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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The City of Concord and the fire officers union have agreed on a new contract that, as pursued by the union, brings its annual pay increases and educational incentives more in line with those received by the police department. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

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By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Services to honor the life of Concord firefighter Christopher “CJ” Girard will be held this week, including a funeral on Thursday at Christ the King Parish on South Main Street. 

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In the long shadows outside Concord Hospital, members of the Concord Fire Department stood in two lines saluting Christopher “CJ” Girard, a seven-year veteran of the department who died suddenly after a brief illness on Saturday night.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Last year, the Concord Fire Department became the first in the country to secure funding for PFAS-free firefighting gear for its members, but a halt in production means the department still awaits the gear’s arrival.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Fire officials are still investigating what caused a blaze that destroyed a garage in Penacook early Monday morning.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A broken elevator at the Horseshoe Pond Place senior apartments has left at least 10 residents unable to exit the building on their own for the last two weeks.

Firefighters battled a house fire at 29 Chestnut Street in Tilton early Tuesday morning. Two people and a dog escaped the blaze. Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the fire, which was found in the basement, walls and ceilings.

Fire crews responded to an early Tuesday morning blaze that destroyed an attached barn in Canterbury.

By REBECA PEREIRA

Leon Taylor’s home in Weare has seen decades of family celebrations. On Sunday, Taylor expected to revisit the familiar rituals of those previous occasions — dinner, cake, ice cream and pleasant conversation — when his children brought him into his front yard.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jim Duckworth remembers lining up with over 600 people who were vying for just over a dozen positions at the Concord Fire Department. Today, if the department gets seven to 10 applicants for an open position, that’s a good day.Nearly 25 years later,...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car into a home in the South End on Sunday night, Concord police said.Around 9 p.m., a white Ford sedan drove into 366 South Main St., a three-bedroom...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Authorities have identified Paul L. Naves, 80, and Catherine A. Naves, 77, as the victims of a Wednesday morning fire at a duplex in Weare.Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Mitchell Weinberg reported that Paul's death was determined to be natural, while...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Alan Robidas felt a sense of relief as he watched gallons of firefighting foam, which had been sitting in storage at the Concord Fire Department for at least 20 years, being loaded into trucks for disposal.This was part of a statewide initiative,...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The House of Representatives’ attempt to revive the landfill moratorium bill by linking it to a pensions bill for public safety employees was seen as an unfair move by the state Senate.House Bill 1620 which looked to impose a moratorium on landfill...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After working his way up over the years, Dennis Comeau was set to be officially sworn in as the fire chief in Bow during a ceremony Thursday night.Comeau has been with the Bow Fire Department since 2019, starting out as a firefighter and then becoming...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

With capital expenditures more than doubling, total spending in the city of Concord would increase by more than $40 million next year under the city manager’s proposed budget, while several major projects still wait in the wings. If approved as...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One hundred New Hampshire firefighters will be screened for cancer this week at the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire’s convention, kicking off an effort to develop long-term, regular testing statewide. Cancer is now the leading cause of...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The Concord man who died after his residence on Lantern Lane caught fire Thursday has been identified as 60-year-old Alan Thorgerson.Concord firefighters were dispatched to the two-bedroom home in the Crestwood neighborhood of manufactured homes just...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

One man was sent to Concord Hospital in critical condition after a fire on Lantern Lane Thursday afternoon.Triggered by a fire alarm just after 3 p.m., Concord Fire escalated its response after seeing smoke at the back of the two-bedroom home upon...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A former Concord firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that coworkers and supervisors sexually harassed him for years, including by using homophobic slurs, and retaliated against him when he complained.After Christopher Golomb...