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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Hopkinton School Board members erupted in anger at the state Legislature over news delivered earlier this month that school districts would receive significantly less money to cover certain special education expenses than they are eligible to...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One out of every 25 pedestrian or bike accidents in Concord happen along one stretch of North Main Street. By redesigning the crosswalks and moving the bus stops there, city leaders are hoping to change that.On North Main Street, from the intersection...

By DOUG LOWE

Doug Lowe, outdated lighting consultant, lives in Concord. Ten years ago, in a monograph, I expressed my worries concerning wealth distribution in the U.S. My basic concern was that a concentration of wealth was threatening the survival of American...

By MILLIE LaFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. When winter is near, what child doesn’t long for a snow day? You know, that out-of-the-blue gift of snow when you haven’t done your homework or you are supposed to be ready for a quiz? Instead, you can create a...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving is less than a week away. It is a day of family, football, and parades. Many gather around the dining room table for a traditional meal that includes...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s property tax rate rose 3.1% to $27.69 in 2024, while Penacook’s rate will be to $30.64, a heftier jump of 5.1%.Both communities pay the city tax rate, this year $9.84, and the county tax rate, but each has its own local school tax rate and...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

On some days, Chelsea Annett begins baking at 3 a.m. She needs the early morning time to prepare for the stream of customers that will arrive at her bakery once the clock strikes nine.From spinach feta scones and cardamom buns to chocolate coconut...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A meeting of the Concord School Board will allow public comment for the first time since the election.The board isn’t expected to take major action during the special meeting on Dec. 4, but it will allow the first public input on the project’s future...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Update: As of 10:41 a.m. Friday, NH State Police report that Dennis has been located.Police are seeking help from the public in locating a missing vulnerable adult in Concord. A silver alert was issued Thursday afternoon for Doreen Dennis, 62, who was...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Claudine Gasana can relate to her students at Second Start. She arrived in New Hampshire as a high school student from Rwanda, speaking no English.She graduated from Concord High School and Keene State College. Now, she works both at Second Start, and...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The pilot of a small plane that crash-landed at the Concord airport on Wednesday morning was uninjured.The single-engine kit plane lost control in the air above the airport but the pilot was able to circle it around before it came to rest on grassy...

By DAVID BROOKS

A truck parked at the edge of the bustling mob scene during the Tradeapalooza job fair at NHTI encapsulated the difficult position that higher education faces these days.Plastered on its side was a picture of two women talking. One asked where the...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Police are searching for a man who robbed the Bank of America on Storrs Street downtown around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.The robber is described as a white male roughly five-foot, seven- or eight-inches tall who was wearing tan pants and a hooded tan zip-up...

By DAVID BROOKS

Cutting your own Christmas tree is a snap. Unless, that is, it weighs 3,100 pounds, is as wide as a lane of traffic, and nature decided to make the whole process more complicated.“The wind makes it a little trickier,” said Ryan Rambeau, Concord tree...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The day after notching a surprise victory in the Iowa caucuses in January 2008, an exultant Barack Obama strode into the Concord High gymnasium, the 11th presidential candidate that cycle to make the trip.The person responsible for transforming...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Behind the counter at Thorne’s of Concord, a personal health and intimate wellness store on Main Street, James Roesener springs into action whenever the phone rings with a request for discreet curbside pickup.With practiced care, Roesener packs little...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord City Council unanimously approved $400,000 for weekly bonuses for snow removal employees this winter, as Concord’s public works director said they had stemmed the outflow of CDL employees after an “exodus” ahead of last winter.The money funds...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Maria Pacelli remembers sitting at her father’s bedside as he took his final breaths. She was in college at the time and had, coincidentally, been taking courses on death and loss.She and her brothers held a vigil for the final four days before her...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com Along with friends and the media, I’ve been trying to understand the dynamic behind Donald Trump being elected to be...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Yvette Lascelle has a favorite saying: “It is what it is.” “Whatever happens, happens,” Lascelle said with a faint smile. “They try to prevent it, but you can’t always prevent it.” The 81-year-old has been fighting multiple myeloma, or plasma cell...