
Arts Alley in Concord on schedule for summer openings
Downtown Concord has been watching the construction work on what will be Arts Alley for months, but not everything is visible from the sidewalk. Not by a long shot.

Around Concord: State Street Kitchen provides an incubator space for burgeoning small businesses to cook in community
Lynn Kavanagh spends her Friday afternoons cooking. She spreads her ingredients along the large metal counter at the State Street Kitchen in Concord, picks her favorite chopping knives, ties her hair back and gets to work.
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Sports

Monitor names winter 2024-25 Players of the Season
Although Monday marks the first day of the NHIAA spring season with practices and tryouts happening on baseball and softball diamonds, lacrosse fields, tracks and tennis courts throughout the state, it’s been just over a week since the winter season concluded.

Opinion

Opinion: What rough beast is slouching toward us to be born
Jean Stimmell is a retired stone mason and psychotherapist living in Northwood. He blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com and jstim.substack.com.




Your Daily Puzzles

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

Town elections offer preview of citizenship voting rules being considered nationwide
A voter in Milford, New Hampshire, missed out on approving the town’s $19 million operating budget, electing a cemetery trustee and buying a new dump truck. In Durham, an 18-year-old high school student did not get a say in who should serve on the school board or whether $125,000 should go toward replacing artificial turf on athletic fields.




Arts & Life

Around Concord: How an Idaho artist recreated Christa McAuliffe in the State House statue
Benjamin Victor lost a lot of sleep last year.




Obituaries

Concord, NH - Holly Ruth Wallenstein, 68, died February 25 of natural caused at home in Concord. She was born December 29, 1956. Holly did not allow her disabilities to prevent her from making significant contributions to her communitie... remainder of obit for Holly Ruth Wallenstein

Catonsville, MD - Theresa Marie Heath (née Brochu), a devoted wife, mother, and woman of deep faith, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2025, at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD. She was born in Concord, NH, on Octob... remainder of obit for Theresa Marie Heath

Manchester, NH - Vinicius James Bardwell, "Vinny," VinnyWinny, Binny" passed away on March 15, 2025, after dealing with mental illness for a number of years. Vinny was born on Dec. 23, 2008, in Manchester, NH, to Charles and Erika "... remainder of obit for Vinicius James Bardwell

New London, NH - Annie Ballin of New London began her next journey on the evening of Wednesday, March 19, 2025, surrounded by her family, friends and two beloved Black Labs, Birdie and Gracie. She was blessed to die at her home as the s... remainder of obit for Anne Ballin