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By RACHEL WACHMAN

November marks Home Care & Hospice Month, a time to celebrate the caregiving professionals and volunteers who work with many people around the state – and the country.When some hear “hospice,” they often think of death. But hospice can be so much more...

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra lives in the Upper Valley. He hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” A fascinating, puzzling aspect of U.S. politics has been the willingness of voters to look beyond Donald Trump’s legal and ethical controversies. These voters were often...

By TOM IRWIN

Tom Irwin is Conservation Law Foundation’s Vice President, New Hampshire. As we congratulate Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s next governor, we face a moment of opportunity for our state. The governor-elect has the chance to address some of the most...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

On April 14, 2020, six weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in New Hampshire, Andy Sanborn secured his first $95,000 federal pandemic loan.The money was awarded to the Draft sports bar in downtown Concord, which abruptly closed in March...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Gov.-elect Kelly Ayotte says that the transition process between her incoming administration and that of current Gov. Chris Sununu is underway.“We’ve already met several times,” Ayotte said from her transition office in Concord, just over a week after...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire recorded its most expensive October in history, as single-family home prices held above half a million dollars for the eighth consecutive month, reaching a median sales price of $500,750.Despite a modest increase in inventory, with 2,354...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jose Cambrils has had his eyes on Whitney Hill Road in Canterbury for years.He bought a 30-acre plot of land where the trees were spared from logging and wildlife roams about and another 95 acres just down the street in hopes of building a house in...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

In Bow High School’s library, students are glued to gaming after school as they practice and train for esports competitions. They duke it out in Super Smash Bros. — a multiplayer fighting game where Nintendo characters go head-to-head until one has...

Cars and Coffee on Capitol held its last event of the season on Sunday with a variety of makes and models parked downtown. From 8 to 11 a.m. various cars rumbled in, parked with hoods up as the crowd meandered on Capitol Street in Concord. The event,...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On the campaign trail, Kelly Ayotte championed nuclear energy. Now, a group of House Republicans are backing her quest to expand it in New Hampshire.Ten legislators, including two from the Concord area – Sen. Howard Pearl and Rep. Jose Cambrils...

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Eli Lemire, a recent graduate from John Stark Regional High School in Weare, won the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s men’s cross country national championship in Pennsylvania this past Sunday.His win in Pennsylvania was his third of...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

New plans to build a new Beaver Meadow Golf Course clubhouse or renovate it with an addition are not significantly lower than the proposal rejected by Concord taxpayers nearly a year ago.Architects have presented three potential construction plans....

By DAVID BROOKS

 It looks like New Hampshire hunting has lost its COVID-era boost.Through Aug. 31, New Hampshire sold 31,266 hunting licenses, according to the Department of Fish and Game. That’s 14% fewer licenses than were sold during the first eight months of 2020...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Isiaka Bizumuremyi waited nine years for this moment.In Concord, over 7,000 miles away from home, he has own new apartment. Very new, in fact.The walls are still bare and the kitchen appliances had never been used. Just over a month after arriving in...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Bee thought Warner residents had made it clear – many in town did not support more sidewalks, public transportation and new housing developments. To her, the state’s Housing Champions program – a tool for communities to be eligible for grants...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dave Reynolds couldn’t be happier to return to John Stark Regional High School, where he’s helping this year’s senior class put on their final show.For him, this isn’t just a return to where he spent his teenage years; it’s a homecoming to the school,...

By ADAM CZARKOWSKI

Adam Czarkowski works in the technology sector and lives in Penacook. Since the election results were announced I have heard a lot of people questioning how so many voters could support Donald Trump. I don’t think that is the right question. The...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington embraced a shift toward new tolling technology for New Hampshire’s highways. They’re safer, cheaper to operate and more environmentally friendly, she said – not to mention, faster.“Traffic moves more evenly...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

One of two cases challenging the state’s formula to fund public education went before the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Wednesday, adding a new chapter to the high court’s decades-long role in parsing school funding decisions.The case, Rand, et al....

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Anyone who thought the election would lead to a swift rehash of the middle school project location was proven wrong Wednesday. School Board President Pamela Walsh made clear in a statement that the group hasn’t committed to a path forward on the new...