UNH seeks vandal who accused university of genocide in spray-painted message

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s oldest building was vandalized with the phrase “UNH FUNDS GENOCIDE” early Tuesday morning.An individual in an oversized white sweatshirt, black pants, and a facemask was captured on security camera footage at 3:58...

Yes, those aurora colors were more visible to your camera than you

By DAVID BROOKS

If you missed the display of Northern Lights over the past weekend, keep two things in mind: It was great but not as great as pictures make it seem, and there’s a pretty good chance you can see it again over the next few months.The Northern Lights, as...

UNH Faculty Senate calls on university to investigate police response to protest

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...

State reviewing sale of Camp Menotomy property in Meredith

By ADAM DRAPCHO

The sale of the former home of Camp Menotomy, a summer camp operated by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, went under agreement almost as quickly as it was advertised for sale.The site, which for generations had served as a summer camp for...

As millions lose federal help to pay for internet, some areas aim to fill the gap

By MADYSON FITZGERALD

In the small North Carolina town of Bryson City, just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kathleen Wain raises two grandchildren in her subsidized-rent apartment, taking them to sing in a church choir on weekends.For the past year and a half,...

Body of long-missing hiker found, pinned by boulder in Dry River

By DAVID BROOKS

The body of a hiker missing for almost a month was discovered in Dry River, apparently pinned under a boulder.William Donovan, 65, of Cambridge, Mass, who was last seen April 16, was located by searchers who were directed to the search area after gear...

‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be...

Bradley amendment seeks to give property owners faster action to get rid of squatters

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Taking cues from other states, New Hampshire lawmakers are pushing for a bill to expedite the eviction of people unlawfully living on private property, but this legislative effort has sparked concerns over its unintended consequences.“This could...

Speaker in Pembroke seeks to shed light on the ongoing war in Gaza

By RAY DUCKLER

For years, lecturer Mohamed Defaa has sought to demystify the social, cultural and historical complexities surrounding the Middle East for Western audiences.Then, on Oct. 7 of last year, this combustible region, already a difficult subject to...

Granite Geek: Can you grow radishes on the moon? NHTI students tried

If you, like me, often despair of producing a garden in the mix of stones, sand and grit that New Hampshire optimistically calls “soil,” remember that it could be worse. You could be working with dirt from the moon.“It’s hard to grow in this material....

A jaunt around the pond: Laconia athlete plans run around Winnipesaukee

By ADAM DRAPCHO

For a certain kind of person, they can only think of a challenge so many times before they’re compelled to attempt it. Nathan Lamarre is that kind of person, and the challenge stuck in his brain is running around Lake Winnipesaukee.Lamarre’s best...

We love NH, but it's the season of the ticks. Here's what to know.

By OLIVIA BELANGER

As Monadnock Region residents start to soak up the sun this spring, state health experts are reminding people to stay vigilant against ticks.Though tick exposure can occur year-round, the bugs — which are known for carrying Lyme and other diseases —...

As N.H. coal-fired plants shift to solar, offshore wind beckons

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire’s two coal-fired power plants in Bow and Portsmouth look similar to the passer-by with their aging industrial buildings, rail lines and smokestacks. But as both places prepare to transition from burning coal to hosting fleets of...

‘Paradise Paradox’ – mental-health issues amid the wonders of a ski town

By DAVID BROOKS

Living in a ski town is wonderful, except when it’s not. And as a film and discussion on Tuesday will highlight, it can be not so wonderful for more reasons than you might think.“It is about mental health issues in mountain ski resort towns – not...

In Franklin, a Hometown Hero remains busy, 12 years after retiring from the U.S. Postal Service

By RAY DUCKLER

Stephen Donahue retired from the United States Postal Service 12 years ago, at the relatively young age of 61.And these days, he’s busier than ever.Whether leading a Scout troop or climbing a ladder to hang a sign for a local business or installing a...

Women at work on Warren: New combined salon, spa, DIY and retail space opens in former Peter’s Images location

By CHLOE RATTEE

A friend group of three Concord natives is opening a salon, spa and a combined DIY and retail shop out of the space that used to be Peter’s Images salon on the corner of Warren and North State streets, with a grand opening held Friday afternoon.“It’s...

New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition provides kits for safer drug use

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Boxes filled with tourniquets, sterile water, bagged cotton and all the necessary supplies for safe drug administration are neatly arranged on the table within the office space of the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition in Concord.Every Thursday,...

N.H. likely to contract with PFAS-destroying technology

By DAVID BROOKS

If all goes as planned, a just-opened facility in Ohio may be destroying PFAS chemicals from New Hampshire fire departments later this year, the first step that could lead to a PFAS-destroying operation being built in New England.“This isn’t a forever...

Driven by capital projects, city budget proposal would boost spending by $40 million

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With capital expenditures more than doubling, total spending in the city of Concord would increase by more than $40 million next year under the city manager’s proposed budget, while several major projects still wait in the wings. If approved as...

For some older Jewish professors at Dartmouth and UNH, opposition to campus arrests feels personal

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

After police pushed Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck to the ground and arrested her in an exchange that has since gone viral, an officer told her partner, “Age doesn’t matter if there’s bad behavior,” she said.“They clearly were told it was okay to...