Federal judge finds Bow School District’s actions ‘entirely reasonable’ in transgender athlete protest by parents

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A federal judge has ruled against a group of Bow parents who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated when the local school district barred them from wearing pink wristbands to protest against transgender athletes playing in girls’ sports.

Update: Coe-Brown High deemed safe following bomb threat

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Police did not find any explosives at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Monday following a bomb threat posted to social media.

Attorney General’s office to investigate police shooting in Dover

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

An investigation is underway after a New Hampshire State Police trooper shot a woman following a vehicle chase in the Seacoast region early Sunday morning. She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police chase Chichester man through three towns

By Monitor staff

State police say a Chichester man is in custody following a pursuit that passed through Loudon, Chichester and Pittsfield before being called off for public safety reasons.

In latest attempt to pass eviction bill, House votes to include in budget

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Bob Lynn is hoping the third or maybe the fourth time is the charm.

Cannabis bills and the next budget phase: What to look for in the State House this week

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives passed its version of the next state budget on Thursday, but not without some drama.

New White Park Playground price rises, fundraising underway

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A long-awaited new playground at White Park will cost $60,000 more than expected, and residents are aiming to raise that amount in the next month. 

Paint can disposal could become easier with state’s proposed drop-off recycling program

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In many homes, half-empty paint cans sit untouched in basements and garages, collecting dust as homeowners wait for that one day a year when they can finally drop them off at their local transfer station. 

Hometown Hero: How Concord High’s Izzie Boom ignited a fund-raising duck explosion for Rett Syndrome

JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord High School is experiencing a duck invasion. The birds line the cafeteria coffee bar, rest on teachers’ and administrators’ desks, and adorn the dashboards of students’ cars. There are soccer ducks, ugly sweater ducks, horse ducks and snowman ducks.

After 41 years, Business Committee for the Arts says its job is done

By DAVID BROOKS

After 41 years of encouraging New Hampshire businesses to support the arts, the NHBCA is doing something unusual for a non-profit advocacy group: shutting down even though it doesn’t have to.

Ethics complaint about Beaver Meadow Golf Course board handed off to Concord City Council

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a decision looming about the multi-million dollar plan to build a new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course, an ethics complaint about a committee that helps govern the city-owned facility has fallen into the lap of the Concord City Council.

SNHU, UNH international students and graduates face status terminations and visa revocations

By REBECA PEREIRA

The federal government has revoked visas and terminated the student status of some international students and graduates at Southern New Hampshire University.

‘He went home’: Remembering Rodney Moody, ‘the mayor’ of Concord’s homeless community

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

No one thought the thin blue plastic mattresses were very comfortable, least of all Rodney Moody.

What to know about the plan to allow students to attend any public school in the state

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Starting next year, New Hampshire may allow all students to attend any public school in the state that has space for them.

Tuberculosis testing offered in Manchester due to possible exposure

More testing for tuberculosis is being offered in Manchester for people who might have been exposed to someone with the dangerous disease.

N.H. House votes to keep some Republican cuts, nixes others from state budget

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The battle over the state budget underscores the partisan divide in the New Hampshire Legislature, with most conservative priorities prevailing and Democrats warning that critical programs and services will be harmed.

Local schools join challenge to increase free breakfast participation

By REBECA PEREIRA

When students at Franklin High School began showing up to the nurse’s office hungry after not having eaten in the mornings, Brenda Petelle knew something needed to be done.

This has been NH’s deadliest flu season on record

More people have died in New Hampshire from the flu this season than in any other season on record, according to state health officials.

A Franklin congregation loves its 19th-century home. Insurance woes could spell its decline.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Stephanie Van Horn loves the flower cutouts in the old wooden archways inside the Franklin Unitarian Universalist Congregation parish hall.

Concord City Council to discuss funding support for homeless steering committee

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The city of Concord is looking to further coordinate its response to homelessness in the state capital with the help of a new program manager.