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By JOHN BUTTRICK
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Christmas this year reminds me of an uneasy congruency between the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and the Roman occupation of Palestine over two thousand...
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Since high school indoor track and field returned to New Hampshire following the pandemic in the fall of 2022, only one boys’ team – Coe-Brown Northwood Academy – has hoisted the Division II championship trophy.Coe-Brown scored 101 points, nearly...
By MILLIE LAFONTAINE
Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. I have had the privilege of visiting the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, not just once, but several times over the course of my lifetime. Standing in the nave each time, I have felt and understood true awe. The...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
A Concord school bus that veered off the road Friday morning did not have any students on it and there were no injuries, according to Concord Police Department Deputy Chief John Thomas.The incident involved a car and occurred at the intersection of...
By LOUREY SAVICK
Rev. Lourey Savick is pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church in Concord. As a Christian called to public leadership and accountability, I pray about when and how to address local matters from the perspective of my faith. Reading about the...
By ALEXANDER RAPP and DAN ATTORRI
Eric Saucier brings experienced leadership to a Bow team ready to compete for the Division II boys’ basketball championship this upcoming season. After spending 19 years in total with Conant and 16 as head coach, he led the Orioles to nine final four...
By ALEXANDER RAPP and DAN ATTORRI
The Concord Christian Kingsmen girls’ basketball team has had an ascent through the ranks of New Hampshire hoops like no other. They have won divisions in three consecutive years and have risen from Division IV to D-I in that span.“When we won...
WrestlingPelham 47, Bow 27Highlights: The Falcons dropped their season opener on their home mats. Bow, the defending D-III champions, will compete against D-I teams at the Salem Blue Devil Classic on Saturday.Records: Bow 0-1Concord 41, Nashua North...
By RACHEL WACHMAN
The Department of Education named the Christa McAuliffe School as a “Distinguished School” based on the high academic achievement of its students.The Concord elementary school takes its place alongside around 100 schools across the United States...
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
It took longer than expected, but Concord’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging Committee finally has hired a consultant to facilitate its first steps as a committee.The Texas-based Racial Equity Group beat out three other applicants...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Michele Horne doesn’t want to have the same conversation next year.The past two years, Concord police have asked for retention bonuses for current sworn officers, pitched as a stopgap measure necessary to keep an already slim staff.To Horne, the...
Winter’s first kiss was expected to be washed away by rain and warm temperatures later this week.A brief storm delivered several inches of snow to Concord Monday night that might not stand a chance after Wednesday. Forecasts are calling for 1-2 inches...
By JONATHAN VAN FLEET and GEOFF FORESTER
An 80-year-old diner made its way down Main Street in two pieces Tuesday night to its new resting place as part of the downtown entertainment development called Arts Alley.The construction site at 24 South Main St. is the second phase of the...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
The legs of the black Baphomet statue outside the State House still stood, but its head was on the ground, robes crumpled and the panel of Seven Fundamental Tenets shattered.On Tuesday morning, Rep. Ellen Read, a Newmarket Democrat, was picking up the...
By NICK PERENCEVICH
Nick Perencevich is a semi-retired physician living in Concord. I’ve gotten into a habit of traveling by the John Gilbert Winant statue on Park Street, just to the left of the State Library walk up, and saying hello to the former governor. When it...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Two Las Vegas companies have shown interest in buying Concord Casino, but the sale has hit a snag after a judge ruled that owner Anthony Sanborn has run out of time to close the deal.Last month, Judge Gregory Albert decided the state can proceed with...
By RACHEL WACHMAN
It takes James “Jim” Marshall three minutes to snip the netting off a Christmas tree, unwrap it, determine the price, put a ribbon on the top, and add it to the pile of trees to be sold. He’s perfected this skill over 38 years of spearheading...
BOYS’ BASKETBALLConcord Christian 54, Mascenic 47Key players: Concord Christian – TJ Charbono (22 points) Mascenic – Lucas Leroux (26 points)Highlights: Leroux put the Vikings on his back in the fourth quarter, scoring 15 points in that frame to get...
By RACHEL WACHMAN
As the lights dimmed and the screen began to glow with the film’s opening scene, audience members at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage settled in for a journey into Samuel Habib’s world.Born with cerebral palsy, the 25-year-old filmmaker and his father...
By RACHEL WACHMAN
Alex Brown wakes up before his family, treads downstairs, brews a pot of coffee and shapes dough into loaves on his kitchen counter.As his two children and his wife start their mornings, Brown puts the dough in the fridge to proof and gets ready for...
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