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By SOFIE BUCKMINSTER

Nearly one out of every five New Hampshire workers makes less than $17 per hour.While that’s below the national average of 23% – 39 million people nationwide – the Granite State still has a long way to go to lift wages for its workers, according to a...

By SOFIE BUCKMINSTER

How do you fit a 19-inch pizza into an 18-inch box?That’s a question the Concord Monitor decided was worth exploring.Concord is fortunate enough to have not one but three Market Basket supermarkets. Unlike the other two, the newest one at the...

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Fourteen babies in one place can quickly turn to chaos.When one starts to cry; the chorus of wails spreads like a line of falling dominos.At Concord photographer Melissa Rowell’s shoot, when one baby began to cry, his mom snapped into soothing mode....

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Olivera Bogunovic will make her way up Mount Lafayette Friday, walking the same trail where her daughter died two years ago.Bogunovic moved to Massachusetts in 2006 and had visited the White Mountains once or twice to ski. She was never much of a...

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Meet Poppy Rose, the most accomplished bunny in New England.With three years on the trails and about 250 peaks under her belt – including all 48 New Hampshire mountains over 4,000 feet – Poppy can keep up. All she needs is her harness and her hiking...

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Tina Hedin never considered herself a writer.She knew she had creative instinct, but beat herself up for lacking the drive to do much with it. At 60 years old, she was constantly pestered with life’s unanswered questions: Was I successful? What other...

By SOFIE BUCKMINSTER

For Ukrainian immigrant Olivia Babin, fireworks evoke fond memories. They remind her of Ukrainian Independence Days in Kyiv as a child — everyone gathering in Maidan, the main square, and mingling below the sparkly sky. This year, her 23rd in the...

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As a photographer, Becky Field is always searching for the story.Her camera gravitates toward contrast. For the last 12 years, it has led her to the often-sidelined immigrants, refugees and New Americans who, one way or another, found themselves...

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On her final hike, Lydia Pearson wasn’t in a rush. She pranced up the trail, stopping to watch the train go by (every time) and examining the various plants sprouting around her. Her pace was slow, but steady – and as a preschooler climbing up Mount...

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Joe Colby was jolted awake in the middle of the night by a nearby lightning strike and the crack of thunder. It sounded so close that he got out of bed and trudged across Route 4 in the dark to check on his sawmill.Nothing seemed amiss, so he went...

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The candidates vying to replace Chris Sununu in the governor’s seat don’t agree on much. Democrat Cinde Warmington thinks that renewable energy is the future, while Republican Chuck Morse thinks that it puts a chokehold on New Hampshire’s...

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Tiny hands flipped regular-sized bottles under the tables. Plastic cafeteria stools squeaked relentlessly. A constant buzz of young whispers filled the air, frustrating the few adults in the room who tried and failed to quell it. No matter how...

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Protests against the war in Gaza are often dismissed as antisemitic. As a Jewish anti-war advocate, Bob Sanders thinks the opposite: that the killing of Palestinians must be stopped.“It’s not the same scale, and it’s not as methodical,” Sanders said,...

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Concord Crew might not be as large or exclusive as clubs from around the country that sent teams to the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships this weekend, but that didn’t stop two Concord rowers from walking away with a first-place finish.Head...

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Secretary of State David Scanlan outlined a number of new campaigns aimed at promoting trust in election officials and informing voters, including a new pocket voter guide, and tent cards dispersed in local offices and diners that read, “Local...

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MANCHESTER – Usually teams with only one senior don’t expect to make it to the championship game. But Belmont baseball was an exception.After a thrilling victory over No. 1 Conant on Tuesday, No. 4 Belmont (17-3) had the chance to play for a state...

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Seemingly every graduation speech throws around the word “family.” For the 35 graduates of Pittsfield Middle High School, the term is more than a cliché.“This town, this school, these people will forever be ingrained in our personality,” said...

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With six kids, a full-time job for Butler Bus Company and pet snakes, dogs and goats, Sarah Hodgdon didn’t have much free time. But this year, she earned her high school diploma.Her house was too hectic for her to be able to focus, so she took...

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CONCORD — If you had asked Bow head coach Ben Forbes at the start of the season if his team could reach the Division II state championship game, he might’ve told you his group was a bit too inexperienced.“I probably would have said, ‘Maybe in a...

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LACONIA — Trailing 1-0 to Conant in the top of the sixth inning, Belmont was hungry. Aside from a walk that was promptly erased by a double play, the Red Raiders’ offense had been shut down at the plate. They were in desperate need of a run.They...

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As a clinical social worker and master alcohol and drug counselor, Jason Snook doesn’t spend a lot of time around the State House.“I pull people out of the trenches, the trenches that people fall into because of poor legislation,” he said. On Tuesday,...