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By RAY DUCKLER

She thought she had her dream job after medical school, working in a hospital, allowing her warm bedside manner to comfort patients like a heating pad.That’s what Dr. Jennifer MacKenzie had always wanted, ever since she played on medical equipment as...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

SAU 53, which includes the towns of Pembroke, Deerfield, Allenstown, Epsom and Chichester, has narrowed down its search for its co-superintendent to two candidates: the current assistant superintendent Jessica Bickford and Hudson school district superintendent Daniel Moulis.

By RAY DUCKLER

Lynn Colby wants high school students to remember that it’s not too late to avoid a catastrophe that will forever alter the course of many lives.It altered Colby’s. Her brother, Skipper Kingsbury, got drunk and drove into a tree three days before...

By RAY DUCKLER

The town’s fight with a Chichester businessman over violations at his Dover Road property has spilled from the planning board to the county courthouse.That dispute will be the subject of a court hearing in March, when town officials and residents...

By RAY DUCKLER

Pat Bonenfant enjoys a challenge.She enrolled in college at age 47, three decades after graduating from Pembroke Academy. She was elected to the Pembroke Select Board in 1981, becoming the first woman in town history to hold that office.And now, after...

By GEOFF FORESTER and JONATHAN VAN FLEET

This year’s hot air balloon rally in Pittsfield will be a special one.For one, it’s the first time the rally has been held in earnest for the past three years after festivities were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. Second, it’s the 40th...

By RAY DUCKLER

Arlene Fleury of Pembroke, 97, continues to live on her own and even writes daily thoughts to her more than 600 followers on Facebook.She’s the latest recipient of the Boston Post Cane award, a New England tradition that honors a community’s oldest...

By RAY DUCKLER

On Oct. 9, 2019, a stranger from North Carolina named Carson McLean noticed a photo of Kraig Emery on a website.Emery was raising a glass of beer, as though toasting someone. Shown alone, he wasn’t smiling, but he didn’t look mean, sad or angry,...

By RAY DUCKLER

Bryan Caruso was a bear of a man who once smashed home runs to far-away places during his high school and college careers.When it came to hitting, Eric Duquette, Caruso’s former business partner and coach at the Concord Sports Center, called his dear...

By RAY DUCKLER

John Taylor paused on the phone, more than once, before steadying himself and moving on.The first time concerned his sister, Janis Taylor, who was back in the news last week after Concord Police and the Cold Case Unit announced it was looking into her...

By RAY DUCKLER

Heather White of Chichester is grateful she took care of business – family business – before it was too late.Her mother and stepfather, Cheryl and Carleton Thayer of Concord, died in a car crash in Hooksett earlier this month. Black ice caused their...

By RAY DUCKLER

It’s hard following a legend.Quarterback Mac Jones has played well this season, helping the Patriots and their fans forget about Tom Brady. Or at least Jones is creating optimism, enough to dull the pain of losing the player who guided the franchise...

By RAY DUCKLER

Don’t tell Jean Durgin of Henniker that the War on Terror in Afghanistan was a failure.In fact, don’t try to convince any Gold Star Mother, or anyone else for that matter who’s suffered a loss over there, that the recent chaotic, deadly scenes from...

By RAY DUCKLER

First, at 11:05 p.m., their doorbell rang like crazy, in rapid-fire succession, suggesting something was wrong.Then came pounding on their front door, along with cries for a phone. Michelle and Michael Girard raced downstairs and opened the door,...

Aug. 17 to 21ALLENSTOWN61 River Road; apartment building; $323,133; Ernest J. Amyot to Lily Fritz and Khai A. Vanvu.ANDOVER218 Currier Road; land and building; $200,000; Pilot Realty LLC to Alan and Katherine L. Gielarowski.65 Hall Road; land and...

By RAY DUCKLER

After his final shift as the owner of the Yellow Submarine on Saturday night, when his tiny business closed for good, Concord lost a stalwart businessman and his signature sandwich.David Luoma is retiring after 27 years working in the same spot, near...

By RAY DUCKLER

Martha Taylor, the official Henniker town historian, believes ghosts may exist.Not this ghost, though. Not the ghost named Mary Wallace – once connected to her hometown – despite visual evidence to the contrary, shown on a recent documentary on the...

ALLENSTOWN 63 Chestnut Drive; land; $350,000; BMT Construction LLC to Carl J. Hassum and Antonio L. Moura.15 Cottage Way Unit A; condominium; $175,000; Rachel E. Crawford and Timothy J. Simoneau to Holly Dutton.7 Pine Acres Road; land and building;...

By RAY DUCKLER

The identification of a woman and her two daughters – found dead in a pair of barrels 15 years apart in Allenstown – partially ended a mystery that had stumped police since the first two victims were discovered in 1985.Associate Attorney General Jeff...

By RAY DUCKLER

More than once over the past five years, Greg Makris had mentioned his desire to leave the restaurant business and the grueling schedule that accompanied it, saying he was ready for retirement so he could spend more time at his second home in...

By RAY DUCKLER

Maybe Lisa Wheeler’s three kids were right after all.Maybe their home in Pembroke, site of a mass murder more than 100 years ago that, somehow, slipped through the town’s historical cracks, is, indeed, haunted. Maybe the murderer, Charles Ayer,...