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By JOHN BUTTRICK

Close to 50 years ago, a six-year-old boy and his younger sister were playing in the attic of their home. The toy the boy held was an actual firearm.

By JEAN STIMMELL

Is this déjà vu all over again? Look at the similarities between what’s happening today and the 1960s: America is again divided between two warring ideologies, the National Guard is being deployed against demonstrators and the president is abusing his power.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With the clock ticking on the next state budget, Gov. Kelly Ayotte threatened to veto lawmakers’ spending plan unless certain line items are restored.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Antique furniture and old relics fill the main dining room of the Appleseed Restaurant. The whole building smells rustic and lived-in. Bradford memorabilia and old license plates cover the walls and and ceramic mugs sit on the ceiling beams. This collection showcases the evolving history of the building and its centrality to the community.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a sigh, Violet Ruiz planted her blue sneakers onto the grass behind Abbot-Downing School. Standing over her bike, she adjusted her blue helmet so it sat squarely over her dark braid. 

By YAA BAME

Arts Alley continues to host a whirlwind of construction vehicles and piles of granulated soil, but the project should soon be completed and ready make its debut to the Concord community on Aug. 1. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A group of Bow residents who were barred from protesting the participation of a transgender girl in a high school soccer game last fall have now taken their case to a federal appeals court.

By CATE MCMAHON

Maybe you thought adding a work requirement to Medicaid, the health insurance for low-income Americans, would cut down on the ‘waste, fraud and abuse’ committed by those layabouts who soak up medical care for free.

By ALLAN HERSCHLAG

Four strikes aren’t enough as the Concord city council errs again and again and again and again.

By COREY BELOBROW

Concord had a great turnout for its exhilarating ‘No Kings’ protest on June 14. As the Monitor reported, there was huge turnout of regular citizens crying out for democracy and a lot of support from passing cars.

By MIKE MOFFET

‘Lafayette, we are here.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Several dozen people gathered under the State House arch on Friday evening, urging elected representatives – both in Congress and the state – to oppose going to war with Iran.

By ROB AZEVEDO

This was a bad idea. And my old friend Sweetness agrees. We have no right playing in a co-ed softball league. We haven’t swung a bat for 30 years. Neither of us has sprinted toward anything, let alone out of a batter’s box, in two decades. And though we’re both blessed with nearly hairless legs, the idea of sliding into a base on dirt and gravel is just not going to happen.

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

The Concord Monitor has been fortunate to have incredibly talented journalists work in our newsroom and cover your communities.

By YAA BAME

Freeman Toth thinks it’s time the city of Concord considers establishing a sanctioned encampment for people living outside.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Cady Hickman remembers the first time she saw Cameron Green’s smile.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Eritier Demunga’s mother brought him and his siblings from southern Africa to New Hampshire in 2013, hoping to give her children a better life. He was six years old at the time.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

An old replica of Fenway Park’s famous Citgo sign at Jones Field in Alton has been replaced after Stafford Oil and Citgo donated the new sign to the Alton Parks and Recreation Department, the Town of Alton and the Alton Youth League said on Wednesday.

Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States with the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 following the conclusion of the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two-and-a-half years prior but its enactment had not yet reached the 250,000 people living in enslavement in this area of the U.S.

By BOB MALLARD

Most popular trout waters in New Hampshire are stocked. This includes almost all lakes, most ponds and rivers and many streams. In many cases stocking is being done on top of wild native brook trout.

Over 35 years ago, Concord native Scott Kirby set sail for Key West, where he became an icon among the laid-back Jimmy Buffett crowd. Splitting his time between his greatest passions — sailing, songwriting, and singing — Scott’s legend has only grown. Now an internationally acclaimed artist, his annual tour spans two continents, and this summer, it all kicks off in Henniker at the Angela Robinson Bandstand on Tuesday, June 24 at 6 p.m.