Bow’s composting program struggles with low participation, fails to cover costs

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every week, compost bins stationed outside Bow’s community center building fill with the remnants of daily life — eggshells, banana peels, zucchini tops and even the occasional wine cork.Since the town launched its composting pilot program last July,...

Former Concord teacher Howie Leung charged with sexual assault in New Hampshire

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Howie Leung, a former Concord teacher serving prison time in Massachusetts for sexually assaulting a Concord student during a summer program there, will face new sexual assault charges in New Hampshire, Concord police and Merrimack County Attorney...

Northern Rail Trail extension to Concord stuck in limbo

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Extending the Northern Rail Trail to Concord has been bogged down in over four years of negotiations and delays, with completion still a way off.Initial work began in 2019 when Concord entered negotiations with Pan Am Railways to purchase a five- to...

Who is the Florida-based landlord and philanthropist of a charter school under scrutiny in Peterborough?

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Ophir Sternberg, a Miami-based real estate mogul who immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1993, proudly touts in his corporate biography that he founded and generously contributes to a charter school in Peterborough, New Hampshire.Sternberg...

Concord School Board’s president and longest serving member both seeking another term

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

As its president and its longest-serving member, respectively, Pamela Walsh and Barb Higgins are fixtures of the Concord School Board.They’re both being challenged by four candidates who, in some way, are running because of how the board’s decision...

Moving forward together: NH Songa founder Jean Hakuzimana wants to puncture preconceived notions on New Americans

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Jean Hakuzimana describes himself as a man who wears many hats – father of four, founder and director of his own organization, state director of Ascentria Care Alliance’s Services for New Americans, journalist by training, New Hampshire resident, and...

Talk of the Towns in the Capital Region

Allenstown Take Me Out to the Ball Game using 1860s-style game play will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Pine Haven Boys Center, 133 River Road. The Allenstown Historical Society is sponsoring this vintage baseball game between the Dirigo Baseball...

Concord firefighters rescue truck from Merrimack River

Concord Firefighters were called to the NHTI Boat Launch for a reported “truck in the water.” Charles Robert was attempting to have a fishing day when his tow rope caught around the wheels while it was rolling backwards. He sustained no injuries....

Andy Sanborn’s attorneys push for another extension, say public benefit hangs on Concord Casino deal

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Andy Sanborn’s legal team is seeking another extension to finalize the sale of Concord Casino, arguing that the stakes are higher than just his financial future — they’re about the broader public interest.With the deadline rapidly approaching on Sept....

‘The best thing for Warner’: Manufactured home residents purchase their park, forming the 151st co-op in N.H.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Heather Otten never thought she’d be a homeowner.When she moved into a single-wide manufactured house in Warner, she was 20 years old with no credit, a newborn and her second child on the way.Now, 14 years later, she’s a partial owner of the 33-home...

Leung, ex-Concord teacher convicted of rape in Mass., now faces NH charges

A Merrimack County grand jury has returned indictments against Primo “Howie” Leung, the former Concord resident and teacher sentenced to a maximum of seven years in prison in Massachusetts last year after he was convicted of raping a...

The right to a voice: As city DEIJB work slowly progresses, advocates work to build understanding

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Fisto Ndayishimiye doesn’t like to use the term New American. For one, it’s not always accurate for those it is used to describe. “I’m a citizen of this country, and I’ve been here for — I think now it’s been eight years. But if I meet someone and...

Mountain and Hoit road intersection to become four-way stop

The intersection of Mountain and Hoit roads in north Concord will be turned into a four-way stop next week, as traffic in the area shifts following the opening of the nearby Merchant’s Way development.The New Hampshire Department of Transportation...

Dartmouth announces $500 million for student housing

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

A $500 million dollar project aims to bring new student housing to Dartmouth college students, freeing up some of the housing stock in Hanover.Josh Keniston, vice president of capital planning and campus operations for Dartmouth, said $100 million...

Amid leachate problems at Bethlehem landfill, Casella bid to change operating plan challenged

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In early June, officials from the Department of Environmental Services made an unannounced visit to the landfill in Bethlehem, a small, northern New Hampshire town near the Vermont border.They came to review records related to leachate – the “trash...

1 dead after explosion in Weare Wednesday afternoon

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A person is dead after a hydraulic tank exploded on B and B Lane in Weare on Wednesday afternoon.No additional information was immediately available from the Weare Fire Department nor the State Fire Marshal, both of which remained on the scene of the...

Judge: Andy Sanborn criminal probe records protected

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Merrimack County Superior Court judge wants to protect criminal investigative records into Andy Sanborn, owner and operator of Concord Casino, in the event that he is charged with a crime. Judge John Kissinger said that all documents in a civil case...

Citing fall of Roe, Republicans ask for Claremont school funding decisions to be overturned

By ETHAN DeWITT

In 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court erased nearly 50 years of precedent by finding Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and overturning it.This year, a group of Republican lawmakers are hoping the state Supreme...

Founder of charter school in Steeplegate Mall pleads guilty to taking federal education funds

The founder of a charter school that operated in the Steeplegate Mall for two years has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing over $73,000 in federal funds given to the school.Stephanie Alicea, 49, of Boscawen pleaded guilty to one count of...

Lawsuit reveals New Hampshire's child protective services failure to safeguard children after Harmony Montgomery's death

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Efforts to bolster child protective services in New Hampshire over the past decade didn’t do enough to save the life of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl’s mother.Harmony, who died at the hands of her father, has...