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By DAVID BROOKS

A trial starts Monday on whether Merrimack Station in Bow releases too much warm water into the Merrimack River in violation of its EPA permit, a case that could decide the fate of the last coal-fired power plant in New England.The lawsuit, brought by...

By TODD BOOKMAN

Catholic Medical Center has hired an outside law firm with experience in the healthcare industry to review its cardiac surgery unit, following a Boston Globe Spotlight investigation that raised concerns about a former CMC surgeon with one of the...

By JENNY WHIDDEN and KELLY BURCH

Editor’s note: This story is the first in the ‘We have always been here’ series that will examine where NH stands when it comes to acknowledgment of and support for its indigenous people, what steps other New England states have taken and what Abenaki...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mark Patterson of Weare had it all figured out.Fresh off six-years of service in the Navy, he’d then finish his business degree at what was then called New Hampshire College. He’d be a college graduate, the first member of his family to do so.He’d...

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord-based Rymes Oil and Propane, which was sold to a Canadian firm in 2020, appears to be having difficulty with computer and back office systems that have left some customers frustrated and unable to contact them.“It’s not just that we can’t get...

By DAVID BROOKS

In response to the host of headwinds facing small liberal-arts colleges, Colby-Sawyer College in New London has decided to shake up one of the industry’s long-standing trends: Ever-growing tuition partly offset by ever-growing financial aid.“Higher...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Since cell phones were banned in class at Concord High School at the start of the year, 11th grader Skyler Hubbard says she has been able to focus better.After a tough stretch of remote learning when students could easily escape the gaze of their...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

By next spring, Concord officials expect to open a new splash pad at White Park where kids can tromp among familiar structures like a whale, mushrooms and tumble buckets.For the next few weeks, though, the hub of activity will come from construction...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Electricity bills are expected to go through the roof this winter. Power companies, like Eversource and Unitil, have warned users that service rates will double. State and federal governments have issued assistance programs to alleviate costs.While...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Seeing the difficulty finding primary care doctors in the Concord area, physician-owned DMC Primary Care plans to open a new facility in the city.Come Nov. 1, the primary care practice, which has been in business since 1964, will open on Hall Street...

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 RAY DUCKLER

Dean Wilber ignored the writing on the wall that he was too old to continue owning and operating Mapletree Farm in Concord.He did, however, notice the writing on a piece of paper, handed to him by his youngest son last December, and admits he wasn’t...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Chris Schleyer knew the new elevator shaft with crisscrossed beams installed behind his apartment building on South State Street was the perfect canvas for something special. “After it went up, we saw the steel beams crisscrossing up and down and it...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

The Market Basket shopping plaza off Exit 17 in Concord is entering its second phase of work that will feature more restaurant and retail space, a credit union and an urgent care facility.Phase 1 included the construction of the Market Basket...

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 MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Teddy Miele started taking classes at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law School, he lived just around the corner on Washington Street in Concord.The apartment was not worth its fairly high rent, he said. At the end of the year,...

By RAY DUCKLER

If you’re looking for a sappy farewell from Bill Pliakos – who’s selling the Pit Road Lounge after owning it for 23 years – look elsewhere.Pliakos, born in Greece, is not that kind of guy. His staff is, though. They love the guy, they’re loyal to the...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire’s north country has seen an unusual number of hikers dying in the mountains this summer due to medical emergencies rather than falls or hypothermia, although exactly why is unclear.“There’s high usage, but I think a lot of these people...

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Concord police charged a Manchester man with attempted murder and other crimes following a shooting in the city early Saturday morning.Police were called to Eagle Square around 1 a.m. on Saturday following reports that a man had been shot just as bars...

By DAVID BROOKS

August is the month when many people who started hiking the Appalachian Trail from down in Georgia in the spring make it up to New Hampshire, only to face the reality of the White Mountains. Consider the case of Rachel Wild, 29, of North Carolina, who...