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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A new Community Justice Center could house legal resources in Concord, with New Hampshire Legal Assistance, 603 Legal Aid and the Disability Rights Center looking to combine forces in one office space.Currently, the three providers have their own...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

If a charitable organization, religious center, restaurant, hotel, hospital, or any other business in Concord wants to open a casino, they can, but the casino must be smaller than the main building of the primary business.At Monday night’s city...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

If you own property in Concord, someone in a neon vest will come to your house at some point over the next year and a half.With a Monday start, Concord is beginning both a citywide revaluation and a full measure and list of all of its properties ahead...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

From the conservation commission’s tree subcommittee to the planning board to the ad-hoc Beaver Meadow building committee, the city of Concord has more than 50 boards and commissions meeting both regularly and sporadically.Other than groups that make...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Stacey Brown welcomes her upcoming public hearing with Concord’s Board of Ethics. As a city councilor married to a police officer, she thinks it could set the record straight on what’s actually a conflict of interest.“I’m glad that there’s going to be...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Rockford, Illinois, was the type of place where for those growing up there, the goal was to get out. To Larry Morrissey, that became a challenge to transform his hometown – especially when it came to addressing homelessness. Morrissey grew up in...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s Board of Ethics will weigh a handful of recent complaints against city officials, including against two city councilors at a meeting Monday morning.The board will evaluate whether the complaints merit a public hearing or to dismiss them. The...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Just in time for summer, with schools letting out for the year last week and a major heat wave beginning on Tuesday, all seven of Concord’s public pools will open at the end of this week.It’s the first summer since pre-pandemic times that’s been...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The 12 new appointees to Concord’s committee on diversity includes people with both personal and professional experience, from lawyers to case workers to teachers. They represent a broad swath of city residents, including New Americans of different...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

On the granite stoop outside of the Gallagher, Callahan and Gartrell law firm, Sean Downs took a seat to wait for the bus.The Capital Area Transit stop on North Main Street sits between two driveways for the law firm, but without a bench at the stop...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Hailing the roughly $170 million spending plan as “tight,” “responsible” and “as good as we can get it,” Concord city councilors unanimously approved the city’s 2025 budget Monday night.Including councilors’ adjustments — the reinstatement of a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At Linda and Donald Matson’s house in Alton, they had nearly 11 acres of land to themselves. Tucked away down a dirt road, the forest bled into their backyard and two neighbors lived at the foot of their street. It was quiet and spacious, but as they...