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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.

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire has joined 38 other states in adopting a program called C-PACER that lets commercial developers build certain types of projects involving clean energy more cheaply.

By DAVID BROOKS

When it comes to reducing hit-and-run fatalities it helps to be rural.

By DAVID BROOKS

By one measure, influenza is now more widespread in New Hampshire than during the huge flu spike at the end of 2022, part of the reason CDC says the state is seeing “very high” levels of all illnesses related to breathing.

By DAVID BROOKS

I don’t know about you but I’ve got more snow in my yard right now than I’ve had for at least three winters.

By DAVID BROOKS

The department that oversees private insurance in New Hampshire has warned companies that it takes more than an aerial photo or two of a house to make decisions about issuing a policy.

By DAVID BROOKS

In light of recent problems with ski area chairlifts around New Hampshire, including a stalled chairlift that required suspended riders to be lowered to the ground at Pats Peak this week, the Monitor gathered information about how they are inspected by the state.

By DAVID BROOKS

With around a foot and a half of snow on the ground in and around Concord, some aspects of city life are getting a bit tricky – particularly involving parking cars.

By DAVID BROOKS

A Concord man working as a snowmobile guide was injured Wednesday when a client ran over him while getting out of a snowbank, one of a series of recent accidents as New Hampshire has the best snowmobile season in several years.

By DAVID BROOKS

Remember that line in “Jurassic Park” where Jeff Goldblum’s character says “Scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s pretty straightforward to get a marriage certificate in New Hampshire as long as you’re at least 18 years old, but you need to gather the right documents first.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for chairlifts at New Hampshire ski areas. On Monday it was Pats Peak’s turn.

By DAVID BROOKS

In the latest leg of a long-running debate, a House committee killed a bill that would have prevented public water fluoridation in New Hampshire.

By DAVID BROOKS

As the president-elect of the American Dental Association, Dr. Richard Rosato would like to untangle the paradoxical way dentistry is health care that often isn’t considered part of health care.

By DAVID BROOKS

Gov. Ayotte’s budget includes $15 million to do something for the iconic Cannon Mountain aerial tramway, which state officials have wanted to upgrade for years.

By DAVID BROOKS

Fabric and craft chain Joann plans to shut its store on Storrs Street in Concord as well as six other stores in New Hampshire as part of a nationwide reaction to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

By DAVID BROOKS

A bill to end a little-known group that buys childhood vaccines for the state drew a slew of opposition Wednesday from nurses and doctors who said it would not only be dangerous to health but bad for wallets.

By DAVID BROOKS

The American vehicle market has seen a lot of big trends lately, from gigantic pickups to speedy electric cars, but it has also seen one surprisingly small trend: the kei truck.