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A former Loudon man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing his girlfriend’s 23-month-old son in 2019, the New Hampshire Attorney General announced.Douglas Barton, 41, will serve 35 years to life in the New Hampshire State Prison, according...

By RAY DUCKLER

It’s hard following a legend.Quarterback Mac Jones has played well this season, helping the Patriots and their fans forget about Tom Brady. Or at least Jones is creating optimism, enough to dull the pain of losing the player who guided the franchise...

By CAROLE SOULE

Have you ever wondered which is smarter: cows or horses? I think they’re intelligence is about equal, but their behavior is different. Here’s what I mean:Horses’ primary protection from predators is flight. In the wild, when a pack of coyotes...

By DAVID BROOKS

The region’s biggest greenhouse grower of salad greens, Lef Farms of Loudon, has been purchased by a national firm which plans to enlarge it.New York-based Brightfarms purchased Lef (pronounced “leaf”) this summer for an undisclosed amount. The...

By CASSIDY JENSEN

The decaying Department of Transportation complex sandwiched between Loudon Road and the Concord Coach bus terminal has sat vacant for years, greeting highway drivers with glimpses of low-lying buildings with broken windows, peeling paint and creeping...

By DAVID BROOKS

New data from the 2020 census shows that the section of Concord that includes the area known as The Heights is one of the state’s most racially diverse neighborhoods. Except for Hanover/Lebanon, it is the only area north of Manchester with the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

As cars speed around Turn 4 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend, fans will be able to stand just a few feet from the Loudon track while drinking a beer and playing lawn games on green turf.The track’s new bar and viewing area called Rock...

By DAVID BROOKS

Farming livestock is a good way to celebrate life but it also requires dealing with death. That can be a problem for small-scale and beginning farmers, including the many people who decided to start raising chickens during the pandemic.“There’s a...

By CAROLYN JOHANSEN

Realtors across the state breathed a collective sigh of relief in March 2020 when Gov. Chris Sununu designated their business as essential. Other business owners did, too.“Could you imagine the repercussion if we were shut down?” said Susan Roemer, a...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Police have identified a Hudson man who died Tuesday in a single-car crash on Route 106 in Concord.Nicholas Coolen, 27, was killed when he was ejected from a 2001 black Chevrolet Corvette traveling south from Loudon to the Capital City, Concord Deputy...

Aug. 17 to 21ALLENSTOWN61 River Road; apartment building; $323,133; Ernest J. Amyot to Lily Fritz and Khai A. Vanvu.ANDOVER218 Currier Road; land and building; $200,000; Pilot Realty LLC to Alan and Katherine L. Gielarowski.65 Hall Road; land and...

By JOHN MATTES

It all started with a letter written out of hope and adoration that may or may not have ever reached the intended recipient.Carol and Jeff Owen wrote the letter about two years ago. Carol had made a habit of walking the “five-mile loop” from their...

By DAVID BROOKS

Harbor Freight Tools will soon move into a former Toys R Us building near Steeplegate Mall this month, part of a company expansion that is taking advantage of do-it-yourself and home-improvement work during the pandemic.The announcement comes even as...

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 MICHAEL MOFFETT

In 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term as president. But while his first two elections were landslides, the political landscape had changed. Americans were inherently troubled by the notion of an entitled presidency and a...

By CAROLE SOULE

‘What type of cow is that?” asked Jane, a visitor to the farm, pointing to Belle.When I told her Belle is a Milking Short Horn, Jane asked, “And when do you start milking her?” Astonished by the question, I realized that maybe Jane didn’t know why...

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 NICK STOICO

A woman who went missing in April was found dead in a Hillsboro storage unit last weekend, police say.Linda Minery, 53, was renting the unit where she was found Saturday at Hillsboro Mini Storage, Hillsboro police Lt. Derek Brown said.Police do not...

By NICK STOICO

Sunday’s NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway came down to a last-lap shootout.Fans rose from their seats as veteran drivers Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin bumped and nudged one another through the final lap with Harvick edging out the win by...

By JAKE SHERIDAN 

Figuring out why certain vanity license plates have been rejected by the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles can be obvious or perplexing, depending on the message.A Loudon driver, for example, requested “PRO420,” a reference to marijuana. It...