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By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. In Nov. 12th’s Monitor, reporter Jeremy Margolis asserted that “Poorer school districts in Merrimack County [are] lagging on...

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

The Penacook branch of the Concord Public Library will close its doors for good on Monday in preparation of its move to the newly unveiled Penacook Community Center.Dating back to the start of the 20th century, the 3 Merrimack St. building has housed...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Since the election results were announced I have heard a lot of people questioning how so many voters could support Donald Trump. I don’t think that is the right question. The...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Reversing course, the city of Concord will consider a potential zoning change that would make a Penacook housing development possible, after the project vastly downsized, dropped a request for public assistance with infrastructure and proposed a new...

By TERRY DONOVAN ODELL

Rev. Terry Donovan Odell, MA, Ordained Interfaith Minister, lives in Penacook. As a religious educator within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester for over 30 years, I taught many and varied courses, but by far the one I most treasured teaching...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

They came from opposite ends of world: she from Rio de Jainero, Brazil, population 6 million; he from Fort Kent, Maine, five hours north of Portland, population 4,000.And they arrived for different reasons: she to support her sick sister in 1994; he...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. The commuter rail expansion project is a lot like Michael Myers in the Halloween franchise. Just when you think it is dead it pops back up again. This time it is governor candidate...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

When addressing the lack of housing in Concord, city officials often cite 3,000 units in the construction pipeline. Yet nearly a third of those come from a single project that the city manager and mayor now say they have no interest in seeing move...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

In a few weeks, children will be back in the Penacook Community Center for the first time in nearly 18 months.But it will look quite different.At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, local officials and the Boys & Girls Club of Central and Northern New...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The city’s first new park since 1988 is nearing the end of construction and will make a soft debut this fall. The Canal Street Riverfront Park project is part of the revitalization of Penacook Village and is transforming the 2.5 acres that once housed...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLINand DAVID BROOKS

Eleven people have died on New Hampshire roadways in less than a week, including two motorcyclists in Concord in the last two days.“Across my 27 years in law enforcement I can’t remember there being this many fatalities this close together,” said...

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning when the vehicle collided with a pickup truck on Clinton Street near the Hooksett Turnpike Tuesday morning less than 24 hours after another motorcyclist died in a crash in Penacook.Concord police reported that...

By DAN ATTORRI

She was the last one to qualify for the semifinals. She was the last one to qualify for the finals. But in Monday night’s 800-meter race, competing against former national champions, world champions and Olympic medallists, Penacook’s Kristie...

The following list was created from entries from community members who submit content for our weekly Talk of the Towns. Please check your town website for updated information, or if your town is not listed.Allenstown; May 27; Memorial Day Mass; St....

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Susan McKevitt’s recent opinion column “It’s time to properly fund education” in the Concord Monitor reads like a case for a state income tax without saying the words “income tax.”...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Bette Hill had one goal when her mom remarried and her family traded Concord for California when she was 14 years old – to move back “home.”It took her 56 years, but in 2010 after raising five kids, Hill returned to New Hampshire and settled down in...

By MARK CIOCCA

Mark Ciocca lives in Penacook. As a retiree with chronic health issues, I have frequent appointments at outpatient clinics run by Concord Hospital. Recently, signs have been posted at these facilities saying that “physical and verbal aggression will...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After the moderator read the results of the Merrimack Valley School Board elections Friday night, Julia Jones dabbed away a few tears.Though she is the president of the Salisbury parent-teacher group, she relied only on word of mouth to promote her...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Merrimack Valley School District voters will weigh a 5.9% budget increase and decide two contested school board races on Friday. The proposed operating budget for the five-community district is $48,298,106, up almost $2.7 million from last year. The...

By RAY DUCKLER

Once, the clanging of weights and humming of treadmills filled the 6,500 square-foot facility adjacent to the Thirty Pines plaza across Burough Road.Soon, though, a new sound – the crackling of pool balls smashing together – will join Penacook’s...