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To save teachers, Merrimack Valley schools consider charging for sports, limiting computers for elementary students
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
To stave off teacher layoffs, Merrimack Valley School Board members indicated Wednesday that they may support charging families for school sports, forgoing certain building maintenance and halting a program that provides each elementary student a computer.
Beaver Meadow Golf Course director Phil Davis announces resignation
By ALEXANDER RAPP
After 10 years as the director of operations at Beaver Meadow Golf Course, Phil Davis announced in an email to members that he would be resigning this month and taking a new job with a different organization.
Sunshine Week: NH Attorney General reports on police use of deadly force provide some but not all answers
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Police officers in New Hampshire used deadly force nine times last year, with all but one resulting in loss of life. Police shot two more men this year, leaving one dead.
Rescue teams search Merrimack River for man presumed drowned
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
First responders searched for the body of a man believed to have drowned in the Merrimack River in the area of the Merrimack Street Bridge Thursday.
Driver arrested in Concord after overnight police chase through several towns
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
A high-speed chase that began Wednesday night spanning multiple towns ended Thursday morning with the arrest of a Merrimack man who police say evaded capture after officers deflated his tires twice.
Ragged Mountain Resort is for sale as it turns 60
By DAVID BROOKS
It’s an interesting time for Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury, which is holding its 60th birthday party this weekend after enjoying a record ski season – because it’s also for sale.
Concord Skate Park Association and Concord Parks and Rec launch campaign to fundraise for new skate park at Kiwanis Riverfront
By ALEXANDER RAPP
The Concord Skatepark Association meets nearly every Wednesday at Feathered Friend Brewery.
Webster approves budget, supports call for EFA transparency
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Webster residents approved a $1.94 million operating budget on Saturday, a 6.5% increase from the previous year.
Ascentria Care Alliance in Concord announces layoffs following federal policy changes
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Ascentria Care Alliance, the primary refugee resettlement agency working in Concord, announced layoffs this week among its staff that assist refugees and migrants in New Hampshire, citing funding cuts from the federal government.
‘It’s scaring the hell out of people’: Lawmakers parse out state’s role to determine Trump’s policy impact on NH
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Tedd Benson’s company has worked with the same Canadian supplier for over 20 years and uses a certain type of engineered wood to manufacture houses at its facilities in Keene and Walpole.
Sunshine Week: Creative and curious, vulgar and offensive – DMV rejected 342 vanity plates in 2024
By REBECA PEREIRA
The average license plate, like a muddled Rorschach test, is often an indecipherable jumble of numbers and letters. Granite Staters like to add a little more flair.
Prepare to slow down when going through E-ZPass in Hooksett
By DAVID BROOKS
You’ll soon have to slow down and go through the gates at Hooksett tolls just like the old days, because the two-high speed lanes for the Open Road Toll system will be shut for two months as it is upgraded.
Merrimack Valley teachers rally against impending school cuts
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
For nearly two weeks, Merrimack Valley High School teachers said they’ve been left to wonder whether they’ll have jobs next year.
Police locate vehicle that evaded police chase; suspect still at large
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Police located a stolen pickup truck Tuesday that evaded a police pursuit from Concord to Salisbury the day before.
Immigrants Among Us: Why they come to America
Granite State News Collaborative
This project was conceived as an effort to put a human face on the word “immigrant,” to show New Hampshire residents the people who live among them, and to have them tell the story of their immigrant experience.
Sunshine Week: Reviewing the record of the right-to-know ombudsman hired by N.H. lawmakers. His office is now in jeopardy
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
In the dusty basement of the State House Annex, the floor littered with chunks of cement dislodged from the construction above, a lawyer in a black suit clicked on his tape recorder.
‘A question of fairness’: Lawmakers still weighing returning benefits to foster kids, looking to fold into state budget
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Mary Jane Wallner knows that every dollar counts for kids in foster care.
Loudon Road bridge in Concord up for repair as federal funding gets shaky
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Concord is divided down the middle by the Merrimack River. The Loudon Road bridge, with 25,000 crossings on an average day, is the main artery between downtown and the Heights, an essential link between the city’s two centers of gravity.
Bishop Brady High School evacuated due to bomb threat
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Police responded to a bomb threat at Bishop Brady High School in Concord Tuesday afternoon, the police department said in a statement.
Few speak at first Concord school budget hearing
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
At the first of two public hearings on the $111.6 proposed budget for Concord Schools, just two people testified.
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