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By ALEXANDER RAPP

DURHAM – Sophomore guard Andrew Fitzgerald dominated the first half and senior guard Evan Berkeley took over down the stretch as Pembroke Academy (19-2) won its first state title since 2019 with a 63-54 win over Sanborn (17-5) in the Division II title game Sunday at UNH’s Lundholm Gym.

By DAVID BROOKS

It seems pretty clear that Wendy Weisiger the youngster wouldn’t have been too surprised if a time portal had given her a glimpse of Wendy Weisiger the adult at work.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

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

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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Jessica Bickford, a longtime special education teacher and administrator, will serve as the next superintendent of the Pembroke and Deerfield School Districts, SAU executive board chair Kerri Dean announced Tuesday.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Pembroke Academy sophomore Campbell Nivison was not in the high school gymnasium last March when residents approved a $3 million reduction to the school board’s proposed budget.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Pembroke residents cast their votes for school board on Tuesday, the ballot will direct them to pick two out of the three candidates running.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Three residents are vying for two seats on the Pembroke select board. Incumbents Bryan Christiansen and Sandy Goulet are both seeking re-election with Peter Gagyi, who served on the board last year, running again.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The people responsible for posting a video with the sign “Jesus loves white children” outside of Pembroke’s elementary school this week shared similar videos on social media in the last year that appeared to have been filmed outside other locations around the state, including two other area schools.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

As Pembroke considers a potential partnership with Concord to reduce “forever chemical” contamination in its water, Concord leaders aren’t sure they want to share.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A year after voters in Pembroke rejected a multi-million dollar budget increase, school leaders now face the real prospect of a repeat of sorts – albeit on a smaller scale – this spring.

Throughout New Hampshire, towns, individuals, and veterans’ organizations have erected an assortment of memorials to the Civil War. Beginning with obelisks of the 1860s and continuing onto re-mastered works of the 21st century, historian George Morrison of Bow will present a diverse selection of New Hampshire’s commemorations and their stories at a presentation at the Pembroke Town Library. However, the event, originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., has been postponed due to incoming inclement weather, with a new date to be set soon.

Monitor staff

Pembroke will delay its budget public hearing for one week in response to reports of inclement weather in the area this Thursday.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Presenting a school budget is a typically staid, number-laden affair. 

By JESSE GILLIS

Jesse Gillis is from Pembroke and an active member of NH Veterans for Peace. I was 15 years old when the warmongers in Washington finally got their war on the citizens of Iraq in 2003. At this point in the 2020s, I thought it was a common...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Nine-year-old Khloe Tag-At sat at her dining room table, hunched over her sketchbook with a colored pencil in hand.“It’s Mount Apo,” Khloe said without glancing up. “The tallest mountain in the Philippines.”She smiled at the thought and continued to...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Complicating the road forward for the Pembroke school district is yet another high-profile departure, this time from Superintendent Patty Sherman, who announced that she will retire at the end of the school year.Sherman becomes the latest district...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Longtime educator Dan Morris will step down as headmaster of Pembroke Academy at the end of this school year, he announced earlier this month.The fallout from voters’ $3 million cut to the proposed school budget contributed to his decision to...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

The Pembroke School Board has a lot to weigh going into budget season for the next school year.The next proposed budget seeks to add $2 million in spending, bringing the total to $33.3 million.The schools are still feeling the effects of last year’s...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

When Cheyenne Boucher decided to join Best Buddies in 2014, she had no idea her involvement with the organization would shape the trajectory of her life.Best Buddies had just come to the state of New Hampshire. The organization was looking for partner...