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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 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...

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...

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...