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Police said the rear window of a state police cruiser was kicked out by a Claremont woman on Tuesday night after she was arrested in Concord for driving under the influence. While patrolling I-93 in Concord around midnight, a state trooper stopped a...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Through the mouths of civil rights and labor activists like Arnie Alpert, the history of the “Rebel Girl” born in Concord lives on even if a state historical marker for her has come down. On Thursday at 7 p.m., Alpert will discuss the lifelong work of...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The four main rivers running through Concord and the surrounding towns put the area at a higher risk for flash flooding in the event of heavy rains and downpours. “Flooding is a primary hazard in New Hampshire,” said Senior Planner Stephanie Alexander...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Local developers have submitted plans to the city to convert an historic church in downtown Concord into more than 30 units of market-rate apartments.The First Congregational Church at 177 North Main Street is currently owned by the Concord Coalition...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Northwood man, 77, was killed Saturday from injuries sustained during a collision involving his motorcycle and another vehicle, police said. At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, the Northwood Police Department responded to Route 4 in the vicinity of Blakes...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Kilt making, Scottish Highlands dancing and Gaelic classes are some of the offerings that could be coming to the former Camp Spaulding property in Concord.The New Hampshire Gathering of the Scottish Clans – the organization that puts on the Highland...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Concord firefighters will see a 4% wage increase next year as part of a two-year union contract that city councilors will be asked to approve on Monday night. The two-year contract between the city and the International Association of Fire Fighters, a...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Weare man facing felony charges after police say he left the scene of a fatal crash involving his former girlfriend last month was in court Thursday to face lesser charges of domestic violence.Following an incident in the parking lot of a gas...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Belmont man has been indicted on charges connected to his possession of a firearm recovered during a homicide investigation in Franklin last month. Justin Gebo, 28, is facing three counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Boscawen man is being held without bail after he was charged on Monday with being in possession of child sexual abuse images. Shaun St. Pierre, 42, is facing five felony charges for downloading and possessing child pornography, which was uncovered...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A man who said the First Amendment protected his online comments about his sexual interest in a woman and his hope that she’d be raped and shot, including posting digital images depicting her being violently assaulted, was guilty of stalking her, the...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Globs of paint splattered across the wood floor as Michael Bilodeau wedged off the metal cover of his paint bucket.Bilodeau poured the off-white paint into a tray for Austin Pratt, a local musician helping to bring new life into the old Citizens Bank...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Planning board members approved a new casino on Loudon Road this week after applicant Andy Sanborn forced a vote despite a lack of notice of a public hearing. “I just want everyone to be aware that this was not on the agenda for a public hearing and...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Concord’s City Council will decide next month whether to approve a $3.4 million park project along Canal Street in Penacook. If okayed, construction could begin this summer.The design went before the Concord Planning Board on Wednesday night for...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Massachusetts-based company wants to build nearly 150 units of 55-plus housing in the Heights section of Concord off Old Loudon Road. In a wooded area where a few homeless camps are located, developers want to construct three identical multi-family...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The next phase of development at the Market Basket shopping plaza in Penacook known as Merchants Way is likely to include a 5,000-square-foot urgent care facility operated by Concord Hospital and 30,000 square feet of new retail space.A public hearing...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A former Concord man was sentenced to 36 months in prison with two years of supervised release on Tuesday for several felony drug charges, the U.S. Attorney announced. Juan Abud, 39, pleaded guilty in February to two counts of distribution of fentanyl...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Lead out of the courthouse in handcuffs on Tuesday afternoon, Jessica Warren said goodbye to her friends and family who sat tearfully behind her. Warren, 46, of Penacook, was sentenced to a maximum prison sentence of 3 ½ to 7 years after a jury found...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The deaths of three women and a toddler in different parts of the state this month followed a pattern of domestic abuse that’s often predictable and avoidable.All three women were domestic violence victims who spent the last moments of their lives...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Gathered outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord on Monday afternoon, members of Change for Concord came with handmade signs to celebrate Juneteenth and honor those who fought to end slavery. Circled around a  black and white podium,...