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High schools: D-III boys basketball prelims, Stark beats MV in OT, Concord puck loses first regular season game since 2021
Alpine skiing: Mika Taylor defends slalom title, leads Concord girls to 3rd in D-I, Bow girls finish 5th in D-II
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Atkinson Diaper Spa heads to zoning board review
Girls’ basketball: Hopkinton headlines area teams to qualify for Division III playoffs
Monitor Sports Podcast: Hopkinton’s Matt Miller previews D-III boys’ basketball playoffs
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Pittsfield memorializes Gabe Anthony, a big brother, a consummate teammate and a ‘community guy’
As Pittsfield athletic director Jay Darrah looked around the gymnasium on a somber Monday night, he felt a sense of comfort. Friends and family had gathered together to remember Gabe Anthony, a 2017 Pittsfield High graduate who died in December. The...
Police charge Jesse James Sullivan with the murder of his half-brother Zackary Sullivan
A 31-year-old Concord man has been charged with the murder of his 19-year-old half-brother last month, the New Hampshire Attorney General and Concord Police announced. Jesse James Sullivan is facing alternate counts of second-degree murder for...
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Sports
High schools: Concord girls’ hoops wins 4th in a row, plus more basketball results
Girls’ BasketballConcord 52, Manchester Central-West 38Key players: Concord – Sofia Payne (20 points, 10 rebounds), Whitney Vaillant (12 points, 11 rebounds)Highlights: The Tide won its fourth game in a row.Records: Concord 6-8; Manchester 3-11Concord...
Boys’ basketball: Kearsarge, Hopkinton, Belmont all hosting playoff games as D-III tournament tips off Tuesday
Three area teams will compete in the Division III boys’ basketball playoffs that begin on Tuesday. Kearsarge finished the season at 15-3 and will be the four seed. Hopkinton will be the five seed after posting an 11-5 regular season record, while...
A Look at the Lynx: NHTI men’s basketball secures top seed in conference playoffs
The NHTI men’s basketball is scorching hot. This past week the Lynx beat the only opponent in their conference to have handed them a loss, Vermont State University-Radolph, 93-75. The Lynx rolled through their Saturday and Sunday conference games and...
Indoor track: Jamie Lano wins a pair of titles to lead Coe-Brown boys to championship defense
PLYMOUTH – “If you’ve got the horses, you might as well ride them.”Quoting former indoor track league director Larry Martin, those were Coe-Brown Northwood Academy head coach David Zink’s words regarding the Coe-Brown boys’ indoor track team’s path to...
As Dartmouth student-athletes push for unionization, UNH’s Michael McCann provides perspective on changing landscape
A resolution to the Dartmouth College men’s basketball players’ quest to be recognized as employees and unionize will likely take months to play out in court.On Monday, the push by the Dartmouth student-athletes received a boost when Laura Sacks, a...
Opinion
Opinion: Time to reaffirm NH’s long-standing support for reproductive rights
State Rep. Alexis Simpson of Exeter is Deputy House Democratic Leader. As we approach spring, the looming challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone at the U.S. Supreme Court casts a shadow over abortion access in New...
Opinion: Cluelessness of the Democratic Party Establishment
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. With fascism very likely on the ballot in November (and I am talking about you, Donald Trump) the question emerges: how do Democrats maximize their voter turnout to guarantee electoral victory? I would suggest that...
Opinion: HB 1281 is housing advocacy gone awry
Todd Selig is the long-time Town Manager in Durham. Durham has significant concerns with HB 1281, a proposal that would prohibit the adoption or enforcement of any code, ordinance, by-law, or regulation related to the occupancy of residential rental...
Opinion: With whom will you stand today?
Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at robertazzitheother.substack.com When, in November 2023, and again in January 2024, more than 1,000 Black Christian faith leaders took out full-page ads in the...
Opinion: Due diligence in developing clean energy projects
Jim Hadley lives in Northwood. Recently, the New Hampshire House, Science, and Technology Committee held a public hearing on a bill (HB 1623) that would slow the clean energy transition in the state. As a former state energy official in both New...
Politics
NH rent control bill killed in committee
To solve the state’s housing shortage, the solution to Rep. David Preece, a Manchester Democrat, is to provide incentives in zoning codes to spur development. Rep. Tim Cahill, a Raymond Republican, has an alternate approach and wants to bring down...
AG: Biden robocall during NH primary came from Texas company
The robocalls that imitated President Joe Biden telling people not to bother voting in New Hampshire’s presidential primary were generated by a Texas-based public relations firm called Life Corporation “and an individual named Walter Monk,” according...
NH House refuses to either further restrict or protect abortion rights
CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House rejected three abortion bills Thursday, refusing to either further restrict or protect reproductive rights.Current state law prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy...
Haley finishes second in NH, but she’s not going anywhere
Former Gov. Nikki Haley may not have pulled off the upset she’d hoped for in Tuesday night’s Republican primary, but she reassured supporters in Concord that she’s not going anywhere.“New Hampshire is first in the nation,” she said, “it is not the...
Trump wins NH primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable.The result...
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Arts & Life
Commmunity Players to present ‘Witness for the Prosecution’
From Feb. 16 to 18, the Community Players of Concord NH will present Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution” at Concord City Auditorium. Part of the Community Players’ 96th Season, the famous Christie thriller is the most-performed courtroom...
‘In Love with Broadway’ opens this week
Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative, the resident theatre company of the Colonial Theatre, is kicking off its five-show 2024 Colonial Series Feb. 9 to 11 with “In Love with Broadway: A Musical Celebration.”Featuring 33 talented ensemble members plus...
From the archives: The legacy of the USS Kearsarge
Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.One of the most famed naval battles of the Civil War involved a ship created in, and named for, the Granite State.The USS Kearsarge was built in the Portsmouth Naval...
Homeyer: Growing and eating cardoon
Most years I start some onion seeds and perhaps a few artichokes indoors n February; this year I will also start some cardoon seeds at the same time. Cardoon, which is a lovely looking plant related to artichokes, is a delicious vegetable,...
Thanks a million: Art and Bloom 2024 a beautiful success
Art and Bloom 2024 a beautiful successConcord Garden Club’s Art and Bloom event at Kimball Jenkins Estate from Jan. 25-27 was a beautiful success, thanks to our designers, volunteers, and sponsors. Visitors enjoyed 25 creative floral interpretations...
Obituaries
David Cushing Neville
Concord, NH - On Thursday, January 25, 2024 David Cushing Neville passed away following a period of deteriorating health. David, or Dave to his friends and family, was born on April 25, 19... remainder of obit for David Cushing Neville
Christopher Rackliff
Loudon, NH - Christopher Meriner Rackliff, 48, of Loudon, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024. He lived with Cancer for three years and took his last breath at home, surrounded by hi... remainder of obit for Christopher Rackliff
Charlotte Elizabeth Erikson Cote
Concord, NH - Charlotte Erikson Cote passed away on January 31 at her home in Concord, NH, with her two daughters by her side. Charlotte was born on November 3, 1934, in Worcester, MA, the ... remainder of obit for Charlotte Elizabeth Erikson Cote
George A. Heath
Catonsville, MD - On February 9, 2024, George A. Heath peacefully passed away at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD. Born in New Hampshire in 1927 to the late Paul & Ruth H... remainder of obit for George A. Heath
