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By DAVID BROOKS

One of the most common debates during town meetings, as well as one of the trickiest, involves deciding what is “a need” and what is “a want” when it comes to government spending.

By DAVID BROOKS

Downtown Concord has been watching the construction work on what will be Arts Alley for months, but not everything is visible from the sidewalk. Not by a long shot.

By DAVID BROOKS

The thorny question of how much patients should pay for ambulance service is moving through the legislature with competing bills in the House and Senate. So far, there’s agreement on one thing: The current system of “balance billing” or “surprise billing” by insurance companies is broken. 

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re an early riser, Saturday will give you a chance to see a partial solar eclipse just as the sun is coming up.

By DAVID BROOKS

It seems pretty clear that Wendy Weisiger the youngster wouldn’t have been too surprised if a time portal had given her a glimpse of Wendy Weisiger the adult at work.

By DAVID BROOKS

We’re heading into the final weeks of skiing season but limping into them might be a better term for much of New Hampshire, where resorts will try to stay open through the end of the month.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s an interesting time for Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury, which is holding its 60th birthday party this weekend after enjoying a record ski season – because it’s also for sale.

By DAVID BROOKS

You’ll soon have to slow down and go through the gates at Hooksett tolls just like the old days, because the two-high speed lanes for the Open Road Toll system will be shut for two months as it is upgraded. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Lawmakers may soon make New Hampshire the first state in the Northeast to eliminate required annual vehicle inspections, a change that would save drivers tens of millions of dollars while reducing highway funding by nearly $3 million and curtailing a program to reduce local air pollution from cars.

By DAVID BROOKS

In a season of chairlift problems for state ski areas, the non-profit Whaleback in Enfield is facing one significant enough that it is “threatening our ability to continue operations – both this season and beyond.”

By DAVID BROOKS

As soon as the last chair stops running to signal the end of Pats Peak’s ski season, probably on the last Sunday of March, the construction crews will rush in to start replacing the venerable Hurricane Triple lift.

By DAVID BROOKS

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: New Hampshire’s population grew slightly last year but only because of transplants moving into the state, since more state residents are dying than are born.

By DAVID BROOKS

Weare voters rejected the operating budgets for both the town and the school district Tuesday and turned a thumbs down on a number of spending proposals.

By DAVID BROOKS

One incumbent and two newcomers are running for a pair of seats with three-year terms on the Henniker School Board. All three candidates support the idea of the state’s Education Freedom Account vouchers to provide more choice for parents but say the current arrangement takes too much money from public education, making it more difficult for local districts to provide mandated services.

By DAVID BROOKS

Two newcomers are vying for a one-year seat on the Weare School Board, finishing the term of William Politt, who is stepping down. It is the only contested race on the ballot.

By DAVID BROOKS

Jacob Morrill, the assistant principal of Hopkinton Middle High School, will be the new principal of Henniker Community School.

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 DAVID BROOKS

There’s a total lunar eclipse happening early – very, very early – on Friday, March 14, and it’s the first one visible here since 2022.

By DAVID BROOKS

This is the time of year when property taxes are on the mind of everybody facing town meeting, and although that isn’t usually considered a geek-centric topic, it can be.

By DAVID BROOKS

The Henniker town budget would increase 3.5% under a proposal that will go before residents at town meeting.

By DAVID BROOKS

From the point of view of New Hampshire ski area owners, this has been a good news/bad news season.