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Update: Plant manager hopes to rebuild Beau-Trusses within a year
A manufacturing building in Boscawen collapsed Thursday afternoon in what employees reported as an electrical fire. Boscawen Fire initially responded around 3:15 p.m. to Beau-Trusses, a wood framing company just off Route 3. The fire began in the...
As rates of homelessness grow, local response continues to evolve in 2025
On a February afternoon, Rebecca Carlman stood in a parking lot off of Storrs Street and passed out blankets from the trunk of her car to people experiencing homelessness. She’d been there herself a few years prior and decided to give donations to...
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Football: Capital Area players receive All-State recognition
The winter season is well underway, but some fall accolades are still being doled out, with some football divisions releasing their All-State rosters as recently as last week. For Divisions I and II, each conference within the division selects its own...
Opinion
Opinion: A class analysis of our last presidential election
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Early in the “Communist Manifesto,” Karl Marx wrote these famous words: “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Whatever one thinks of Marx, it is undeniable that class...
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Politics
Trainers school NH lawmakers about respectful disagreements
CONCORD — Before disagreeing with someone, it is best to first make a connection with that person.This was one of the takeaways from a Thursday training session attended by about 90 members of the 400-person N.H. House of Representatives.Trainers...
Arts & Life
Remembering Ed Mottau: Peterborough musician who played with John Lennon and nurtured local talent
Longtime Monadnock region resident Ed Mottau, who died at his home in Peterborough Nov. 3 at age 80, is being remembered as a musician, a craftsman, a mentor, friend, father and devoted member of the community.Mottau was a guitarist and songwriter who...
Obituaries
Hooksett, NH - Roger E. Hebert, 99, a lifelong resident of Hooksett, passed away in his home, surrounded by his family on Monday, December 23, 2024. He was born in Hooksett on December 17, 1925, son of the late Thomas and Jeannette ... remainder of obit for Roger E. Hebert
Newmarket, NH - Elizabeth M. Philbrick NEWMARKET Elizabeth M. Philbrick, formerly of Wentworth, NH, passed away on December 12, 2024 due to complications from heart disease. She was born in Jersey City, NJ, on October 21, 1940, t... remainder of obit for Elizabeth Philbrick
Concord, NH - Gloria J. Neary, 98, passed away on December 18, 2024, at her home at Havenwood Heritage Heights in Concord, NH. She lived a full life until her passing. Gloria was born in Central Islip, NY on July 4, 1926, the daughter ... remainder of obit for Gloria Neary
Laconia, NH - Judith Gibbs Farr, 78, of Laconia, died peacefully in her sleep on December 13, 2024, following a long battle with the insidious disease, vascular dementia. Judy was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on September 12, 1946,... remainder of obit for Judith Gibbs Farr