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By BILL GLAHN

Bill Glahn served on the Concord School Board for eleven years and during the construction of several new schools. He also served on the 2022 Charter Commission. Individuals opposing the decision of the Concord School Board to relocate Rundlett...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

On the evening University of New Hampshire police arrested 12 people outside the building that would soon become her office, Elizabeth Chilton was 3,000 miles away, serving as the Chancellor of Washington State University’s flagship campus.Six days...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Concord’s school board planned to build a new junior high school and city residents wanted answers about the location.An architect slammed the proposed property as “too remote,” questioning whether the parcel’s size, larger than others considered,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Chris Sununu sided with parents involved in recent protests and a lawsuit in Bow, citing First Amendment rights, three months after he signed a bill prohibiting transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports.Last month, Bow High...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

First-year enrollment at the University of New Hampshire has held steady this fall compared to last year, but has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.The 2,671 students who enrolled at UNH’s Durham and Manchester campuses was nearly identical to the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Canterbury residents are set to see a major increase on the school portion of their December tax bill, town officials wrote late last month.The 25% jump means a homeowner with an assessed property value of $400,000 will experience a tax hike of...

By MARGARET LANDSMAN

Margaret Landsman is a 33-year resident of Concord whose three children went through the Concord public schools. She retired from NHTI as an ESOL teacher in 2020. Concord’s school board is the last in the state to have unrestricted power to make...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In recent weeks, Bow parents who wore pink armbands at soccer games to express their opposition to transgender girls participating on girls’ teams have sparked a heated debate over gender identity in sports and free speech.At the center of this...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A Bow parent previously banned from school property for wearing a pink armband in protest of transgender girls playing on girls’ sports teams can now attend his daughter’s soccer games, following a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday.During the Sept. 17...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley’s bus driver shortage grew so dire on Monday that Superintendent Randy Wormald found himself behind the wheel of a van en-route to Loudon.“We’re paper thin and have everyone driving,” Wormald said. “If I’m driving a van, we’re getting...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School Board voted Monday to transfer approximately $1.1 million from two trust funds to cover gaps in special education and capital improvement expenses that have arisen since voters approved the district’s $48.3 million...

By WILLIAM H. DUNLAP and ELIZABETH DUBRULLE

William H. Dunlap is president, Elizabeth Dubrulle is director of education for New Hampshire Historical Society. Recently the Concord Monitor ran a column by the leader of a national organization that rang alarm bells about civics education for...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A pair of amendments that will serve as a referendum on the autonomy of the Concord School Board will require a supermajority of 60% to pass, rather than the lower state law threshold of 50%.In interviews, two Concord attorneys dismissed any argument...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Michelle Beauregard’s son has no money in his lunch account, he doesn’t eat.The Concord High School junior could, to be clear, purchase the cafeteria’s hot lunch option. But Beauregard’s middle child is a loyal pizza eater, and pizza is an à la...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord’s first director of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice transitioned to a new role at the beginning of the year focusing on restorative justice at the middle school.Quinci Worthey, hired as the DEIJ director in 2022, will spend at least...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Alex Zerba stood before a crowded school board meeting in Bow on Monday night, scanning the seated crowd of unfamiliar faces around her in the Bow High School auditorium.“We don't want you supporting our girls the way you are,” said Zerba, a parent of...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Three parents and a grandfather in Bow have filed a lawsuit against the Bow School District, accusing the district of stifling free speech after they were issued no-trespass orders for protesting against transgender girls participating in girls’...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To help pay their tax bill, the second floor of John and Meredith Lunn’s Newport home is now a 600-square-foot apartment. Any source of income helps when they’re trying to pay an annual tax bill that only seems to grow year to year.In 2023, that bill...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The soccer fields at Bow High School on Tuesday evening seemed ordinary at first — players from Bow and Milford’s varsity girls’ teams warming up, while parents arranged their chairs along the sidelines.But as game time approached, spectators began...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Saint Anselm College announced on Monday its pledge to offer free tuition to students from New Hampshire whose families make less than $100,000 and have a GPA of 3.25 or higher.  The initiative aims to offset the cost of college and make education...