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By CHLOE RATTEE
Siblings Emily Lozada and James Fox always wanted to open a business together, and that opportunity came about from an unlikely source: Lozada seeking out treatment for pain associated with her serving job.Enter Hotworx, a fitness studio that...
Loudon wants some new vehicles, like a $150,000 excavator with a trailer, a $75,000 road tractor, and a $60,000 police cruiser.Voters will be asked to give the town permission to buy those things this Saturday at the annual Town Meeting. Residents...
By DAVID BROOKS
Concord and several area towns are getting on the community power bandwagon.The City Council unanimously voted Monday to adopt the program, which allows communities to participate in buying electricity rather than just getting it through the local...
Polling locations and hours of operations in the Monitor’s coverage area are as follows:Allenstown: St. Jean the Baptist Parish Hall, 10 School St., 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Andover: Andover Elementary School, 20 School St., 8 a.m. to 7...
By DAVID BROOKS
Community power, the system under which communities can buy their own electricity instead of depending on the utility, is continuing its rapid expansion in towns throughout the region.Three Concord area towns are among the dozen launching the system...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
After the moderator read the results of the Merrimack Valley School Board elections Friday night, Julia Jones dabbed away a few tears.Though she is the president of the Salisbury parent-teacher group, she relied only on word of mouth to promote her...
Boscawen voters will be asked to establish an 82.5 acre town forest along Walker Pond, primarily on land acquired in 2021 from a sale with the water district.The town-owned land offers residents an opportunity to access the 200-acre pond, a former...
By ALLAN HERSCHLAG
Allan Herschlag lives in Concord. I find myself in the unusual position of complimenting Mayor Champlin. For the first time that I can remember the city council’s priorities — those issues that affect you that the council will be focusing on for the...
I’m Howard Pearl, Jr., or Charlie as many know me. I’m a Loudon native and candidate for the Merrimack Valley School Board. My daughter attends kindergarten at LES, and I want to advocate for her and other local children. My extensive technology...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Merrimack Valley School District voters will weigh a 5.9% budget increase and decide two contested school board races on Friday. The proposed operating budget for the five-community district is $48,298,106, up almost $2.7 million from last year. The...
By LISA PREVOST
When it came time to clean out my parents’ house to ready it for sale just over a year ago, my brother Rick was nowhere to be found.I thought that he and our other two siblings were in agreement that we would sell our 60-year-old family home on the...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
A petition asking the Concord School Board to revisit its decision to locate a new middle school on the East Side has garnered almost 800 signatures, yet the chance of another vote remains dim.Few school board members have expressed a desire to reopen...
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
More of New Hampshire’s 94,000 veterans with behavioral health challenges would be able to resolve criminal charges through treatment under a bill getting broad support from lawmakers.House Bill 1589 has been endorsed by the state Department of...
The way I figure it, Donald Trump (the sexual abuser) owes New Hampshire taxpayers $850,000. There was a deal in Washington to address the border and immigration issue but Trump (the convicted scam artist) didn’t like it and he killed it. He wants to...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
One lawsuit challenging the Concord Planning Board’s approval of Andy Sanborn’s new casino on Loudon Road is on hold as another suit against a zoning board decision proceeds.Concord resident Kassey Cameron sued the city in July after the planning...
By RAY DUCKLER
A national chain replaced a family-owned restaurant on Loudon Road as Texas Roadhouse opened its doors on Monday, replacing the Newick’s Lobster House, which closed in March.The lobster house building was torn down, and replaced by the...
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Members of the public can learn about and give input on Concord’s plans to potentially build a bridge park over the interstate at a meeting and listening session Tuesday night. Last summer, Concord City Councilors approved a $200,000 feasibility study...
By MIKE MOFFETT
A retired professor and former Marine Corps officer, State Rep. Mike Moffett (R-Loudon) chairs the House Committee on State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs. In early 2021, our New Hampshire House Education Committee held a hearing on a...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Bradford fire chief Bryan Nowell arrived at the scene of a two-alarm fire in Warner to find the three-bedroom log home engulfed in flames.Just before 8 p.m. Nowell was on the way to assist with a fire in Dunbarton when he received the Warner call and...
BARNSTEAD67 Millsfield Lane Unit 12; condominium; $390,000; D. and M. Homes LLC to Alisa Promthong.BELMONT81 Gardners Grove Road; land and building; $460,000; Stephanie H. Masiello to John P. Gribbin.BOW335 Page Road; land and building; $550,000; Ian...
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