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What is truth in municipalities? Especially in small town politics, where lack of honesty can become the degraded-ethos, unchallenged norm. It seems that half-truths, exaggerations, and the winner-takes-all, self-inflated “my truth” have all sullied...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

After the last round of holiday tournaments on Monday, multiple local teams crowned themselves champions in style across New Hampshire.These tournaments don’t count toward regular-season records, but closing out the year by running the gauntlet...

By SETH C. ORANBURG

Seth Oranburg, a law professor at UNH in Concord, advocates for stronger ties between New Hampshire and its institutions. As 2024 ends, many of us are resolving to strengthen our personal relationships in the New Year: Hey Siri, remind me to put my...

By TODD BOOKMAN

It’s a good time to be a worker in New Hampshire, and 2025 could bring more of the same.The state’s unemployment rate stands at 2.5% as the calendar turns, just a tick under the 2.6% rate recorded in January 2024, a sign of a healthy labor market in...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

New England College is moving ahead with the second phase of its athletic facilities expansion. Starting in the spring of 2025, NEC will overhaul and renovate Bridges Gymnasium, build new offices for the athletic department and expand the strength...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The online petition that started it all — calling for the school board to rescind its vote to move the middle school — has officially declared victory. The Concord Concerned Citizens, the group of residents who organized around their outrage to the...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lucienne Boisvert sat by the fireplace with her crochet hook, a skein of purple yarn, and a half-completed scarf. As she wove the hook in and out of holes at the end of the scarf and wrapped the yarn accordingly, the 97-year-old began to explain her...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Sanjeev Manohar had never knocked on a door asking people to vote for him before. So as he hit one after the other in Nashua during his campaign for state representative, he had a policy pitch prepared. He’d champion women’s rights if he was elected...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. If we think it’s a puzzle how Santa gets down and up chimneys and carries enough toys and gifts in his sleigh for all the world’s people, we may have an allegory...

In response to the article “NH is Drafting a New Climate Plan. But it’s on track to remain an outlier in New England.” (NHPR, Dec. 12): While I am encouraged that New Hampshire is taking steps to address the climate crisis, I am concerned about its...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A prominent Concord law firm is locked in a legal dispute with two other firms over how profits earned through the lucrative representation of Youth Development Center victims should be dispersed.The two firms are accusing Shaheen & Gordon of...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The first major school funding battle of 2025 will come just four days into the new year when residents of the Kearsarge Regional School District gather at their high school to vote on a proposed school budget cap.The frustration that fomented...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Marilyn Lara had been there before.She was homeless when she moved into her manufactured house in Boscawen in 2011. Earlier this year she feared she’d be back out on the street again.She’d fallen behind on her tax bill and at the end of March and the...

By DAYMOND STEER

Conway Village officials expressed optimism about the village’s future at their final meeting before the 118-year-old district dissolves Jan. 1.It ended with a celebratory cake.However, one commissioner urged the public to be vigilant in protecting...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When disability rights advocate Mark Race drives around Concord and its surrounding towns, he wonders how many of the new homes and apartments being constructed are designed with accessibility in mind. Likely not many, Race estimates.  The Loudon...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With a new Republican governor and expanded majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate, conservatives in the State House will have the chance to deliver on long-sought-after priorities in 2025.While conversations around education and the...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — A town committee has identified a new location for a long-awaited new police station, but public support for the project may not be forthcoming amid concerns about costs and the need to prioritize other projects.The Police Facilities...

By DAN ATTORRI

When the COVID pandemic led to the cancellation of the annual Capital Area Holiday Basketball Tournament, area athletic directors pulled together to create the Capital Classic in 2022. Now in its third year, the Capital Classic is expanding to eight...

By ETHAN DeWITT

New Hampshire’s housing shortage dominated candidate platforms this election season, from the battle for governor to the races for the state House. And it has been top of mind for many voters, polls indicate. “The reality is the public opinion is...

Monitor staff

A Franklin resident pleaded guilty to stealing $118,000 in welfare benefits over the course of the last five years. Ryan Leblanc, 37, applied for both SNAP and childcare benefits with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, stating...