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Bicyclist dies after being hit by car on South Main Street in Concord
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
A Concord bicyclist died after he was struck by car on South Main Street Wednesday afternoon. Joel Bashaw, 61, was transported to Concord Hospital after being struck near the intersection of Holly Street and South Main Street. He was pronounced dead...
Transition at Miles Smith Farm in Loudon: No more beef sales
By DAVID BROOKS
When faced with a half-ton cow bearing horns that are two feet long, Carole Soule knows what to do: Tell it to lie down.“The thing that I have learned about myself with the farm is that I absolutely love training cattle – to be ridden, to drive, to...
Rethinking Rundlett: What’s the future of middle school athletics with the construction of a new school at Broken Ground?
By ALEXANDER RAPP and ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Scott Owen often talks about rectangles.“If you give us a rectangle, we can turn it into any field we want,” said Owen, Rundlett Middle School’s athletic facilitator.In the midst of two major projects in Concord — a new middle school and a renovated...
Dry, warm October has raised New Hampshire’s risk of wildfires
By DAVID BROOKS
A very dry and warm October has raised the possibility of wildfire in New Hampshire, with officials declaring today as the first “high” fire danger day of the season.The risk is unlikely to improve any time soon, with little or no rain in the forecast...
A place to stroll: Allenstown celebrates completion of rail trail to Hooksett
By RACHEL WACHMAN
Sunlight streamed through the trees and gravel crunched underfoot as a small group of town officials gathered at the entrance of Allenstown’s new mile-long rail trail connecting to Hooksett.After a year and a half of work clearing the trail, laying...
While Biden praises his administration, young voters look ahead to engaging with a new, more relatable ticket
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Danielle Feole knew the drill taking her son Joey, 6, to see President Joe Biden.The wait to hear the president would be long, so she packed an iPad and Grey, the stuffed animal wolf that’s attached to her son’s hip.The afternoon in Concord would be...
Eversource equipment failure cuts power in Hopkinton Tuesday afternoon
By DAVID BROOKS
The failure of a piece of electric equipment known as a hot line clamp knocked out power for 1,400 customers in Hopkinton on Tuesday afternoon, including Harold Martin School.The problem occurred around 1 p.m. and was fixed by 2:30 p.m. Students...
Rethinking Rundlett: Teachers say current building is ‘falling down around us’ in expressing support for Broken Ground site
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Rundlett Middle School’s three eighth-grade science teachers have grown accustomed to nature’s intrusions.Last year, a bird laid six eggs in the exhaust pipe connected to Amy Schaeffner’s fume hood. When the nest grew too heavy, the pipe broke and a...
Rethinking Rundlett: Monitor poll finds residents divided on middle school location reversal, but strongly supportive of charter amendments
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
An overwhelming majority of Concord residents support stripping the Concord School Board of some of its power, yet residents are split on whether the decision to build a new middle school about six miles away from the current location should be...
Police seek public’s help to locate missing 70-year-old man last seen walking in Concord Monday evening
Concord Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 70-year-old man, who suffers from dementia and was last seen walking near South Main Street in Concord Monday evening. Authorities issued a silver alert Monday evening to locate Steven Ironside,...
Concord schools see influx of new students with disabilities, straining budget and support services
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Over 200 students with disabilities have enrolled in the Concord School District since last summer, an influx that has far exceeded the district’s projections and strained its support services.The unexpected increase will cost the district about...
Rethinking Rundlett: In a debate over middle school location, critical voices are missing from the conversation
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Aryn Bernardo watches Filipino telenovelas to feel connected to the country her parents left just before she was born.She can understand Tagalog in the shows and when her parents speak it to her at home, but she doesn’t know how to speak the language....
Bishop Brady soccer team fails to field team to play Kearsarge, which has transgender player
By ALEXANDER RAPP
Bishop Brady’s girls’ varsity soccer team forfeited its game against Kearsarge Regional High School because it did not have enough players available to field a team.“It is unfortunate that the program was not able to play last Friday in what would...
Granite Geek: Official snow observer needed for Concord. UPDATE: One has been found!
By DAVID BROOKS
If you’re one of those people who loves to brag or complain about how much snow you get – and since this is New Hampshire, of course you are – now’s your chance to one-up everybody else.With one caveat: You have to live close to Concord Municipal...
Rethinking Rundlett: Concord's new middle school exceeds combined price of building one and renovating two in Nashua
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The atmosphere inside Nashua’s new middle school differs dramatically from the school it replaced, a dark and gloomy 85-year-old building about five miles away.Natural light pours through the expansive glass windows. Almost all the classrooms are...
‘It’s rewarding in its own self’: Monitor’s volunteer town criers receive award
By ARIANNA MacNEILL
Nearly 30 years ago, Cheryl Stinson decided to respond to an ad in the Concord Monitor looking for a Penacook town crier.A volunteer position, each town crier writes a short weekly column detailing community happenings, dubbed Talk of the Towns...
I-93 expansion in Concord and Bow now has $370 million pricetag
By DAVID BROOKS
The projected price tag for the long-discussed expansion of I-93 and I-89 in Concord and Bow has risen to $370 million, almost 50% more than projections made before the pandemic, with the purchase of rights-of-way now slated for 2026 and first major...
Inside the aftermath of the pro-Palestine arrests at UNH: A new president reckons with the role of police on her campus
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
On the evening University of New Hampshire police arrested 12 people outside the building that would soon become her office, Elizabeth Chilton was 3,000 miles away, serving as the Chancellor of Washington State University’s flagship campus.Six days...
‘We just have fun’: Seniors connect through music
By RACHEL WACHMAN
Dorean Kimball bought an accordion at a yard sale in 1972 thinking she would use it with her 5th and 6th grade students at Merrimack Valley Middle School, where she taught. The accordion sat untouched in a box for over three decades until she decided...
Rethinking Rundlett: Ahead of vote, some costs remain hidden
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
As any middle school math student knows, just writing the answer to a question isn’t enough. Students must show their work.Based on estimates from its architects, the school board set a $152 million budget cap for the middle school project in July....
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