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Concord approves 10-year solid waste contract with Casella, transitions to automatic collection system
04-11-2023 3:27 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With a new 10-year solid waste management contract with Casella Waste Systems approved by the City Council on Monday evening, the future of recycling remains uncertain for the city.The existing contract with the company includes no additional cost to...


InTown Concord receives grant to compensate musicians at Market Days
04-11-2023 3:12 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Performing as a children’s artist comes second to Aaron Jones who has dedicated his career in part to advocate for the fair and equitable compensation of musicians.As part of the Concord musical community, Jones has always volunteered his time to...


With limited options and increased costs, housing becomes a barrier for New Americans to stay in New Hampshire
04-10-2023 4:16 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Eugene Mutegetsi left Kenya, he thought he’d arrive in New Hampshire and find an apartment. Once he found a place to live, he hoped his wife would be able to move to the United States as well.Instead, he last saw her eight months ago. Since...


Concord’s Swenson quarry expands because granite is better than concrete in terms of greenhouse gases
04-10-2023 4:09 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

The Swenson Granite quarry in Concord is expanding to the north, partly to meet demand from customers seeking to reduce their climate impact by using an alternative to curbing made of concrete.“Concrete has such a gigantic carbon footprint ... A lot...


Racist words and hate symbols continue to surface in the area, including near the Sewalls Falls Bridge
04-10-2023 2:29 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

Less than two weeks after the Fish and Game Department had covered a swastika spray painted on the wall of an old railroad trestle, more racist remarks and symbols surfaced on Sunday at the same spot, discovered by a local resident walking his...


Solid waste debate: To burn or bury?
04-09-2023 8:15 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With limited space and rising costs to bury trash in New Hampshire landfills, burning solid waste to generate energy is often hailed as a better environmental option.However, there’s a tradeoff – burning trash typically costs less, and frequently...


Opinion: For the sake of our children and grandchildren
04-09-2023 8:00 AM

By MILLIE LaFONTAINE

Millie LaFontaine lives in Concord. I spent the last week getting a “grandchildren fix” in Colorado, something that has been all too rare (and particularly precious) since the pandemic. It was nonstop fun.Together we went exploring on trails close to...


Discussion Thursday on future of Concord’s gasholder building
04-07-2023 11:15 AM

The past, present and future of Concord’s gasholder building will be the topic of a presentation Thursday as supporters look for ways to preserve the iconic building.The presentation sponsored by the Concord Historical Society will cover the history...


On the move: NH Guard is flying to the Middle East once again
04-04-2023 5:49 PM

By RAY DUCKLER

A combination of Uncle William and Hurricane Maria led Specialist Abner Classen of Exeter down the right path.He came to the Granite State after his homeland of Puerto Rico was destroyed by Maria in 2017. Amid the chaos, Uncle William lived here in...


Ideas discussed for new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow
04-04-2023 5:47 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Concord residents took to the Community Center on Saturday morning to hear plans from developers and architects for the construction of a new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course.Through a series of slideshows, H.L. Turner Group developers and...


Concord restaurant owner to pay nearly $1 million to settle claims of unpaid wages and overtime 
04-04-2023 5:06 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Concord business owner has agreed to pay employees nearly $1 million in back wages, damages and overtime that were otherwise withheld in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping requirements. El Rodeo and...


Saving the animals – pets receive life-saving oxygen treatment after fires
04-04-2023 4:05 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The cat in the arms of Dunbarton firefighter Tamara Bowne was in distress from the heat and smoke at the burning home on Park Avenue in Contoocook.When the orange cat tinged with soot was pulled from the debris of the home, it was having trouble...


Opinion: Feeding time at the trough of Medicare
04-04-2023 7:00 AM

By ROBERT S. KIEFNER

Robert S. Kiefner, MD of Concord is a retired family physician. Salve Lucrum or “Hail Profit,” a mosaic discovered under 16 feet of volcanic ash, Pompei, c 79 A.D. “Greed is Good,” Gordon Gekko, from the film Wall Street, 1987.“Agree with above, and...


Longtime Concord nun dies at 100 after 75 years mostly in silence
04-03-2023 7:42 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Sister Emmanuel of the Virgin Mary died on Sunday, March 19 at 100 years old after living more than three-quarters of her life in near-silence dedicated to the Carmelite Monastery.She began her years of service and prayer at the Carmelite Monastery in...


How NH housing crisis is impacting availability of beds at psychiatric hospitals
04-03-2023 7:40 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

With limited affordable housing and rental options, the current housing shortage in New Hampshire is felt across the state. And with it comes a domino effect that extends all the way to New Hampshire Hospital.For some individuals who leave Concord’s...


Opinion: Single-use plastic or life on the planet? It’s our choice
04-02-2023 6:30 AM

By JEANNE CUSSON

Jeanne Cusson lives in Concord. There is a story about puppies floating down a river in baskets. People are seen frantically trying to pull them out, one by one. Then one gal decides to go upriver and find out where they are all coming from. She finds...


Nature-based and education-inspired store for children opens in Concord
03-31-2023 5:24 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Like a little cottage that a city grew up around, Tanglewood Hollow sits tucked away off Storrs Street in a niche of its own, welcoming children of all ages to mingle with the sea monkeys, pluck fossils off the shelves and dissect owl pellets.Rare...


Concord Group moves HQ out of the city after 95 years, heads to Bedford
03-30-2023 9:01 PM

 By DAVID BROOKS

Concord Group Insurance, one of the city’s oldest companies, has moved its headquarters out of its iconic mid-century building facing North State Street and gone to Bedford, seeking more access to workers and a more modern building. The company will...


Long-awaited Popeyes restaurant now open for business in Concord
03-30-2023 8:59 PM

By GEOFF FORESTER

As soon as Dayton and Elizabeth Fox found out the new Popeyes in Concord was open for business, the Texas transplants hopped in the car and headed straight to Loudon Road.“We know fried chicken and Popeyes is definitely pretty high up there,” Dayton...


UNH law students walk out in protest of email sent from a Christian student group following Nashville shooting
03-30-2023 7:14 PM

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Students and faculty marched out of the University of New Hampshire law school Wednesday afternoon bearing signs in support of the queer community and calling for the school’s administration to stand up against a Christian group that planned to hold a...

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