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Merrimack Valley High trumpeter wins statewide music competition for second year in a row
Merrimack Valley High School senior Alison Lamontagne’s first foray into New Hampshire’s All-State Music Festival came not as a trumpeter, but rather as a vocalist.“When I was in eighth grade, I was approached by my band director and he heard me sing...
‘The public interest’: City and developer at odds over industrial versus residential use of Penacook land
A proposal to build nearly 200 housing units along the Merrimack River near the Wheelabrator power plant in Penacook is not in the “public interest” for multiple reasons, according to Concord’s city planner.The city has ample housing in the works, and...
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Sports
High schools: Bow girls take 4th at Oyster River Invite, Sunday’s swimming and indoor track results
Girls’ SwimmingBow 4th, John Stark 13thKey players: Bow – Lena Thompson (1st 50 free in 26.42 seconds, 1st 100 fly in 1:01.93), Ava Popielarz (2nd 200 IM, 4th 100 breast), Emily Hou (6th 200 IM), 200 medley relay (5th), 200 free relay (5th), 400 free...
Opinion
Opinion: Canary in the coal mine
Maureen F. Prohl lives in Elkins. This year’s annual KRSD Deliberative Session held on Jan. 4, will hopefully serve as a warning, as the proverbial canary in the coal mine, that public education is under attack.Hopefully, it will serve as a wake-up...
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An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Politics
‘Dead before it even hits the floor’: Some NH bills could soon be passed over for public hearings
Jean Slepian visits the State House anywhere from six to 10 times a year. A retired medical librarian from Stoddard and a longtime animal rights activist, she typically works on smaller bills that don’t get much attention.Now, she fears a...
Arts & Life
Leslie Scott-Lysan’s solo art exhibit celebrates New Hampshire’s natural beauty
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is hosting For the Love of My Ancestral Home, a solo art exhibit by Wakefield, Mass., artist Leslie Scott-Lysan. The exhibit features paintings inspired by New Hampshire’s natural beauty and is...
Obituaries
Concord, NH - Patricia (Provencher) Phillips, 81, of Concord, NH and formerly of Superior, WI and Manchester, NH, passed away Monday, December 23, 2024 after a short illness surrounded by her family and friends. Froggy was preceded in d... remainder of obit for Patricia Phillips
Swanzey, NH - Sharon A. King 80, of Swanzey, NH, passed away on December 13, 2024, at the Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene. Her parents, Arthur A. and Florence A. (Mills) McKew welcomed their daughter into the world... remainder of obit for Sharon King
Hopkinton, NH - Joan (Hodge) Joos passed away peacefully in her sleep on Christmas Eve day, 2024, with her husband and two daughters nearby. She was 87. Joan was born on March 26, 1937, in New Haven, CT to Hubert C. and Grace (Tinker) H... remainder of obit for Joan H. Joos
Bradford, VT - On the evening of Monday, December 9, Karen Makocy Philbrick, 73, of Bradford VT, died peacefully at home after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She crossed into eternity while held in the arms of her best frien... remainder of obit for Karen Makocy Philbrick