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By ALEXANDER RAPP

BOW – Coe-Brown was all over the court offensively and defensively and put in the work for its first playoff win since reaching the quarterfinals during the 2020-21 season. On Wednesday night, away from home, the 10th-seeded Bears ended their drought with a big upset over No. 7 Bow, 54-46, in the opening round of the Division II girls’ basketball tournament.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow voters will choose between three candidates to fill two seats on the town’s five-member select board.

By DAVID BROOKS

Two newcomers are vying for a one-year seat on the Weare School Board, finishing the term of William Politt, who is stepping down. It is the only contested race on the ballot.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

One of the last questions Chichester voters will consider at town meeting next Saturday concerns the structure of the fire department and who hires firefighters: the fire chief or the Board of Selectmen.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Boscawen’s Patrick Sadlemire, on the ballot for a three-year seat on the Merrimack Valley School Board, announced on Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race.

By ANDREA HECHAVARRIA

Andrea Hechavarria is president and CEO of NH Life Sciences, a statewide life sciences association built by and for the industry.

No. 6 Merr. Valley 65, No. 11 Kingswood 20

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With two open seats and three candidates in the race, Hopkinton voters have a choice to make among Alyssa McKeon, Brian Rousseau and Victoria Bram for the select board. McKeon, owner of Witching Hour Provisions in Contoocook Village, moved to Hopkinton in 2018 and has a background in project management and community engagement.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Despite a common grumble against rising school costs, next year’s spending plans for districts across Merrimack County show a more modest increase than last year.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

With more than a football field of unused space inside the county complex in Boscawen, Merrimack County commissioners have a $50 million plan to renovate the McLeod Building, the site of the former nursing home, to create an expanded assisted living facility and memory care unit.

No. 7 Oyster River 85, No. 7 Merrimack Valley 67

The Buntin-Rumford-Webster Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has announced the selection of six high school seniors from Concord area high schools who have been honored for good citizenship. These six students are: Elise E. Berry (Pittsfield Middle High School), Trevor P. Abel (Bow High School), Avery G. Sahr (Bishop Brady High School), Abigail J. Ciarametaro, (Merrimack Valley High School), Jennifer Noni (Coe Brown Northwood Academy) and Ashlie L. Klawes (Pembroke Academy).

The 22nd David Surette Mandolin Festival, to be held March 8-9 at the Concord Concord Community Music School, celebrates the many voices of the mandolin, a stringed instrument heard in bluegrass, old-time, classical, swing, blues, Brazilian, Italian, and Celtic music. The festival is named for its founder, New England musician David Surette. With a reputation that reached across the US and beyond to Canada, England, France and Italy, Surette was admired and respected as a player, composer and teacher.

Staff Report

A Concord woman charged with taking off from Concord Hospital in a stolen ambulance over the weekend was held without bail pending a mental health evaluation.

New Englands

By DAN ATTORRI

KEENE – In the final game of a championship-or-bust season, the Belmont High boys’ basketball team busted out its best moves. Crashing the boards for offensive rebounds and putbacks. Scoring fast-break points. And, while the game was tightening up down the stretch, maintaining composure.

By CHRISTINA FITZPATRICK

Christina FitzPatrick is the state director of AARP New Hampshire. She lives in Bow.

Editor’s note: Following the publication of this article, Patrick Sadlemire announced he was dropping out of the race for Boscawen’s 3-year seat, citing “a change in personal circumstances.”

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include information and a link to a GoFundMe for the passenger of the truck involved in last month’s crash, McIntyre Tintle.

Monitor staff

The early morning glare of the sun against wet pavement led to two chain-reaction sets of accidents on Interstate 89 Friday morning.