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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Jessica Bickford, a longtime special education teacher and administrator, will serve as the next superintendent of the Pembroke and Deerfield School Districts, SAU executive board chair Kerri Dean announced Tuesday.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Teaching science in a classroom, knitting wool hats for charity and encouraging runners to step up for an annual 5K race have been part of how Perry and Suzy Seagroves have helped build community in the Concord area.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A steady drip of new housing will land on Fisherville Road in the next few years, as construction formally begins on one condo development and another begins to put listings on the market.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dunbarton voters approved the school budget and all warrant articles at their annual school district meeting on Saturday, including a new teacher contract to keep salaries competitive with neighboring towns.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives voted on over 200 bills last week, advancing many to the next stage of the legislative process. Here’s what you need to know.

By DAVID BROOKS

This winter has been a little colder than average but much less snowy in Concord, which has been fine for winter sports but done nothing to help the state’s drought.

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.

Story and Photos by GEOFF FORESTER

St. Andrew’s Rector Reed Loy walked from the parish house in the light rain, carrying a small tin of ashes. He stood beside a sign on Main Street in Hopkinton, waiting.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

MANCHESTER – It seemed that ninth-seeded Bow High’s season was all over with 1.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter, down by two against No. 8 Manchester West. But it was still their basketball on the baseline.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Inside a windowless office crammed between two classrooms at the Mill Brook School in Concord, Louise Irafasha had a very special introduction to make.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Rosie Emrich spent the weekend mulling over what she wanted to tell lawmakers on Monday.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A developer looking to build nearly 200 units of housing in Penacook has asked the Zoning Board to reexamine the city’s denial of the project, claiming that the rejection means he is “deprived of any reasonable use of the land” by the city.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A navy blue van has been making its way across New Hampshire for the past two years, stocked with naloxone, syringes, fentanyl test strips, condoms and other supplies meeting people where they are and helping to prevent overdoses and infections.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Last year, the Concord Fire Department became the first in the country to secure funding for PFAS-free firefighting gear for its members, but a halt in production means the department still awaits the gear’s arrival.

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 CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Concord man has been charged with attempted murder and seven other felonies related to a January shooting in Healey Park.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Red River Theatres in Concord will hold a special screening for an award-winning baseball movie called “Eephus,” directed by Nashua native Carson Lund, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The venue will host a preshow event and a post-film Q&A with the filmmakers and Boston Red Sox legend Bill “Spaceman” Lee, a cast member.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

In the weeks since President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at barring transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams, New Hampshire school districts have been flooded with a flurry of conflicting guidance about how to proceed.

SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The ACLU of New Hampshire is pressing for answers on whether the Berlin Federal Correctional Institution is being expanded into an immigration detention center.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the State House this past week, cannabis legislation advanced through the House of Representatives while other legislative attempts by Democrats were shot down. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also had a direct message for the state’s prison system. Here’s what you need to know about New Hampshire government last week.