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By LEAH WILLINGHAM

The owner of the Capitol Shopping Center on Storrs Street in Concord wants to add an upscale casual dining restaurant and a Starbucks drive-thru in the parking lot where Market Basket, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission and several other major...

By DAVID BROOKS

Imagine if Adele was singing the National Anthem before the Super Bowl and the TV network shut off her audio, playing the sound of cheering crowds instead.You’d probably be pretty upset, even angry.Which is exactly how many people in the deaf...

Renovations to St. John the Evangelist Church on South Main Street are nearly complete after months of intense construction, which for a period of time forced worshippers to hold services under a tent.Services inside the church resumed in November,...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Lisa Taylor and Jay Corliss will tell you they grew up at Beefside Seafood on Manchester Street in Concord.And in many ways, they did.The two started working at the restaurant 30 years ago, the day after their graduations from Concord High School, for...

Concord Hospital Chief Quality Officer Dr. Christopher Fore explains what a hospital transfer center is and how it serves patients in need of critical medical treatment.A hospital transfer center is a centralized location managing all components of a...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

An ex-Loudon firefighter convicted in December of negligent homicide in the death of his childhood friend will serve his two- to six-year sentence at the Merrimack County jail and not in state prison.The New Hampshire Department of Corrections...

By RAY DUCKLER

Two contrasting expressions surfaced during our 2019 coverage of homelessness, illustrating the sadness and hope that can accompany this issue.On one hand, we found Allie Eckersley, whose father, ex-pitcher Dennis Eckersley, is in baseball’s Hall of...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Seated before the New Hampshire Parole Board on Thursday, convicted murderer Clifford “Edgar” Avery Jr. showed no remorse for killing a Concord woman more than four decades ago and continued to profess his innocence.“I don’t believe I pose any risk to...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Concord police carried out a drug raid on Manchester Street early Friday morning that yielded five arrests.Additionally, police recovered a car on site that had been reported stolen from Vermont.Law enforcement executed a search warrant and arrest...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

There is a corner of Paulette Boghosian’s store on South Main Street where customers can fill decorated bags with 10 cent Swedish Fish and FireBall candies. In another section, visitors sift through piles of patterned paper to make their own free,...

By ROBIN SWEETSER

Like many women of a certain age, I am completely enamored of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, the main character in the Three Pines Mystery Series by Louise Penny.Set in the fictional town of Three Pines Quebec, which is said to be located south of...

(Last week, we asked readers this question: “Do you believe health care should be considered a basic human right?” Here are the responses we received.) The Founders’ vision I believe health care should be considered a basic human right. It is in...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

When Claire Lajoie left rehab to move into her new apartment in Penacook, it was cause for celebration.A family friend gave her furniture and a wooden dresser, which Claire polished in the yard of her childhood home in Concord.She went shopping for...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

All criminal charges have been dropped against a man accused of breaking into a stranger’s home and molesting a 13-year-old girl while she slept in Concord.Miles Anderson, who police said was homeless at the time, was found mentally incompetent to...

By ROBERT L. FRIED

Whose rights are foremost in our Bill of Rights? Whose rights are largely ignored? Needless to say, teenagers – along with women, men who didn’t own property, Native Americans and enslaved African Americans – were left out of the framing of our...

By CAROLE SOULE

‘I’m cooking dinner for 50. What do you have a lot of?” asked Keith Sarasin. It was the right question, and not one I get very often. That’s a chef who understands how small beef farms work. Keith is a founder of The Farmers Dinner, which serves...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you look up while strolling South Main Street you’ll find there’s a colorful addition to downtown Concord, and if all goes as planned it will be an informative addition as well.“Last week they were red because St. Paul’s School went back to school....

By DAVID BROOKS

Unitil’s electric service will be spraying chemical herbicide around 6.7 miles of off-road power lines in north Concord next month, and adjoining property owners have the option of declining their use if they have concerns about drinking water or...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

In the last seven months, the Merrimack County prosecutors’ office has experienced rapid staff turnover, the county hired an independent investigator to evaluate a potentially hostile work environment and some police chiefs are growing concerned about...

Cases ConcludedCases that have been concluded canonically (by laicization, dismissal, or sentence to life of prayer and penance) or criminally (by plea or conviction).Paul Aube: St. Mary, Claremont (6/3/70); Guardian Angel, Berlin (1973); St. Aloysius...