Boys and Girls Club settles sexual abuse lawsuit

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A lawsuit brought by a former Boys and Girls Club member against the organization after she endured years of sexual abuse by an employee has ended in a settlement. Teegan Paul, now 22, said in the suit that Boys and Girls Club of Central New...

Rand school funding trial to begin Monday

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To help pay their tax bill, the second floor of John and Meredith Lunn’s Newport home is now a 600-square-foot apartment. Any source of income helps when they’re trying to pay an annual tax bill that only seems to grow year to year.In 2023, that bill...

Hometown Hero: Concord resident a devoted caretaker to Rollins Park’s Little Free Library

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Since long before she moved to Concord six years ago, Mary McEvoy-Barrett has taken a daily walk through Rollins Park.It was part of why she and her husband, Ray Barrett, picked their house in the South End.“There were too many hills in Dunbarton,”...

Selling a successful small business like Rowland Studio in Concord can be hard

By DAVID BROOKS

Selling a family business that’s been around for more than a half-century isn’t easy if you want your customers to be happy. Consider the case of Rowland Studio.It’s a thriving business doing custom framing of paintings, photos and memorabilia –...

“It’s just deeply flawed”: New Hampshire charities face uncertain odds in securing casino donations

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire’s decision to legalize casinos came with a single purpose – to funnel a portion of the revenue to charities and nonprofits.With the growth of gambling and this new revenue stream, many charities across the state are scrambling for a...

Pembroke Library looks to the outdoors for increased community engagement

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Bradley Cepeck joined Boy Scout Troop 270 in second grade. Now a senior at Pembroke Academy, the 17-year-old used his Eagle Scout project to give young and old community members a way to grow their green thumbs.Through conversations with the Pembroke...

‘The price you pay’: As weekend bottlenecks grow, more cars get rerouted through Concord neighborhoods

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Emily and Ian West bought their Concord home just over a decade ago on Iron Works Road, thrilled that they could look out over Russell Martin Park from their front porch, and that the backyard sloped down to a charmingly swampy bog, a natural “magical...

New England College gets $10 million gift, its biggest ever

By DAVID BROOKS

New England College has received a $10 million gift, the largest in its 80-year history, to boost science, technology, and mathematics programs.The gift comes from Austin Kovacs, class of 1960, and his wife, Betty Ann. In 2022, the Kovacs’ gifted $1...

In new novel Go Home, veteran author partners with Concord teen to explore immigration, identity

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Lochan Sharma has faint memories of Nepal. He knows he used to run in the halls of the school his dad worked at and that he was enrolled in classes quite young. His family helps him stitch together the fabric of the life he left – his sister reminds...

The Deerfield Fair is running through Sunday

The last big agricultural expo of the season, the Deerfield Fair, is taking place this weekend. The popular fair he'd at 34 Stage Road includes live music, 4-H demonstrations, festive fair foods, roving performers andruns through Sunday, Sept. 29....

‘This is a real gem’: New section of Merrimack River Greenway Trail in Concord completed

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A new section of the Merrimack River Greenway Trail in Concord has been completed, offering residents a scenic and accessible route along the river’s east bank.This 0.7-mile, ADA-compliant section, which runs from Gully Hill Road to the southern edge...

Hometown Hero: In Hopkinton, high school student Finan Murphy highlights help for homeless families

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A card game helped put things in perspective for Finan Murphy.As he sat in a church in Concord, where residents at Family Promise’s emergency shelter stayed the night, and played a game against one of the teenagers living there at the time, he...

Mass. Couple indicted for illegally voting in Concord in 2020, 2022

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Massachusetts couple with property in Concord are accused of illegally voting in the city in 2020 and 2022.Joshua and Lisa Urovitch, ages 56 and 54, each face three felony indictments of wrongful voting for ballots they cast in the 2020 general...

Sununu, National Guard commander defend response to sexual harassment

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s top military officer defended the National Guard’s response to sexual harassment complaints within its ranks, following a CNN investigation published earlier this month that said the agency failed to protect female soldiers.Major...

Manchester Police Department releases few details on its response to ‘manhunt’ incident

By LAU GUZMÁN

Officials in Manchester say several police officers were disciplined after an August incident where they were filmed saying they would start a “manhunt” for an unhoused person in an alley.The Manchester Police Department shared few details about the...

A tour of the Balsams as restoration plans continue

By LISA D. CONNELL

DIXVILLE — Sometimes, seeing something makes it easier to understand and in the case of the Balsams Resort development proposals, it’s the best way.The Coos County Planning Board held a publicly advertised or posted meeting at the Balsams property on...

Democratic candidate signs vandalized in Meredith, Laconia

By GABRIEL PERRY

The recent vandalism of a political sign serves as a reminder that regulations around such displays exist in a gray area.A campaign sign promoting Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president, placed near the intersection of Pleasant...

Who is new Loudon Police Chief Dana Flanders II?

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Before Dana Flanders II decided to enter law enforcement, he thought he wanted to become a teacher. But by the end of college – Flanders studied physical education and played offensive line on the Plymouth State University football team – he began to...

State approves new deal for Laconia site, but questions remain

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

State officials on Wednesday approved a new buyer for a 217-acre parcel in Laconia that’s proven hard to sell. But the buyer has two years to close, and the project may begin with commercial development, not the housing city officials say is...

Robert Tulloch challenging his sentence for killing 2 Dartmouth professors as a teen in 2001

By KATHY McCORMACK

A man who pleaded guilty as a teenager to the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors is challenging his life-without-parole sentence, saying that the New Hampshire Constitution prohibits it.Robert Tulloch was 17 when he...