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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Following the lead of Bow and New London, Hopkinton is exploring alternatives to sending food waste to the landfill while joining other communities in its commitment to environmental responsibility.Bonnie Christie, co-chair of the Hopkinton Waste...

Granite Playwrights returns to Hatbox Theatre with Three One-Act Plays.Granite Playwrights opens its collection with a send-up of the famous film, “It Happened One Night.” Lindsay’s play, “It Happened One Afternoon,” is set in Chicago, 1938. Wendy...

Music on the Patio – Justin Cohn What: Justin Cohn is an internationally touring folk rock singer/songwriter, born and raised in southern New Hampshire. A sincere and soulful singer, his music combines elements of pop, blues, soul, and Americana. He...

By Monitor staff

For the 5th straight year, the Community College System of New Hampshire is freezing its tuition rate.In-state tuition will remain at $215 per credit, which equates to $6,450 for the school year for a full-time course load. The state says 93% of...

By DAVID BROOKS

After spending an hour recently with Jeff Moore of Windswept Maples Farm in Loudon as he demonstrated an automated gate system for beef cattle, I came to a realization: Farming is an optimization problem.Optimization problems are common in computing...

By SARAH DONOVAN 

Sections of Mathews Road in Alexandria looked more like a riverbed than a once-paved road after torrential rains swept through the area, leaving areas impassible and residents stranded.“We’re trapped up here,” resident Hillary Seeger said Monday.At...

By FRANCES MIZE

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Shortly after 9 a.m. on Jan. 17, a worker at the Casella Waste Systems recycling processing center on Route 4 was using a bucket loader to dig through a large pile of cardboard that had just arrived. Scanning the pile, he caught...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Concord’s City Council will decide next month whether to approve a $3.4 million park project along Canal Street in Penacook. If okayed, construction could begin this summer.The design went before the Concord Planning Board on Wednesday night for...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. Back in the years prior to 2015, there used to be two major political parties in America committed to democracy. The parties disagreed vehemently about policy and the Republicans relied on voter suppression and...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

New Hampshire will once again be center stage next week in 2024 campaign politics as the top two contenders for the GOP nomination will hold dueling events in the state that’s long held the first primary and second overall contest in the Republican...

By JOHN BUTTRICK

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. I have recently learned about a concept that could go a long way toward healing the great divide in the country. The divide...

By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. ‘Purify My Temple for those who will walk around it ...” the Qur’an instructs humanity. “...they will come unto thee on foot and on...

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s a new bachelor’s degree in music being offered at Plymouth State University, but it’s a music degree with a 21st century twist: You don’t have to know how to play an instrument or even read music.“We have a whole group of musicians that I...

By KAYLA MONTGOMERY

Kayla Montgomery is vice president of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund. A 10-year-old in Ohio. A child survivor of incest in Florida. A Texas woman who almost died because she couldn’t get an abortion after losing her...

 By JACQUELINE COLE

Federal officials are warning Granite Staters to be prepared for the upcoming gathering of the Rainbow Family in White Mountain National Forest — an event they are calling an “unauthorized group use incident.” The Rainbow Family is a loose-knit group...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A Massachusetts-based company wants to build nearly 150 units of 55-plus housing in the Heights section of Concord off Old Loudon Road. In a wooded area where a few homeless camps are located, developers want to construct three identical multi-family...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

For his senior project at Bow High School, Falcons’ football player Cole McLaughlin wanted to help remember his former teammate Nick Ouellette, who died in a car accident in September 2021, by contributing to the Ouellette scholarship fund through a...

Monitor staff

The first mosquitoes of 2023 found to be carrying Jamestown Canyon Virus were collected in Keene on June 6, confirming that this disease is still around in New Hampshire.JCV, as it is known, was first reported in the state in 2013. It is relatively...

By DONNA DI CASPARRO

Donna Di Casparro has been a publisher in the Lakes Region for over 30 years. Her work has highlighted life in rural New Hampshire: the culture, people, traditions, and history. Now retired, her writing and research is focused on sustaining healthy...

Monitor staff

Market Days returned to downtown Concord Thursday as vendors, food trucks and performances populated South Main Street. The festival began Thursday morning and will continue through Saturday evening. Rainwater Pottery Studio, which sells handmade...