Effort to cut $2 million from Merrimack Valley schools budget succeeds, plunging district into uncertainty

03-07-2025 3:29 PM

A deeply divided Merrimack Valley community narrowly approved a nearly $2 million reduction to next year’s proposed school budget late Thursday night, plunging the 2,200-student district into a period of uncertainty.


On the Trail: Window closing on Shaheen decision to run in 2026

03-07-2025 9:43 AM

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is expected to announce later this month whether or not she’ll seek a fourth six-year term representing New Hampshire in the Senate when she’s up for re-election next year.


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Opinion: What Trump really means by government efficiency
03-07-2025 10:00 AM

Ted Morgan is a retired political science professor living in Tamworth.

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‘If it affects one, it’s going to affect all’: Dozens protest federal firings in Concord
03-07-2025 3:17 PM

Janice Kelble bundled up to brave the biting wind Friday morning. At the intersection of Pleasant and South streets, in front of the James Cleveland Federal Building in Concord, she held up a sign to passersby that targeted Elon Musk: “Billionaires are the real parasites.”

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Alton Brown, culinary wiz and TV personality, coming to Concord on farewell tour
03-07-2025 8:01 AM

By his own admission, Alton Brown’s newest book was a happy accident. Brown had been repairing a manual typewriter, lubricating a wayward ‘J’ key, when he loaded the machine with paper and began testing out its functionality. That day, he typed the first of the 39 essays that would make up “Food for Thought,” his tenth literary venture.

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Obit photo for Gregory Fleury Gregory Fleury

Wilmot, NH - Gregory Keith Fleury, age 66, has left this plane and drifted peacefully into the next with family and friends at his side. He died at Concord Hospital on March 2, 2025 due to respiratory failure. Greg was born in Frank... remainder of obit for Gregory Fleury

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Concord, NH - CONCORD NH: George W. Bean 96, passed away in the early hours of February 27, 2025. He was born in Concord, the son of John E and Doris P. Bean on 8/30/1928. He grew up in Contoocook moving with his family to Lebanon for h... remainder of obit for George W. Bean

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Scituate, MA - Thomas E. Moore, of Scituate, MA, formerly of Canterbury and Concord NH, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2025, surrounded by family. He was 82 years old. Tucker (to family and friends) was the beloved father of Col... remainder of obit for Thomas Moore

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Concord, NH - Sara Lee Norberg, 83, of Concord, New Hampshire, died on March 4, 2025, less than six months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of frontotemporal dementia. Sara was born Nov. 20, 1941, in Plattsburgh, New York,... remainder of obit for Sara Norberg

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