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By DAVID BROOKS
An unusual land sale that involved much of the frontage around one of New Hampshire’s most pristine small lakes has produced an unusual result: On the Boscawen side of Walker Pond, almost the entire shorefront has been preserved from development for...
By RAY DUCKLER
Pam Smart, whose petition to have her life sentence reviewed and possibly commuted was rejected by the New Hampshire Executive Council three weeks ago, hasn’t given up on her bid to be released from prison.This time, Smart – convicted of masterminding...
By JOSH MORRILL
Allenstown parents got their first look at the blueprint for where their town’s future will be educated. At Wednesday night’s Planning Board meeting, the vision for a combined elementary and middle school on River Road came to life in updated plans...
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.You might think that if some political partisans had a plan to steal a presidential election, it would be kept top secret. That is not the case with the Republican Party. Their plan to steal the 2024 presidential...
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 JOSH MORRILL
Following a more than 18-month delay, a Bow woman will stand trial this spring on negligent homicide and aggravated driving while intoxicated charges after her involvement in a 2019 crash that killed a 22-year-old woman.The State of New Hampshire vs....
By BRACKETT LYONS
As winter loses its annual battle with spring, the state’s ski resorts still hold the promise of some last runs on the slopes before the season is over.Some Granite State mountains hope to keep the lifts running deep into April, while others will have...
By DAVID BROOKS
The coal-fired power plant in Bow has won another year’s funding from a program designed to guarantee future electricity supplies, although at about three-quarters of previous levels.The two units at Merrimack Station, the last coal-fired power plant...
By DAVID BROOKS
New Hampshire’s own Mount Washington will be the star of a major motion picture opening later this month but be warned: It’s not any Mount Washington we’re familiar with.“I told my friends who pointed that out: just roll with it!” said Pam Bales, a...
By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH
A year after Concord Hospital bought Lakes Region General Healthcare, the head of the Franklin and Laconia hospitals has announced his departure, effective at the end of the month. Kevin Donovan was the president and CEO of Lakes Regional General...
By BRACKETT LYONS
For Anthony Oliveira, life has come full circle.A world record holder for the squat began his fitness instruction journey in 2014 when he was interning at Brian’s One 2 One Fitness in Concord. After working at the gym for a year, Anthony moved to Ohio...
By JOSH MORRILL
A proposal for residential and mixed-use complex on a wooded, 42-acre lot along Logging Hill Road in Bow is facing pushback from neighbors who are concerned about traffic, the design of the project and why a similar plan from the same developer was...
By RANDALL BALMER
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has made the book of Revelation relevant once again.The final book of the New Testament, with its apocalyptic visions of multi-headed dragons, plagues, vials of judgment, the Whore of Babylon and the Battle of...
By RAY DUCKLER
His voice was unmistakable, even at 90 years old.We all know it, fans of Star Trek or not. The classic baritone, smooth like 50-year-old scotch, measured and controlled. The way Captain Kirk once sounded giving orders from the bridge of the Starship...
By BRACKETT LYONS
Cannon Mountain’s iconic yet aging tramway received a vote of confidence from its fans.Given the options of renovating the current tram, getting a new one, or switching to a gondola, 62 of 63 attendees at a state Division of Parks and Recreation...
By DAVID BROOKS
One of the state’s biggest developers has begun the process of turning the dilapidated Department of Transportation site on Stickney Avenue into housing, although it is yet to be decided how many units might be involved, how existing buildings may be...
A former Loudon man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing his girlfriend’s 23-month-old son in 2019, the New Hampshire Attorney General announced.Douglas Barton, 41, will serve 35 years to life in the New Hampshire State Prison, according...
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 CASSIDY JENSEN
A 47-year-old Concord man was arrested on Tuesday on multiple charges of child sexual assault and producing child sexual abuse images, police said. Joshua Pincoske is accused of engaging in sexual activity with several girls under the age of 16 over a...
By CASSIDY JENSEN
A prosecutor on the case that led to the creation of the state’s once-secret list of problem police was accused of withholding evidence in two recent federal cases.Assistant U.S. Attorney John Davis was part of the prosecutorial team that abruptly...
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