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By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

David Brooks hoped they’d make a bobblehead in his honor at the New England Journalism Hall of Fame dinner.He was joking, of course.Many serious things define Brooks – a stalwart among the state’s trusted press corps – mathematics, accuracy,...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Happy birthday, Sunshine Week.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

The race for a seat on the Salisbury Board of Selectmen includes two longtime town residents in the small town of 1,400 people and a man neither of them had ever heard of before.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Keith Cota wanted to say thank you, but he still had concerns.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

After a steep increase in school taxes due to special education and transportation costs last year, Epsom is facing a steeper hike this year.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

It may come as no surprise that the New Hampshire state fruit can be quite controversial from a culinary perspective. Sure, pumpkin can be delicious, but it can also be senselessly over-used. I don’t need pumpkin in my coffee, thank you.Yet...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

The Concord Monitor and its staff won 10 first-place awards, including Journalist of the Year and Photographer of the Year from the New Hampshire Press Association.Reporter Michaela Towfighi, who covers a unique beat called “Two New Hampshires” that...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Unlike other school districts around the state that are losing enrollment, Dunbarton is adding students.“This is a growing community and in many ways, a sought-after community,” Superintendent Marcy Kelley said at Saturday’s school district annual...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

The historic Stark Mansion that was once owned by Caleb Stark, the son of Revolutionary War General John Stark, caught fire in Dunbarton Thursday night.Fire crews from around the area responded to the home on Mansion Road around 6:30 p.m. and shuttled...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Faced with ever-rising costs in a school district that already makes up 70% of the tax bill in town, a common complaint emerged Saturday morning in Epsom: The state of New Hampshire needs to do a better job funding education.“One of the reasons we...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Rising special education and transportation costs in Epsom – two things school officials have little control over – have led to a proposed budget that carries a significant tax increase.If the $14.2 million Epsom school budget is passed, it would...