‘The best firefighter he could be’ – Christopher ‘CJ’ Girard, 39, remembered for commitment to community and family

03-03-2025 6:47 PM

In the long shadows outside Concord Hospital, members of the Concord Fire Department stood in two lines saluting Christopher “CJ” Girard, a seven-year veteran of the department who died suddenly after a brief illness on Saturday night.


Tenney Mountain Resort is state’s latest victim of ski chairlift problems

03-01-2025 9:01 AM

From the point of view of New Hampshire ski area owners, this has been a good news/bad news season.


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D-III boys’ basketball: Belmont plays to its strengths, holds off Kearsarge comeback to win program’s first title, 49-43
03-02-2025 2:12 AM

KEENE – In the final game of a championship-or-bust season, the Belmont High boys’ basketball team busted out its best moves. Crashing the boards for offensive rebounds and putbacks. Scoring fast-break points. And, while the game was tightening up down the stretch, maintaining composure.

Opinion

People stop at a memorial wall dedicated to 288 lives lost to drug and alcohol related incidents during the first annual We Believe in Recovery Rally at the State House Plaza in Concord on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
Opinion: Fully support Alcohol Fund to curb epidemic of alcohol use disorder deaths
03-04-2025 7:00 AM

Marie Kiely of Portsmouth worked for 25 years in the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services. Previously, she worked for Boston University School of Medicine and as a contractor on a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Child Mortality Study. She lives in Portsmouth.

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Bipartisan NHouse vote kills right-to-work bill
02-13-2025 3:53 PM

As the results flashed on the House of Representatives screens – solidifying a vote to kill a bill that would’ve made New Hampshire a “right-to-work” state – union members and legislators alike erupted in applause.

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Youth Art Month: Concord School District holds student show at City Wide Community Center
03-02-2025 8:00 AM

To celebrate student work in honor of Youth Art Month, the Concord School District hosts an annual art show compiling pieces made by students from kindergarten to twelfth-grade across the district. This year’s show opened on Thursday, Feb. 20 and will run through Wednesday, April 2 at the City Wide Community Center.

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Manchester, NH - It is with sadness that we announce that Cheryl A. (Hillsgrove) Couture, 77, of Manchester, NH passed away on February 22, 2025, at St. Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Concord, NH on July 9, 1947, she... remainder of obit for Cheryl A. Couture

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Belmont, NH - Elaine Anita (Read) Brault, formerly of Belmont, NH, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at the age of 85. Born on July 2,1939, she was the daughter of Lewis Daniel Read and Pauline (Guyer) Read. Frie... remainder of obit for Elaine Anita Brault

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Virginia "Ginnie" R. Hoskins Manitowoc, WI - Virginia "Ginnie" Rose Hoskins, age 88, of Manitowoc, WI passed away Friday, February 28, 2025, at the Manitowoc Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ginnie was born on July 28, 1936, in Boscawe... remainder of obit for Virginia R. Hoskins

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The Woodlands, TX - Joyce Marie (Ceriello) Savage, 86, died peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in The Woodlands, Texas. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2017. Born on December 5, 1938, in Concord, New Hampshire, Joyce ... remainder of obit for Joyce Savage

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