Are evictions too hard in NH? One lawmaker says yes, but Senate kills bill

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

After a tough legislative session for tenants rights, in which the New Hampshire House killed numerous bills that would have added protections, renters in the state saw support from state senators after they killed a bill Thursday that would have made...

New Hampshire Housing estimates 60,000 units needed by 2030

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For three decades economists have signaled that New Hampshire has a “housing mismatch” – or an Econ 101 issue where demand supersedes supply of available houses. But new numbers released by New Hampshire Housing illustrate what a vast discrepancy this...

Granite Geek: N.H. lawmakers boldly face the future by mandating that kids learn … wait, cursive?

By DAVID BROOKS

When I was in high school I was taught to use a slide rule, even though the venerable technology had recently been made irrelevant by calculators.The irrelevance didn’t matter to my gray-haired algebra teacher, who insisted it was still valuable to...

Dispute continues over golf lover’s $3.8 million gift to Dartmouth

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Several years before his death in 2002, at age 88, Robert T. Keeler drew up a will to make his intentions clear. His wife and family were his primary beneficiaries. Also on the list were his secretary and housekeeper, a church, seminary, and medical...

Teens participate in Model UN

The John Stark Model UN Club attended the UMass Lowell Model UN Conference on April 4 and 5. This conference offers students the opportunity to debate critical issues facing the global community, as well as develop public speaking, research, and...

Auto students showcase skills

Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) partnered with White Mountains Community College (WMCC), the NH Auto Dealers Association (NHADA) and SkillsUSA NH to host the first combined 2023 Transportation SkillsUSA Competition for high school students...

Talk of the Towns for April 16, 2023

Concord/Penacook ■Peggo Hortsmann Hodes will lead her final concert as director of the Songweavers Women’s Chorus on Saturday at 5 p.m., when the group presents Seasons of Love at the South Congregational Church. Tickets can be purchased via credit...

The booming sounds on Boylston Street in Boston 10 years ago told runners something was happening. But what?  

By RAY DUCKLER

To the faster runners who had already crossed the finish line and the slower ones still on the course, the explosions heard in Boston 10 years ago Saturday could have been attributed to a celebration of some sort.Yes, they worried about something more...

Update: NEC president on move to shift art students from Manchester to Henniker campus

By DAVID BROOKS

Four years after New England College bought the New Hampshire Institute of Art in downtown Manchester and incorporated it into the college, pandemic-driven enrollment losses are shifting the students from the Queen City to the main campus in Henniker,...

Boston remembers deadly marathon bombing 10 years later

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy early Saturday by slowly walking together to the memorial sites...

Concord state rep. James Roesener among signees of letter to President Biden pushing back on the administration’s transgender athlete proposal

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

State representative James Roesener of Concord was among 14 transgender and non-binary legislators from across the country who signed a letter addressed to President Joe Biden last week to push back on his administration’s recently proposed Title IX...

Hometown Hero: For Maria Manus Painchaud, Capitol Region Food Pro

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For Maria Manus Painchaud, the Capital Region Food Program is a family affair. She served as vice chair under her late father Mark, who helped spearhead the organization. Now, she’s watched her own children join the board.And in the four decades...

Ready, set, race: Monitor reporter runs her first Boston Marathon

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Michaela Towfighi is a Report for America corps member and Concord Monitor reporter covering the Two New Hampshires beat. When I arrived in Concord last June, I was already hesitantly preparing for winter. I bought a big coat that summer, and...

Lessons learned from raising a baby opossum

By SUSAN SHEA

Years ago, when I worked at a nature center in Connecticut licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife, a baby opossum was brought to us. It was found lying on a golf course, and was too young to be on its own. We named the opossum Alice and...

Police: 15-year-old from Concord killed in Providence shooting early Saturday 

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A runaway Concord High School student was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Providence, Rhode Island, police officials said. The 15-year-old freshman, identified as Isiah Rosario, ran away from Concord a few weeks ago, Providence police...

Bow school board votes to keep controversial book “Gender Queer” on library shelves

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After months of discussion and review, the Bow school district in a unanimous vote has decided to keep the controversial book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe on the high school’s library shelves.Navigating gender dysphoria, self-discovery and sexuality...

The rainbow of birdsong returns

At this time of year, when heading outside, I stop and listen. The sounds are changing, every morning there are more bird songs as migrants return from their wintering grounds. Even if you don’t know the specific songs and calls of different species,...

Look out for I-393 work in Chichester, Pembroke next week

By RAY DUCKLER

Road work on Interstate 393, extending from Exit 1 to the Pembroke/Chichester line, will occur all of next week, the Department of Transportation announced Friday.The facelift will include the ramps to Exits 1 through 3 and begin on Monday, weather...

Photos: Weekend forecast for Concord area

It didn’t last long, but the sunny skies and the warm weather on Thursday and Friday got most of us thinking of summer bucket lists, yard work and putting greens.Temperatures reached well into the 80s on Friday, but the weekend outlook will throw us...

Two-year effort in Concord to save $700,000 on energy costs over 10 years

Monitor staff

All 2,050 streetlights in Concord have been switched to LEDs following a two-year process, the biggest such switchover that Unitil has done in New Hampshire.Unitil provided energy efficiency incentives to the city totaling $285,448 that cut the...