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In reversal, Concord now open to scaled-back Penacook housing development
11-01-2024 3:52 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Reversing course, the city of Concord will consider a potential zoning change that would make a Penacook housing development possible, after the project vastly downsized, dropped a request for public assistance with infrastructure and proposed a new...


Development tracker: Concord working on 2,300 new housing units
10-24-2024 5:12 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To Matt Walsh, Concord’s housing market is a mixed blessing.In 2023, New Hampshire’s capital city was 10th on the list of most popular markets on Zillow. It shows Concord is attractive – people want to raise a family in the city and post-pandemic...


From $5.2 million to roughly $8 million, Concord City Council to consider Beaver Meadow clubhouse options
10-14-2024 1:32 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Public outcry led the City Council to send plans for the future of the Beaver Meadow Golf Course Clubhouse back to the drawing board in December, and in January newly inaugurated Mayor Byron Champlin asked city staff to develop cost estimates for a...


New rules set for city’s event grant program: Organizations must now be non-profit, match funding to apply
10-10-2024 10:17 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Organizations looking to apply for the city’s event grant program are now required to be 501(c)(3) non-profits and present a financing match, among other new requirements announced by the city manager’s office Monday. The grant program, created in...


City’s DEIJB committee holds introductory meeting, talks goals
10-01-2024 5:54 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Growing up in Auburn, Maine, Zoey Murphy struggled to find spaces where she felt like she belonged.“I was the only Black person in my graduating class, and it was really hard to see different signals that really spoke to me,” she said.Now, she’s a...


City Councilor had no conflict of interest, ethics board rules
09-16-2024 1:45 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Stacey Brown did not have a conflict of interest and did not violate the code of ethics when she voted in May to approve closing Main Street for an event, the city’s Board of Ethics determined in a unanimous decision Monday.“Of course...


Concord City Councilor Brown and Senate candidate Reardon to face ethics hearings Monday
09-12-2024 5:25 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s Board of Ethics is set to weigh a claim that City Councilor Stacey Brown, who is married to a city police officer, ran afoul of city rules by voting on a street closure that could have created a financial conflict of interest.Later in the...


North Main Street bus stop will stay put amid competing safety concerns
09-12-2024 1:54 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Ian McGregor knows as well as anyone the multitude of reasons people use public transportation.As a kid, he relied on Milwaukee’s bus system to get around.“I’m the son of an alcoholic who could not drive,” he told Concord city councilors. “This is...


‘If the right project comes along’: Some Concord city councilors still open to proposed housing development
09-07-2024 2:00 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Jillian Andrews Dubois picked up her newspaper a few weeks ago and saw three side-by-side stories that painted a stark tableau.One described how average rents in the state continue to burden the average firefighter or retail worker, another explained...


Concord eyes paid position to guide response to homelessness
08-14-2024 4:52 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

City Councilor Jim Schlosser is hoping Concord will take a step forward in the city’s response to end homelessness and hire a paid program manager. The request comes with caution – “It’s early in this work.” The city’s steering committee on the plan...


Mixed feelings for potential cost-sharing partnership with Steeplegate mall developer
08-14-2024 3:48 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A potential partnership between the city of Concord and the developer planning to revamp the Steeplegate was met this week with skepticism by some members of the city council.“Between the spending of the council and the school board right now, we...


Phenix Hall redevelopment clears major hurdle as City Council eases height restrictions
08-13-2024 3:33 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Plans to rehabilitate the music venue within historic Phenix Hall, plus add housing, restaurants, and retail, took a big step forward Monday night as the Concord City Council agreed to allow new downtown developments to circumvent height rules on a...


Steeplegate developer asks city to consider ‘partnership’ to help pay for project infrastructure
08-09-2024 5:01 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The developer looking to transform the Steeplegate Mall into new stores and hundreds of housing units is asking the city for a hand. When projects in Concord are built that require new city resources — adding new or improving existing roads, sewers,...


Council to weigh relaxing downtown height rules that protect view of statehouse dome
08-09-2024 4:54 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A city rule that prevents buildings from blocking the view of the State House dome could be modified to make way for certain projects.Concord has strict zoning that mandates no construction downtown can exceed 80 feet or in any way block a view of the...


What do city councilors think about the plan to build a $152 million middle school on raw land in East Concord?
08-09-2024 2:59 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

City Councilor Michele Horne doesn’t live near either the current or proposed middle schools, or even in the Concord School District, and she’s never had to make a vote on the middle school project. Nevertheless, it’s the one thing her constituents...


Concord put a community center on the Heights. But with rental fees, is it accessible to neighbors?
08-03-2024 12:00 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the sweltering heat at Keach Park, Project STORY summer campers seek any shade they can get. When it rains, Charm Emiko has no choice but to cancel the free camp for the day.From the fields, Emiko’s campers can see the nearby City Wide Community...


Ethics board finds no wrongdoing by committee chair
07-29-2024 5:12 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Working for a company that does business with the city is not automatically a conflict of interest for people who give advice to elected leaders, the Concord’s Board of Ethics determined Monday. As long as they walk a fine line to avoid influencing...


Ethics Board will hold first of two hearings Monday
07-25-2024 6:07 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The city’s Board of Ethics will reconvene Monday to hold a hearing on one of two complaints on its plate.In May, the ethics board, an appointed committee that weighs complaints against city officials, received a handful of complaints — the first it...


NH advocates call for resources and support for people experiencing homelessness
07-24-2024 6:10 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

If Freeman Toth had a wishlist to address homelessness, he’d ask for more permanent supportive housing, rent control, better access to voucher programs and outreach from community mental health centers.To solve homelessness in the state, New Hampshire...


Middle School Project: What’s the city’s role?
07-11-2024 5:16 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Dan Williams posed a big question to the Concord City Council at its meeting Monday.“What is your position on the school board’s middle school project?”Councilors left it dangling.The council is only required to answer questions about matters on the...

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