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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With a good camp chair, a cool beverage and a worn, cozy sweatshirt, the perfect New England summer evening might just be enjoying the music of local musicians at dusk.

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

Decades after a Concord artist painted a portrait of Daniel Webster, the work has returned to the childhood home of the prolific 19th-century statesman and lawyer, where the Franklin Historical Society will work to preserve it.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

After almost a decade of work by three women to rally support and raise funds for a marker showcasing the East Concord Gardening Club, the granite sign is up and welcoming drivers to the historic area.

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

Cristy Bergeron-Charest can trace the origins of The Soapery Off Main back to an unlikely source: a five-gallon bucket of coconut oil in her parent’s garage that would become the cornerstone of her passion for body care.

Concord doesn’t have a bridge to nowhere, much to the disappointment of urban explorers, but we do have something sort of like that: Steps to nowhere.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A grand jury has indicted two Massachusetts men who were arrested in Concord on felony drug charges related to the sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the attorney general’s office.

By BRENDILOU ARMSTRONG

As Independence Day approaches, many places in the Concord area prepare to host an array of patriotic festivities. A sampling of celebrations are listed below. All are scheduled for Friday, July 4, unless otherwise noted:

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A second person is now facing multiple felony charges after police say he was involved in an armed robbery and shooting near the Water Street bridge last month.

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s something a bit odd about the framed drawing that hangs on the wall of Revelstoke Coffee: It keeps changing itself.

By DAVID BROOKS

As Concord natives, Steve and Laurie Savage know a good downtown show when they hear about it.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Bryanna Marceau will succeed Tim Sink as the president and CEO of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce this fall.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

For a second consecutive summer, the city of Concord and one of its firefighter unions have not come to a new contract agreement before the previous one expired.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Former Concord city councilor Erle Pierce has been appointed to lead the New Hampshire Lottery Commission for the next three years.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Biking long distances to advocate for peace is nothing new to Bob Sanders of Concord. Last year, he biked 1,500 miles across northern New England and raised $10,000 as part of his campaign Ride Against War in Gaza, or RAW Gaza.

Surrounded by their families, friends and scores of Market Days well-wishers, Cady Hickman and Cameron Green tied the knot in front of the State House on Friday evening.

By KIERA McLAUGHLIN

Cradling her newborn daughter in one arm, Kelly O’Connor walked around the bar of her new restaurant, 90 Low, as she prepared to open the doors in a few hours.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lead-based paint, asbestos and other hazardous building materials are one step closer to being removed from the Concord Stables — once home to the city’s workhorses — bringing the site closer to its transformation as a space to display historic Concord stagecoaches.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At the corner of Allison and Badger streets in Concord, four raised garden beds are providing more than just vegetables — they’re helping support the mental well-being of residents in local transitional housing.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

By most metrics, crime is falling in Concord from its rise in 2021 and 2022 and is now below or at pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 annual report from the Concord Police Department. 

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Lindsay Frappier has strolled down Main Street on Market Days for years with her husband and their dog, stopping at different stalls, chatting with vendors and, most of all, reveling in the abundance of food to try.