrong Wednesday. School Board President Pamela Walsh made clear in a statement that the group hasn’t committed to a path forward on the new...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

There is a ticking timer on the future of Memorial Field. On the track’s wearing oval, weeds poke through the cracks. The surface won’t last past the next two years, according to city Parks and Recreation Director David Gill.Once the track reaches...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Nineteen-year-old Celia LeClair was motivated by the issue of abortion to cast her first-ever ballot on Tuesday, which drove her choices in the presidential and gubernatorial contests. On other races — like the school board — she didn’t feel prepared...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A traffic study found that only minor improvements to roads and sidewalks would be required to accommodate car, bus and pedestrian traffic for the Concord School District’s new middle school, if the project moves ahead at the Broken Ground location in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

School board member Jim Richards said he saw no clear edict from voters Tuesday on where the new middle school should go.Board president Pam Walsh, who pledged to abide by the results of Tuesday’s vote if the charter amendments passed requiring public...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Incumbents Barb Higgins and Pamela Walsh as well as newcomer Sarah Sadowski narrowly edged out three competitors to claim seats in the at-large race for Concord School Board.Voters could choose up to three candidates from an open pool of six. Higgins...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A pair of amendments to the Concord School District’s charter decisively passed on Tuesday, throwing the future of Concord’s controversial middle school project into question.The votes could ultimately lead to the reversal of the school board’s...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Local election results in Concord on Nov. 5 will include tallies for a pair of amendments to the school district’s charter that would give the public more say over major decisions involving school building moves and property sales.While those...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Kass Ardinger saw this coming.Last December, when the Concord School Board seemed poised to relocate the middle school across the river, she issued a warning.More than 100 people had turned out to the meeting, urging the board to rebuild Rundlett...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Over 200 students with disabilities have enrolled in the Concord School District since last summer, an influx that has far exceeded the district’s projections and strained its support services.The unexpected increase will cost the district about...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The atmosphere inside Nashua’s new middle school differs dramatically from the school it replaced, a dark and gloomy 85-year-old building about five miles away.Natural light pours through the expansive glass windows. Almost all the classrooms are...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

As any middle school math student knows, just writing the answer to a question isn’t enough. Students must show their work.Based on estimates from its architects, the school board set a $152 million budget cap for the middle school project in July....