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Drive-through in Capital Shopping Center parking lot is closer to reality
By DAVID BROOKS
A drive-thru Starbucks is closer to appearing in the parking lot of the Capital Shopping Center, part of a proposed development that acts as a sort of stand-in for the denser, taller development that the city would like to see there.Concord has...
Along Loudon Road, Harbor Freight Tools will open as Jos. A. Banks shuts
By DAVID BROOKS
Harbor Freight Tools will soon move into a former Toys R Us building near Steeplegate Mall this month, part of a company expansion that is taking advantage of do-it-yourself and home-improvement work during the pandemic.The announcement comes even as...
Mistake on relief fund application may spell doom for Concord business owner
By MARY STEURER
Paulette Boghosian, a Concord small business owner, says she may have to permanently close her store after making a small mistake in her application to receive a grant from the state’s Main Street Relief Fund.Boghosian opened her custom gifts shop,...
Rindge farm supplies the nation with rare dahlias
By ABBE HAMILTON
Rindge farmers Craig and Megan Jensen scrambled to adapt to pandemic conditions at Sun Moon Farm this spring while interest and sales exploded. As they readied vegetable seedlings in greenhouses and finalized CSA subscriber lists throughout April, a...
Bill to license N.H. massage parlors gets the cold shoulder from senators
By ETHAN DeWITT
As national concern over sex trafficking grows, advocates in New Hampshire are focusing on one problem area: massage parlors.A number of massage outlets across the Granite State may be fronts for prostitution, victims’ advocates allege, citing...
Merrimack Station power plant almost never runs these days, but not because of protests
By DAVID BROOKS
Merrimack Station, the big power plant in Bow, is used to being in the middle of battles, whether they involved the half-billion-dollar scrubber, tax payments to Bow or the temperature of Merrimack River water.Now it finds itself in the midst of...
New lighting atop Hotel Concord might signal news and weather
By DAVID BROOKS
If you look up while strolling South Main Street you’ll find there’s a colorful addition to downtown Concord, and if all goes as planned it will be an informative addition as well.“Last week they were red because St. Paul’s School went back to school....
Unitil to spray under some power lines in Concord next month
By DAVID BROOKS
Unitil’s electric service will be spraying chemical herbicide around 6.7 miles of off-road power lines in north Concord next month, and adjoining property owners have the option of declining their use if they have concerns about drinking water or...
On National Hot Dog Day, a giant weiner rolls into town
By JAKE SHERIDAN
Is it a bus? Is it a tank? Well, according to the pilot, it’s certainly not a sandwich on wheels.“It’s not a sandwich-mobile, it’s a Wienermobile,” said Carly Jean the Hot Dog Queen, a Wienermobile pilot – or “hotdogger” – who is also known as Carly...
A different kind of rail trail opens in Concord
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
A different type of rail trail has opened up in Concord.Scenic RailRiders opened Friday off Sewalls Falls Road in Concord along an abandoned stretch of Pan Am Railways track that stretches from above the state prison to Commercial Street in...
10 facts about expansion
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Ten straight years of growth. Unemployment at a five-decade low. Higher wages for the poorest workers.The economic expansion that just became America’s longest on record didn’t produce an especially fast pace of growth. It didn’t narrow the vast gap...
Veteran Ruby Tuesday waitress mourns closing of Concord location
By CAITLIN ANDREWS
In 2013, Sarah Hoidahl’s life was complicated.She was a single mom, living with her mother and son Ashton in Henniker, making ends meet by waiting tables at Concord’s Ruby Tuesday out on Loudon Road.Her life was briefly turned upside down after she...
OSHA fines Craigue & Sons of Concord $40,279 for safety violations
By ALYSSA DANDREA
A local contractor is contesting more than $40,000 in fines proposed by federal regulators who found numerous safety violations following the death of a Concord man at a Pleasant Street worksite last year.The federal Occupational Safety and Health...
Amoskeag Fishways in Manchester to close as new owners take over hydropower dam
By DAVID BROOKS
After almost a quarter century as an environmental education center alongside one of the state’s largest hydropower plants, the Amoskeag Fishways in Manchester will close next month and be reduced to a springtime observation deck for the dam’s fish...
New owner has fresh ideas for centuries-old Cracker Barrel store in Hopkinton
By NICK STOICO
One of Hopkinton’s oldest stores is generating a fresh buzz around town.The Cracker Barrel, a general store built in 1790 on Main Street near town hall, was recently purchased by new owners and will get a significant makeover in the coming weeks, as...
After succeeding in space, N.H. firm wants to bring carbon nanotubes down to Earth
By DAVID BROOKS
After a company has seen its flagship product launched to Jupiter, been purchased by a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate with plenty of plans for expansion, and had NASA double down on its main contract, choosing the next step might seem a bit...
Swenson Granite is still quarrying hard but wants to do it sideways rather than from on high
By DAVID BROOKS
Almost two years after being purchased by a Quebec firm, Concord’s iconic Swenson Granite Quarry has expanded operations slightly on Rattlesnake Hill, even as it starts reconfiguring its approach to tackle one of the paradoxes of mining.“The deeper we...
N.H. explores turning Ruggles Mine into state park
By HOLLY RAMER
This mine is your land? A 215-year-old mineral mine – site of an enormous pit with tunnels and caverns that make up the oldest and largest mine of its kind in the United States – could someday belong to you and me. State officials are in...
When it comes to fireworks, everything is legal again in New Hampshire
By JACOB DAWSON
With Fourth of July just around the corner, New Hampshire residents have every possible pyrotechnic option to choose from for entertainment, which has fire safety officials warning that it just means more ways to get hurt.This year it’s legal to buy...
Concord Direct laying off dozens, closing web printing department
By ETHAN DeWITT
A local marketing company with deep ties to Concord plans to lay off 40 employees and close down its web printing operations, the company announced Tuesday.Concord Direct – previously known as Concord Litho – will shut down those operations by the end...
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