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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A man died in Bow on Saturday morning after being trapped by a truck.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Boscawen’s snow plow operators work the night shift, they nap in their trucks. When other public works employees take their breaks, they pull up chairs and crowd around the cramped office of their boss, director Dean Hollins. And when visitors come by the Woodbury Lane building, they enter through that same office into a building that is so low and crammed with stuff that many of the town’s vehicles can’t fit inside.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A heavy pause hung over the crowd in Loudon Elementary School. People shifted in their seats, waiting for the next words out of Lisa Laughlin’s mouth.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Karen Yeaton is happy to talk about Education Freedom Accounts. Just not on the floor at Town Meeting. 

By REBECA PEREIRA

Kathleen McKay is able-bodied and young.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At Bow Elementary School, Shannon Bader’s son learned to identify different colors as his aide took him on walks around the building, pointing out different shades of green, blue, red and brown along the way. Later, the aide taught him to spell his name through a song.

Last weekend, we launched Daylight Saving Time, when we turned our clocks one hour forward to take advantage of more light during our waking hours.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Inside EFAs is a Monitor series about New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program. Check out the other stories in the series here.

Following the report of an assault at the State Street Laundromat early last month, Concord Police arrested a “person of interest” who was identified with help from the community.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord Board of Education will hold two public hearings next week on its proposed budget for the 2025-2026 school year. Here’s what you need to know. 

By DAVID BROOKS

As soon as the last chair stops running to signal the end of Pats Peak’s ski season, probably on the last Sunday of March, the construction crews will rush in to start replacing the venerable Hurricane Triple lift.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A typical report from student representatives on the Concord Board of Education includes updates about student life, from college applications to winter carnival, and announcements about school events, from open houses to concerts. But at the most recent school board meeting, junior Aryn Bernado made a clear request. 

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Martha Bodnarik isn’t willing to budge on certain things. She keeps her house in Warner warm even if her heating bill is high. But when she’s in the grocery store, she tried to cut costs anywhere she can.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

CJ Girard packed school lunches during the week and made fresh pancakes on Sundays. He played floor hockey with his kids in the basement, always pleading for one more game. On a rainy day, he’d sit by the woodstove and plug away at a puzzle. 

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Bow landowners looking to conserve their property now have a new option to secure financial support following a vote by residents at Wednesday’s annual town meeting.

By DAN ATTORRI

Last year the Bulldogs were upset in the quarterfinals of the Division III hockey playoffs, but it’s a loss that’s served them well. This year, with last year’s early tournament exit still fresh in their minds, it was Bulldogs turn to do the upsetting.

By DAVID BROOKS

Weare voters rejected the operating budgets for both the town and the school district Tuesday and turned a thumbs down on a number of spending proposals.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

They trickled into Town Hall, chatted with neighbors and greeted friends as they took their seats for the annual town meeting. Within an hour, Salisbury had approved its budget for the coming year and passed all seventeen warrant articles, each of which received unanimous support by voice vote with little discussion – except for the the final article concerning the state’s Education Freedom Account program.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lorrie Carey is used to close races.

Monitor staff

The Shaw’s supermarket in Fort Eddy Plaza is slated to close, although its sister store on Loudon Road next to Steeplegate Mall will stay open.