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By ROBERT AZZI

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. Recently, as I was celebrating yet another birthday, I was reminded of Howard Thurman’s observation that “The years, the months, the...

By BRINKLEY BROWN

Brinkley Brown of Concord is a Peace Corps Volunteer currently serving as an English teacher in Rwanda. Thirty-seven years ago today, Concord High teacher Christa McAuliffe was killed on her way to becoming the first American civilian in space.Moments...

By RAY DUCKLER

Someday this year, Mark Ciborowski will hire someone to move a pair of long, heavy oak bars from Pennsylvania to his proposed masterpiece in downtown Concord.One bar, 36 feet long, will line the back area of Ciborowski’s proposed entertainment center...

As the nation takes a moment to remember Christa McAuliffe on the 37th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, tens of thousands of people have an extra way to recall her.The U.S. Mint reports that it sold 70,229 of the Christa McAuliffe commemorative...

National TV audiences will get a look tonight at a local startup’s product that helps keep fats and oils from clogging drains as the founder seeks help on the “Shark Tank” show.Laura Lady of Webster will be pitching her product, called Fry Away, on...

By THOMAS NEWKIRK

Thomas Newkirk is an author and former member of the Oyster River Cooperative School Board. His book, “Literacy’s Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through Eight Big Ideas” will be published later this year. It is time for the so-called “divisive...

By RON KLEMARCZYK

Ron Klemarczyk of Hopkinton is the city of Concord’s consulting forester. There was a recent My Turn column claiming that the city’s ownership of the Beaver Meadow golf course and the city forests is akin to creating “red-lined” zoning districts. My...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

So far in January, two storms have proven costly for Concord residents who failed to heed the city’s parking bans.At least 66 vehicles have been towed off the streets following two snow storms and overnight cleanup. The tally didn’t include any...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen introduced $1 billion of spending to help combat homelessness in communities, through the Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act.The bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California,...

A city-wide parking ban will begin Thursday night in the city of Concord to allow crews time to clear off the streets after Wednesday’s storm. City officials ordered all residents to refrain from parking on any street from midnight Thursday to 7 a.m....

By KEN DOLKART

Ken Dolkart, MD FACP, lives in Grantham. What we pay for hospital care is anyone’s guess. When the bill arrives, charges vary with that year’s employee-sponsored health insurance or whether you were laid off and uninsured. The affordability of an MRI...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

If Cairnie Pokorney’s landlord sold his apartment building in Derry, he may never be notified of the sale. The new owners could then increase the rent as they wish, or tell Pokorney to hit the road because they are renovating.For a young professional...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

One of the fastest-growing sports in America, pickleball now has a new indoor home in Concord. All-Stars Pickleball Club opened its doors on Dec. 8 in the former Old Navy store at the Steeplegate Mall. For pickleball standards, the facility features...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The number of Granite State students up to date on the several vaccines the state mandates for school attendance is going in the wrong direction, health experts say. The trend is playing out nationally too, the Centers for Disease Control and...

By ARIT JOHN

WASHINGTON — Phil Hatcher and his wife moved to New Hampshire from the Midwest in 1986, and soon got a taste of what makes the state’s first-in-the-nation primary so special to the people who live there.The Rev. Jesse Jackson gave their young daughter...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

A state corrections officer collapsed from a medical emergency while on duty Wednesday and was later pronounced dead at Concord Hospital. At the time of the emergency, Officer Lawrence Prather, 43, was surrounded by fellow corrections officers and...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

Franklin fire was called to a home on North Main Street on Wednesday morning for reports of a fire believed to be caused by discarded smoking materials. When crews arrived at the home at 8:53 a.m., they saw smoke billowing from the front porch of a...

A city-wide parking ban will begin Wednesday night in the city of Concord following the issuance of a second winter storm warning this week. City officials ordered all residents to refrain from parking on any street beginning Wednesday night from...

By JOHN L. CAMPBELL

John L. Campbell is the Class of 1925 Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Dartmouth College. His most recent book is “Institutions Under Siege: Donald Trump’s Attack on the Deep State.” Congress is poised for another needless knock-down drag-out fight...

By JAMIE L. COSTA

At first glance, someone might figure Fallon Reed was nominated as a Hometown Hero for her years of work for the state, first at the Department of Safety and now at the Department of Corrections.  But the residents of Pittsfield recognize her for the...